ASKING FOR IT PODCAST
HIPS members Christina Gaillard and Drew Denny perform in and create the original soundtrack to the CBC Podcast Asking For It, written by Denny, scored by Gaillard and produced by Kaitlin Prest of Mermaid Palace. Out February 25, 2020.
Asking For It Is a groundbreaking look at intimate partner violence through one woman’s journey. Nominated for best fiction podcast at the first ever Podcast Academy Awards In 2021.
“Filmmaker Drew Denny’s raunchy, darkly funny Asking For It is a Fleabag fix in a post-Fleabag world”
— Harper’s Bazaar
“Asking for It draws much of its core story line from HIPS’s own song lyrics, allowing more narrative breathing room than what a traditional 30- to 40-minute album might provide”
— Vulture New York Magazine
“Asking for It, which addresses domestic-partner abuse, is dark and hooky, with a lot of fighting, psychological abuse, and sex”
— New Yorker
“Combining Prest’s sonic flair with the cinematic writing of film director/musician Drew Denny, and a lush original soundtrack by Denny’s band HIPS; Asking For It is dark, immersive and raw”
— Another