The Dreaded Laramie is a band for whom having an emotional heart-to-heart and having fun are not at odds with each other. Their emotive reflections are served up drenched in shimmering sweet melodies, a frankly decadent dose of harmonized guitar interplay, and a power-punching rhythm section. These are songs as tender as they are stridently hook-laden, songs as crushingly honest as they are irrepressibly danceable. The Dreaded Laramie’s sophomore EP “Everything A Girl Could Ask” will be released via Sell The Heart Records, Wiretap Records, and Engineer Records on May 13th. “Everything A Girl Could Ask” was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Justin Francis, produced by Adam Meisterhans, and written by The Dreaded Laramie and Adam Meisterhans.

Mel Bryant & the Mercy Makers make songs for screaming from the passenger seat. Inspired by equal parts pop-punk, musical theatre and riot grrrl, the Mercy Makers embody the spirit of DIY by recording exclusively in their backyard barn-turned-home studio in East Nashville, Tennessee. Their thunderous electric guitars and ocean-liner grooves are led by Mel Bryant’s ferocious feminine energy, through razor sharp lyricism and her booming bass guitar.