Equal parts Dinosaur Jr and Sleater-Kinney, Screaming Females is a trio comprising Marissa Paternoster (guitar/vocals), Michael Abbate (bass) and Jarrett Dougherty (drums). Ten years since they formed, Screaming Females are still as hard working and viciously independent as they were when everything started in 2005.
Paternoster's vocals have been likened to those of Corin Tucker in the way they wither and howl with a vibrato that blows minds time and again, while her shredding guitar abilities have seen her named in SPIN Magazine's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time.
Screaming Females' blistering-yet-mannered rock onslaught has been critically acclaimed for years, both in a live setting as well as on record. On their latest release, Rose Mountain, the trio worked with producer and engineer Matt Bayles (mastodon, Sword, Minus The Bear, Soundgarden) to delve deeper than ever before into the intricacies of guitar tones and drum sounds. The band are bringing their crazy onstage antics - mind bendingly crafty, shredding solos and canton-spanning vocals - to Australia for the first time ever.
Listen back to Zen Arcade with Press Gang for a live set from Screaming Females.
