''Ugly'' is the fifth studio album by

Screaming Females Screaming Females is an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey comprising Marissa Paternoster on guitar and vocals, Jarrett Dougherty on drums, and Mike Abbate on bass. They released their debut album ''Baby Teeth'' in 2006. The band h ...

, released on April 3, 2012, by

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. The record was self produced by the band and engineered by

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in his studio

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. The group embarked on a national tour to support the album on April 7, 2012.

Track listing

All songs written by Screaming Females (Jarrett Dougherty, Mike "King Mike" Abbate, Marissa Paternoster). # "It All Means Nothing" # "Rotten Apple" # "Extinction" # "Red Hand" # "High" # "Expire" # "Crow's Nest" # "Tell Me No" # "Leave It All Up To Me" # "Doom 84" # "Help Me" # "Something Ugly" # "Slow Birth" # "It's Nice"

Reception

Todd Martens from the ''

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'' gave the album 3.5 stars out of four, saying that its "tracks unfurl like mini hard-rock suites". Tyler Kane of ''

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'' declared himself a "fan" of lead singer Marissa Paternoster's voice, as well as her "meaty, ground-covering guitar playing". In his ''

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'' review, Jason Heller called it a "grubby, triumphant call to action". Stereogum named Ugly their Album Of The Week saying "Itʼs almost not fair for an album to have this many great songs."

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gave the album 8.0/10, writing that the album suggests the band may someday be worthy of writing about in a book such as ''

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''. The album was listed 21st on

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's list of top 50 albums of 2012.

References

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