Bully

The Minnesota-born Tennessee transplant, a trained sound engineer who also excels at singing and writing punk-leaning power-pop confessionals, is stridently pro-analog. She outright rejects standard digital recording software, finding an ally in veteran producer Steve Albini, whose famed Chicago studio, Electrical Audio, became the site for recording her impassioned debut LP, Feels Like, which showcases 11 rough’n’tumble punk-goes-pop anthems that are every bit as vulnerable as they are willing to clock you in the jaw.