Sloppy Jane

Sloppy Jane's theatrical avant-punk is as exciting as it is idiosyncratic. They debuted with the proto- and post-punk-informed 2015 EP Sure-Tuff as a four-piece that included Phoebe Bridgers on bass. By Sloppy Jane's second full-length, the 2021 concept album Madison, project leader Haley Dahl was setting her volatile relationship songs to a 21-piece blended rock band and chamber orchestra. Following a three-year search for just the right acoustics, Madison was tracked underground at the Lost World Caverns in West Virginia. The dramatic ballad "Cancer" and a duet with Bridgers, "Claw Machine," followed in 2023 and 2024, respectively.