While Bullys 2013 debut Feels Like tumbled headlong into the precarious nature of Alicia Bognannos young adult life, its follow-up Losing is their first for Sub Pop (which in many ways feels like their spiritual home; Bullys sound is an outgrowth of the bands the label championed in the late 80s and 90s). Losing is a document of the complexity of growth: navigating breakups with sensitivity, learning not to flee from your troubles but to face them down no matter how messy they may be (Well, this isnt the summer I wanted, she muses on Blame, before admitting that shes trying to cut down on booze and you). Written as the group slowed down from touring constantly and Bognanno attempted to adjust to how different a home schedule is from a road schedule, her songwriting has matured from the quick one-two punches of Feels Like to tracks that contemplate the necessity of space in both song structure and emotion. Bognannos gruff yet dynamic voice is allowed to bloom, and it has a tenderness and openness to it here thats new. There are multiple layers of wistfulness and care to her delivery of lines like It just takes one disagreement for you to remember the one time I fucked up, from Spiral, turning songs that could be one-dimensional kiss-offs into warm and complex expressions of regret.

Tracklist:

1. Feel the Same
2. Kills to Be Resistant
3. Running
4. Seeing It
5. Guess There
6. Blame
7. Focused
8. Not the Way
9. Spiral
10. Either Way
11. You Could Be Wrong
12. Hate and Control

UPC: 098787121124
Label: Sub Pop
Release Date: 10.20.17
Format: CD