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Bully preview debut album with ‘Trying’

Alicia Bognanno gets honest-to-the-bone for a self-produced track.

Bully preview debut album with ‘Trying’

Nashville’s Bully are streaming ‘Trying’, another brutally honest punk feast from their debut album ‘Feels Like’, due out Stateside on 23rd June via StarTime International.

On this latest cut, Alicia Bognanno details the experience of life spiralling out of control. Close-to-the-bone lyrics share space with jagged power chords, all amounting to a vicious chorus chant where Bognanno admits she’s “trying to hide from my mind.” Anxious to the extreme, the only escape is via a tightly-wound thrash.

Listen to ‘Trying’ below, via Stereogum.

Bully’s first UK tour checks in at the following dates:

MAY
1 Nottingham Chameleon
2 Live at Leeds
3 Live at Glasgow
4 Middlesbrough Westgarth
5 Sheffield Harley
7 London The Lexington
8 Bristol Start The Bus
9 Manchester Night & Day
10 Leicester Scholar
14 Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
15 The Great Escape

Bully will play Live at Leeds (1st-4th May) and The Great Escape (14th-16th May), where DIY is an official media partner. Tickets are on sale now. Visit diymag.com/presents for more information.

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