Frontwoman Lauren Mayberry was threatened with rape and branded a slut and a whore following the release of the video to Leave A Trace, in which she wears a short black dress and has wet look hair.
The singer, 27, said she was horrified at the hate-filled tirades and said those responsible are "cavemen" who threaten sexual violence when they do not like what a woman is doing or saying.
She told Channel 4 News: "The response to the video, that to me just seemed ludicrous really.
"I am a 27-year-old woman wearing a mini dress with wet look hair. If you don't like it that's fine, but there is a difference between criticism and hatred."
She added: "For me, it is sadly predictable, you fall back on the base argument.
"If you don't like what a woman is wearing, you don't like her opinion, you don't like what it is she represents, then you fall back on the basic caveman arguments of threatening with physical and sexual violence because it is your trump card. Because that's the way you get somebody to shut up.
"And I just think that is a very sad state of affairs."
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