Noun

Prior to fronting her screechy indie rock trio, vocalist/guitarist Marissa Paternoster started recording under the pseudonym Noun while she was attending high school in New Jersey. Paternoster's solo work was way more subdued than that of <a href="spotify:artist:3pZ666b6CyO1KGpVYirY0t">Screaming Females</a> and filled with dark, dreamy melodies representative of <a href="spotify:artist:12VaqyEhgwDRuFfEqbnrpz">PJ Harvey</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1n65zfwYIj5kKEtNgxUlWb">Siouxsie and the Banshees</a>. For five years, nearly 40 songs sat on her father's laptop as <a href="spotify:artist:3pZ666b6CyO1KGpVYirY0t">Screaming Females</a> worked to become established. In 2010, the recordings resurfaced. After recruiting Miranda Taylor (Black Wine, Hunchback, Full of Fancy), Angela Boylan (<a href="spotify:artist:07xtSbRLjyQzYPgeFBao5N">Cheeky</a>), and fellow <a href="spotify:artist:3pZ666b6CyO1KGpVYirY0t">Screaming Females</a> members Jarrett Dougherty and King Mike to help her flesh out the material, Paternoster released Noun's first album, Holy Hell, on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Don+Giovanni+Records%22">Don Giovanni Records</a>. ~ Jason Lymangrover, Rovi