Rose Mountain
For their sixth album, Screaming Females work with producer Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Pearl Jam) in place of Steve Albini, who’d produced their previous two albums. The change means a fuller sound without a slick neutering of the band. “Broken Neck,” “Hopeless,” and the title track benefit from a powerful guitar tone and having Marissa Paternoster’s vocals securely in the mix. The harmonies, in particular, take on dramatic color. The New Jersey–based power trio succeed by never overdoing their parts, leaving just enough room for the sound to resonate beyond its initial station. *Rose Mountain* refines the trio’s attack to keep things interesting.
Screaming Females' new Rose Mountain refines the guitar rock trio's grotesque side in order to form the group's most deliberate music yet.
Screaming Females are almost the Wes Anderson of rock at this point. Their albums, like Anderson’s films, are a repository of disparate influences and tropes, yet so completely appropriated into a form all their own that they become a highly idiosyncratic and singular vision, unmistakable for anyone else’s work. You…
Let's quickly get one thing out of the way: Screaming Females are one of the best and most consistent American rock bands of the past decade.
After making a pair of albums with Steve Albini behind the controls that emphasized the band's lean, powerful attack, Screaming Females have aimed for a change-up on 2015's Rose Mountain.
No sign of let-up for New Brunswick’s Screaming Females, who just can’t seem to gather a pile of irresistible melodies without submerging them in molten guitar heaviosity
The sixth album from New Jersey trio Screaming Females isn't a departure from their previous five records, exactly: Rose Mountain still boas...
Screaming Females inevitably get compared to Sleater-Kinney. Both are power trios, both play loud, simple indie rock, and both are led by women who absolutely wail.