Scrunchies
Colossal (tart Transparent)
From Minneapolis, Minnesota, Scrunchies consists of guitarist/vocalist Laura Larson, bassist Jeremy Warden, and drummer/vocalist Danielle Cusack. Raw, raging and tuneful, the trio fires off infectious bursts of post-riot grrrl songcraft that land in the same garage as Mannequin Pussy, Screaming Females, and Sleater-Kinney. A 2022 review from The A.V. Club hailed Scrunchies' knack for "packing riot grrrl punk, sneering garage rock, and pummeling post-punk grooves into a singular package without skimping on earworm hooks." On new album Colossal, the band fully delivers on that promise; first single "The Empire" rips forth, urgently, raggedly, while the intertwining vocals of Larson and Cusack soar irresistibly and demand repeated plays. In Larson's own words, the song is "thrashy, poppy, and grunge-adjacent." Grunge-adjacent indeed, Colossal was recorded by none other than Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, and features the very same Veleno guitar that was used in the recording of Nirvana's In Utero. Colossal is an "AAA" production - recorded, mixed, and mastered entirely with analog gear and tape. 250 copies on sweet tart transparent vinyl.