Ugly (Screaming Females album)

Ugly
Studio album by Screaming Females
Released	April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03)
Genre	Indie rock, punk rock
Length	53:51
Label	Don Giovanni Records
Producer	Screaming Females
Screaming Females chronology
Castle Talk (2010) Ugly (2012) Rose Mountain (2015)

Ugly is the fifth studio album by Screaming Females, released on April 3, 2012, by Don Giovanni Records. The record was self produced by the band and engineered by Steve Albini in his studio Electrical Audio. ^[1] The group embarked on a national tour to support the album on April 7, 2012. ^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Screaming Females (Jarrett Dougherty, Mike "King Mike" Abbate, Marissa Paternoster).

1. "It All Means Nothing"
2. "Rotten Apple"
3. "Extinction"
4. "Red Hand"
5. "High"
6. "Expire"
7. "Crow's Nest"
8. "Tell Me No"
9. "Leave It All Up To Me"
10. "Doom 84"
11. "Help Me"
12. "Something Ugly"
13. "Slow Birth"
14. "It's Nice"

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Alternative Press	[5]
The A.V. Club	A− [6]
Beats Per Minute	80% [7]
The Boston Phoenix	[8]
Chicago Tribune	[9]
Consequence of Sound	[10]
Los Angeles Times	[11]
Paste	7.9/10 [12]
Pitchfork	8.0/10 [13]

Todd Martens from the Los Angeles Times gave the album 3.5 stars out of four, saying that its "tracks unfurl like mini hard-rock suites". ^[11] Tyler Kane of Paste Magazine declared himself a "fan" of lead singer Marissa Paternoster's voice, as well as her "meaty, ground-covering guitar playing". ^[12] In his The A.V. Club review, Jason Heller called it a "grubby, triumphant call to action". ^[6] Stereogum named Ugly their Album Of The Week saying "Itʼs almost not fair for an album to have this many great songs." ^[14] Pitchfork Media gave the album 8.0/10, writing that the album suggests the band may someday be worthy of writing about in a book such as Our Band Could Be Your Life . ^[13]

The album was listed 21st on Stereogum's list of top 50 albums of 2012. ^[15]

References

1. Young, Alex (January 17, 2012). "Screaming Females announce Ugly new album". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved April 15, 2012.
2. Testa, Jim (April 7, 2012). "Screaming Females hit the ground running in Hoboken". New Jersey Star-Ledger. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
3. "Ugly – Screaming Females". Metacritic . Retrieved April 15, 2012.
4. "Ugly – Screaming Females | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
5. It's hard to be down on a record that deftly rocks this hard. [May 2012, p.85]
6. Heller, Jason (April 3, 2012). "Ugly · Screaming Females · Music Review · The A.V. Club". The A.V. Club . Retrieved September 5, 2015.
7. Blistein, Jon (April 3, 2012). "Album Review: Screaming Females – Ugly". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved June 1, 2025.
8. Weiss, Dan (April 17, 2012). "Screaming Females - Ugly". The Boston Phoenix . Retrieved June 1, 2025.
9. Kot, Greg (April 2, 2012). "Screaming Females: Ugly". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 8, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
10. Kivel, Adam (April 2, 2012). "Album Review: Screaming Females – Ugly". Consequence of Sound . Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
11. Martens, Todd (April 2, 2012). "Album review: Screaming Females' 'Ugly'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
12. Kane, Tyler (April 4, 2012). "Screaming Females: Ugly". Paste Magazine. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
13. "Screaming Females: Ugly | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. April 25, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
14. "Album Of The Week: Screaming Females Ugly". Stereogum. April 3, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
15. "Stereogum's Top 50 Albums Of 2012". Stereogum. December 5, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2015.