Chastity Belt (band)


Chastity Belt is an American rock band formed in Walla Walla, Washington, in 2010. Consisting of Julia Shapiro, Lydia Lund, Annie Truscott and Gretchen Grimm, the band plays a style of alternative rock, rock and roll, noise pop, and pop rock. The group have released four studio albums: No Regerts, Time to Go Home, I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone, and Chastity Belt.

History

Chastity Belt was formed in Walla Walla, Washington, during 2010 while its members were students at Whitman College. Childbirth frontwoman Julia Shapiro became the band's lead vocalist and guitarist, with fellow lead guitarist Lydia Lund, bassist Annie Truscott, and drummer Gretchen Grimm. They take a humorous approach to feminine stereotypes and customs in their lyrics, challenging gender norms and femininity as a construct.
Following the EPs Fuck Chastity Belt and Dude in 2012, the group released its debut studio album No Regerts on August 13, 2013, on Help Yourself Records.
The band's second studio album, Time to Go Home, was released on March 24, 2015, on Hardly Art. It received a positive reception from music critics.
The band's third studio album, I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone, was released on June 2, 2017, also on Hardly Art. The album received significant praise from NPR's Mike Katzif, who wrote, "I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone is a thoughtful, reflective album, constantly searching for direction to and questioning every solitary, restless feeling, yet it's that intimacy that allows us to know a new, perhaps truer side to the artists. It takes an extraordinary amount of self-confidence to expose that process for all to hear."
After a brief hiatus in 2018, the group announced on July 10, 2019, that its fourth LP would be self-tilted as Chastity Belt, and would be released on September 20. The single "Ann's Jam" was released along with the announcement. Writing for The Fader, Alex Robert Ross called it "the indie four-piece's lushest and most mournful-sounding album yet." Upon its release, Pitchforks Abby Jones described the album as "their dreamiest and most tranquil."

Members

Current members
Studio albums