Blondshell and Bully, indie rock favorites who are both playing XPoNential Music Festival in September, have collaborated on a new song, “Docket.” Singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Sabrina Teitelbaum (of Blondshell) and Alicia Bognanno (of Bully) co-wrote the hyper-melodic, guitar-driven song.
In a press release about the song and working with Bognanno, Teitelbaum says: “For me this is a song about splitting off from yourself. It’s about uncertainty when you’re in different environments all the time. In a way it’s about wanting to cope with distance and change but it’s also just a bit about being reckless. I had space on this song for another person and I kept hearing Bully’s voice on it. I’m a huge fan of hers and when I was touring last summer I couldn’t stop listening to her album. Honestly when we were sitting in the studio and I heard her voice coming through I was just kind of shocked and in awe of her. I’m really happy she said yes to making the song with me.”
Bognanno added: “I’m a huge fan of Sabrina, I think she is incredible and I was over the moon that she asked me to be a part of her song. It makes me really happy seeing so many musicians in our indie world supporting and admiring one another. So thank you Sabrina and special shout out to her dog who I am a massive fan of as well.”
Listen to “Docket” below; a straight rocker of a song, with equal parts grit and shimmer, the two artists’ voices blend together as though they’ve been singing together for years. Let’s hope this is the first of many collabs between them. Tickets are available now for the XPoNential Music Festival, which takes place September 20th through the 22nd in Wiggins Park in Camden.