Bully - Trying

If the world’s crying out for one more no-bullshit punk band to outmuscle ‘chill’-types and everyday apathy, Bully are the answer. Alicia Bognanno isn’t just an archetype honesty-first frontwoman. On ‘Trying’, she captures anxiety like the @sosadtoday Twitter account self-combusting. She sings about “praying for my period all week” and how she questions her “focus, figure and sexuality” like she’s penning a diary entry that’s nobody else’s business. But with Bully, she’s fronting 2015’s most upfront new band, a group with every intention of getting their message across to the biggest audience possible.

‘Trying’ is a lesson in actually giving a shit, realising that seemingly tiny fears genuinely matter. As she screams the chorus one final time, Bognanno proves that ultimate effort tends to pay dividends.