Screaming Females

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Screaming Females
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Marissa Paternoster (left) and Mike Abbate (right), live in Oslo, Norway, 11 August 2012.
Background information
Origin New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Genres Punk rock, [1] indie rock, alternative rock
Years active2005–2023
Labels Don Giovanni
Past members
Website screamingfemales.com

Screaming Females were an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey comprising Marissa Paternoster on vocals and guitar, Jarrett Dougherty on drums, and Mike Abbate on bass. They released their debut album Baby Teeth in 2006. The band were featured on NPR, [2] Last Call with Carson Daly, and MTV. [3] They played with bands such as Garbage, [4] Throwing Muses, Dinosaur Jr., The Dead Weather, Arctic Monkeys, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists [5] and The Breeders. [6]

Contents

History

Formation

Dougherty (left) and Paternoster (center) perform with Ted Leo (right) at SXSW in March 2011. Screaming Females & Ted Leo.jpg
Dougherty (left) and Paternoster (center) perform with Ted Leo (right) at SXSW in March 2011.

Paternoster and Abbate formed a band in high school under the name Surgery On TV. [7] After several lineup changes they finally became a trio with Dougherty and changed the name of the band to Screaming Females. [8] The band got their start in the basement show scene of New Brunswick, New Jersey. In the basement show scene, concerts are held in the houses of various bands, students, and residents, so people under 21 can attend. [2] Screaming Females self-released the albums Baby Teeth in 2006 and What If Someone Is Watching Their T.V.? in 2007. The band then signed with Don Giovanni Records, which later re-released these two early albums.

With Don Giovanni Records

The band's first album for Don Giovanni Records was Power Move in 2009, followed by Castle Talk in 2010. Their fifth album, Ugly , was released in 2012 and was recorded by noted audio engineer Steve Albini. [9] The album received favorable reviews from The A.V. Club, Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Pitchfork Media, Alternative Press and CMJ. [10]

In 2012, Marissa Paternoster was named the 77th greatest guitarist of all time by Spin magazine. [11] In 2013, Screaming Females released the self-produced EP Chalk Tape for streaming online.[ citation needed ] The EP was also sold as a limited run cassette tape and in a digital download format.[ citation needed ] The band wrote the songs for Chalk Tape by laying out ideas on a chalkboard and then recording the songs with no rewrites. [12] In September 2013, the band toured with label mates Waxahatchee and Tenement. [13]

In early 2014, Screaming Females recorded a live record at the Hideout in Chicago. In a later interview, Paternoster described the experience: "The Hideout in Chicago is just one of those venues we really like, it's small, it's been around forever, it has a rich history, it's part of the community, it just seemed like a really good place to make a live record. Steve [Albini] drove two tape machines into the alleyway so we could record it live to tape. Like Deep Purple or something? Yeah! That's what was happening, there was a pro studio in the alleyway." [14] The band released their sixth album Rose Mountain , produced by Matt Bayles, in February 2015. [15] Their seventh album All at Once was released in February 2018. [16] In 2019, a collection of singles titled Singles Too was released. [17]

On January 17, 2023, the band released the single "Brass Bell", and announced the release of their eighth album Desire Pathway . [18] It was released in February 2023. [19]

On December 5, 2023, the band announced their breakup on their social media pages. [20]

Band members

Discography

Studio albums

YearTitleLabel
2006 Baby Teeth Self-released / Don Giovanni Records (reissued 2009)
2007 What if Someone is Watching Their T.V.? Self-released / Don Giovanni Records (reissued 2009)
2009 Power Move Don Giovanni Records
2010 Castle Talk Don Giovanni Records
2012 Ugly Don Giovanni Records
2015 Rose Mountain Don Giovanni Records
2018 All at Once Don Giovanni Records
2023 Desire Pathway Don Giovanni Records

Compilations

YearTitleLabel
2019Singles TooDon Giovanni Records

Live albums

YearTitleLabel
2014Live at the HideoutDon Giovanni Records

Singles

YearTitleLabelFormat
2006"Arm Over Arm/Zoo of Death"Self-released7"
2008"Screaming Females/Hunchback Neil Young Tribute - Split"Freedom School Records7"
2008"Screaming Females/Full of Fancy - Split"Let's Pretend Records7"
2009"Screaming Females/JEFF the Brotherhood"Infinity Cat Records7"
2013"Screaming Females/Garbage - Because The Night"Stunvolume Records10"
2013"Screaming Females/Swearin'/Upset/Waxahatchee Guided By Voices Tribute"Salinas Records7"
2013"Screaming Females/Tenement"Recess Records7"

EPs

YearTitleLabel
2010SinglesDon Giovanni Records
2013Chalk TapeDon Giovanni Records
2022CloverDon Giovanni Records

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