Today marks the long-awaited release of Screaming Females’ Ugly, the North Jersey trio’s Steve Albini-recorded fifth full-length (courtesy of Don Giovanni) and a record SPIN contributing editor Rob Harvilla lavished with seismic praise in his essay on indie rock soloists, to be read and enjoyed in the wondrous back pages of our current issue. One excerpt, in reference to the talents of lead vocalist/six-string evangelist Marissa Paternoster: “gahhh.” See what led him to expound the way he did below, where we’re streaming the record in full while checking out photos of this very album being made.

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