Screaming Females have referred to as it quits. After 18 years as a band, the New Jersey trio introduced their breakup as we speak on social media, writing, “After 18 years we’ve determined that Screaming Females is coming to an finish. So much modified round us over these 18 years however at our core we operated just about the identical all through. We funded and made the information we needed to make.”
They continued: “We did our personal artwork. We printed loads of our personal merch. We managed ourselves. In all probability most significantly we loaded up our van with our gear and traveled around the globe to play reveals wherever you’d have us. We tried to construct and have a good time neighborhood the perfect we may. There are too many individuals to thank and too many issues that needs to be mentioned however proper now we’ve some leftover merch that we might like to get out of Mike’s basement! Order one thing for you, your folks, your loved ones, your pets!”
Screaming Females – guitarist/vocalist Marissa Paternoster, bassist Michael Abbate, and drummer Jarrett Dougherty – self-released their debut full-length, Child Tooth, in 2006 earlier than signing to Don Giovanni, which issued all of their subsequent information. Their most up-to-date LP, Desire Pathway, got here out earlier this 12 months. In 2021, Paternoster dropped her solo debut, Peace Meter.
“I by no means took attending to work with a band like this as a right, I by no means took seeing them play as a right, and might be without end grateful for his or her function in my life,” Don Giovanni proprietor Joe Steinhardt wrote in an announcement. “Greater than a band however household. Marissa Paternoster, Jarrett Dougherty, and Mike Abbate. Lengthy stay Screaming Females.”
After 18 years we’ve determined that Screaming Females is coming to an finish. So much modified round us over these 18 years however at our core we operated just about the identical all through. We funded and made the information we needed to make. We did our personal artwork… pic.twitter.com/WZ24B8HnQP
— Screaming Females (@Screamales) December 5, 2023