''Thunderpussy'' is the self-titled debut studio album by the Seattle hard rock band

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. It was produced and engineered by

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. Work on the recording began in September 2016 at Massy's home studio, Foundation Soundstage, in Ashland, Oregon. The first single, "Velvet Noose," was recorded at Hockey Talkter Studios, produced by

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and engineered by Josh Evans. The album was released on May 25, 2018. The band included the eponymous track "Thunderpussy" on this album as their theme song, commenting "Every band should have a theme song, especially if your band is called 'Thunderpussy'." They remarked, "This was our big chance to do what we had always wanted since the first time we heard ' Bad Company' by Bad Company: write a self-titled track."

Track listing

''All songs by Whitney Petty and Molly Sides'' #"Speed Queen" – 4:08 #"Badlands" – 3:43 #"Fever" – 4:55 #"Torpedo Love" – 5:11 #"Velvet Noose" – 3:44 #"Gentle Frame" – 3:15 #"All In" – 4:08 #"The Cloud" – 4:34 #"Pick It Up" – 3:32 #"Utero Tango" – 3:59 #"Thunderpussy" – 3:58 #"Young and Pure" – 6:16

Personnel

;Thunderpussy * Molly Sides – vocals,

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*Whitney Petty – guitars, backing vocals, harmonica *Leah Julius – bass guitar, backing vocals *Ruby Dunphy – drums, percussion,

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;Additional musicians *

– guitar on "Velvet Noose" and "The Cloud" *Josh Evans –

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on "The Cloud";

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and

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on "Pick It Up" *Graig Markel – acid eagle noises on "Thunderpussy" *Jordan Volker – violin on "Torpedo Love" *Brianna Atwell – viola on "Torpedo Love" *Alex Ho – cello on "Torpedo Love"

References

External links

Video of "Speed Queen," directed by Cheryl Ediss

Video of "Torpedo Love," directed by Andrew Franks
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