Closing out our final featured full-length stream of the year is Bullnettle, the awaited debut from the Annie Saunders led project released on Dirt Cult Records in early 2016. Saunders previously played in This Is My Fist!
Rather than give a choppy list of hyphenated genres and namedrops, here's how Dirt Cult head honcho Chris Mason describes the new band, after the jump.
There are people in the world who, if asked (hell, even if not asked), will try to convince you that This Is My Fist! was one of the most exciting and important bands of the early 2000s. I should know, because I'm one of those people. They broke up in 2012, and since that time, lead singer Annie Saunders spent some time playing in the ripping hardcore band Manipulation. I liked that band, but when Annie reached out to tell me that she was attending veterinary school in Urbana, IL and had started a new band where she was singing, playing guitar, and writing songs, I asked her to send me some songs. I had already decided that I'd ask to release a record before the tracks had finished downloading onto my computer. Self-described as a "punkish," Bullnettle plays urgent, melodic, raspy, and lo-fi rock n roll, which would have been labeled as "college rock" when that meant something cool. Fans of This is My Fist!, rejoice! We're releasing your new favorite record.
Check out the record below or on the right side of our homepage.
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