Watch the new Bad Waitress video for "Acid Brain"

The new Bad Waitress EP Party Bangers is out Friday. They're opening for Nightseeker at the Horseshoe Saturday. 

Toronto – Bad Waitress are set release their rip-snortin' new Party Bangers: Volume 1 EP on Royal Mountain Records this Friday (April 20).  The Toronto-based punk crew have a number of tour dates in support of the EP including a show at The Horseshoe on Saturday (April 21) opening for label-mates Nightseeker (fronted by Deaner of FUBAR infamy) who are also launching their new opus the same night, 3069: a Space-Rock Sex Odyssey.

Bad Waitress is a fierce and playful punk rock slap to the face comprised of four young women on a mission. Vocalist/guitarist Kali-Ann Butala moved to Toronto from the Northwest Territories five years ago, with the specific intent to play kick-ass music with other women. The band’s debut release,  2017's Doll Creatures of the Valley EP – mixed and mastered by Kali-Ann – plays along this theme in a cheeky and subversive way, with the biting “We’re Girls,” (“We’re girls/We’re here/We’re ready to fight”) to the witchy chanting of “Devil’s Vagina,” and the EP’s title track which begins with eerie, doll-like voices before the heavy guitar takes over.

But it would be wrong to pigeonhole the artists-formerly-known-as-Nude-Dogs as just girl punk. Their influences may include such punk stalwarts as Fugazi and Gang of Four, with comparisons to acts like 7 Year Bitch and Babes in Toyland, but there’s a little something extra mixed in there, too. Butala’s Howlin’ Wolf tattoo is what she and guitarist Katelyn Molgard initially bonded over. The whole band – rounded out by drummer Eva Moon and bassist Jessica Maxwell – describe themselves as inseparable, and the enjoyment they have from making music together is certainly palpable.

Check out the clip for "Acid Brain" followed by a list of upcoming Bad Waitress dates.


Bad Waitress on tour
April 21st @ The Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto ON - with Nightseeker
May 18th @ St. Andrew's Hall - Detroit MI - with Rise Against
June 8th @ the Sanctuary - Ridgeway ON - with Hollerado