On the eve of the release of ‘Dollhouse [Deluxe Edition]’, it’s easy to feel nostalgic. When we first released ‘Dollhouse’ back in 2010, the world was a simpler place. Banks were collapsing, the planet was warming, and politicians were lying – but at least our metaphors made sense.

Fast-forward to 2025, and we’re re-releasing these same songs into a world where the title track’s second-verse utterance of a ‘new vaccine’ might raise eyebrows faster than you can say “do your own research.” Which is… awkward.

For the record: the ‘vaccine’ in ‘Dollhouse’ was never about actual vaccines. It’s about the patriarchal systems that inoculate society against women’s voices – making us ‘weak before they make us mean,‘ keeping us compliant in our pretty little dollhouses while the big bad world spins on without us.

But here’s the thing about metaphors – they can age like context-flavoured milk left in the Queensland sun. What once felt like a clever literary device now sounds like we might have strong opinions about 5G towers and agricultural anti-parasitics.

Spoiler alert: we don’t.

We’re, all three of us, fully COVID-vaccinated members of society who love science, appreciate our healthcare workers, and think the real conspiracy is how expensive concert tickets have become. Also, vegetables. Seriously, how is a cauliflower $8 now? 

So here we are, doing the most 2025 thing imaginable: issuing a disclaimer about art we made in 2009. It’s like putting a warning label on a time capsule: “Contents may have shifted during cultural transit.”

The world is stranger, our metaphors more complicated, but the song remains the same – literally. It’s still about a little girl telling the big machine where it can stick its candy-fed lies.

Dollhouse [Deluxe Edition] is available now on all streaming platforms. Side effects may include: increased resistance to systemic oppression, occasional fits of righteous anger, and the uncontrollable urge to dismantle patriarchal structures. Consult your inner subversive if symptoms persist.