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  • Summary: The debut surprise release for the side project of Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard features members from Nashville rock bands Fly Golden Eagle and Clear Plastic Masks.

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Closer
Well i got to be sure I've got to be sure If i put my love, on the line I am going to make you mine Now i got to be sure I go to be sure If i put my... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. 91
    For the first time, she has managed to capture her inimitable stage presence on record. With this set of scrappy, rapturous barn jams, she has captured lightning in a bottle (or, more accurately, thunder in a digital file).
  2. Sep 14, 2015
    80
    The record is consciously straightforward and unapologetically so. And there ain’t nothing wrong with that.
  3. 80
    Thunderbitch the album rolls with precisely as much uncompromising swagger as its name suggests.
  4. Uncut
    Oct 27, 2015
    80
    Thunderbitch does a far better job of capturing Howard as a performer than either of the Alabama Shakes albums have; here, her inimitable, flamboyant voice is given free rein, ably supported by her fellow Thunderbitches. [Dec 2015, p.68]
  5. Dec 22, 2015
    80
    Initially, the noise is the allure, but subsequent spins reveal these songs are as tightly constructed as those Howard writes for Alabama Shakes and, in some respects, maybe even a little sturdier.
  6. Oct 20, 2015
    70
    Howard yowls about how she's a rock & roll wild child who just doesn't care, even as the surprising amount of craft the band puts into these songs suggests she cares quite a bit.... But it's the looser the better here.
  7. Sep 14, 2015
    67
    The album is plenty of fun, even if its entirely unoriginal. Like a great house party, Thunderbitch is gone too quick, a little bit rowdy, and soundtracked by jams that facilitate a good time, even if they don’t demand much of your attention.

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