New Videos from a Couple of Our Faves: Charly Bliss and Screaming Females

Screaming Females announced their 7th studio LP.

With Bonus Buffy and Shellshag

It's been a pretty cool couple of days in terms of new videos showing up on the YouTubes. Two of my absolute favorites released new videos recently, and I had to share them with you.

Charly Bliss, "Scare U"

So, take a band I've been enjoying all year. Mix in an homage to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That's pretty much all it takes to win me over. Charly Bliss put out the album -- Guppy -- that I've probably listened to the most so far in 2017. It's unabashedly pop. It's sugary sweet while still retaining some big rock and roll sounds.

The band themselves show a pretty good sense of humor in both their songwriting and in their videos. The Andrew Costa-directed video for "Scare U," released on Friday the 13th, is a two-and-a-half minute sort of remake of the Buffy episode, "Doublemeat Palace."

"Doublemeat Palace" is the 12th episode of Season 6, a season that finds the Scoobie Gang dealing with some adult problems like depression, addiction, and fraying relationships. To me, "Doublemeat Palace" is far from the season's (or the show's) strongest episode; but part of that could be because it's intentionally kind of boring as it tries to convey the mind-numbing effect of being stuck in a job at a fast food restaurant.

Charly Bliss's video, on the other hand, like much of Guppy, doesn't suffer from a lack of energy. And it got me going back to check out some of my favorite Buffy episodes over the weekend.



Charly Bliss continue their quest for world domination during their tour with the reunited Wolf Parade. That tour brings them to Philly's Union Transfer on 10/19 and to Brooklyn Steel this Saturday, 10/21.

Screaming Females, "Glass House"

Screaming Females made it official today by announcing that they'd be releasing their 7th studio LP, All At Once, with Don Giovanni Records on 2/23. The band, once again, headed to Seattle to work with producer Matt Bayles (Rose Mountain, Pearl Jam, Mastodon) on the album. They accompanied the announcement with the release of the video for single "Glass House."

Directed by Kate Sweeney, "Glass House" finds the band sitting stoically while taking glassware to the head. It took me a minute to notice, but the blows are delivered by none other than John "Shellhead" Driver of Shellshag. The song goes from subdued to thunderous, growing progressively more manic as the band remain stone-faced. Bayles's deft hand for the heavy rock and roll is apparent on the track.



Screaming Females are currently on tour with Street Eaters, a tour that made its closest pass to us on its opening night in Philly; but fingers remain crossed for a NY / NJ area show sometime soon.