New York City based, punk-rock quintet,
The Julie Ruin, releases their highly anticipated debut LP, Run Fast, via
Dischord Records today. Mastered
by legendary female mastering engineer, Emily Lazar of The Lodge
Mastering, The Julie Ruin is also kicks off their US Tour tonight,
with their first show at the NYC Bowery Ballroom.
For The Julie Ruin tour
schedule and NYC Bowery Ballroom ticket information click HERE.
The band’s iconic female lead
vocalist, Kathleen Hanna, got her start as the lead singer of the 90’s
punk rock band Bikini Kill, and became known as the pioneer of the
radical feminist movement, Riot Grrrl. After several EP’s and occasional collaborations with major
artists like Nirvana and Joan Jett, the band dissipated in 1997.
In 1997, Hanna, began writing
and producing music for a project by the name of Julie Ruin. While collaborating with friends to
create a live version of the Julie Ruin, the group Le Tigre
formed. It wasn’t until 2010 that The
Julie Ruin project grew into the full five-member crew. Band
members include, Bikini Kill
band-mate Kathi Wilcox, Carmine Covelli, Sara Landeau, and Kenny
Mellman.
While Run Fast was
produced independently by Hanna, the band rehearses in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and
records at Oscilloscope. SPIN
recently described the album as "a raucous album that unites Hanna's songwriting strengths
— punk wailing, pop hooks, '60s girl-group harmonies, synthy squelches, and of
course, lyrics that waver between polemical and terribly personal."
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