Review “Begin”

B-Sides & Badlands

“Boy Band ⎯⎯ a magically-talented, tightly-crafted troupe of musicians named Ana Dratz, Jen Fischer and HaleyJane Rose ⎯⎯ let the patriarchy have it on their luscious and rootsy debut EP, Begin. Swelling with swampy folk shapeshifting and smooth wrinkles of glossy pop magnificence, the sturdy five-song disc stabs deep into the chest and wrenches away the most crucial of life forces as a way of deconstructing the system and jerking the straight white men from their lavish ivory towers. “