SEAPLANES, SLEDNECKS, AND SCREAMING FEMALES
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A skim through YouTube one day presented a peculiar sight: Metallica all parka’d up and playing a geodesic dome in 2013. Apparently, after decades of touring the world, the band was finally performing on the one continent they hadn’t conquered yet: Antarctica. It was part of their “Freeze ’Em All” tour (guys, were you even trying with that name?).
CREEM has no idea if Screaming Females were watching that broadcast and wiping drool off the floor, but we do know this: They’re the hardest-touring band out there, with 11 releases (eight LPs and three EPs) in as many years. Their latest is Desire Pathway, out now on Don Giovanni, and clearly they are looking to follow in Metallica’s footsteps (except for the whole last-six-albums-are-only-bad-riffs thing) by checking a remote location off their fuck-it list: Alaska.
Like the true road warriors they are, the band didn’t settle for the ol’ “tag the big city and move on” method, instead stretching out to five destinations and getting a true taste of life at the edge of the world. So what in the hell does an Alaskan tour look like? Is it all just photos of salmon and woodstoves and tractors? Apparently not. Check out Screaming Females’ diary from their 2023 Alaska tour, narrated by their own Marisa Paternoster. And watch your fuckin’ ass, Metallica!
