Performing a dark, lean blend of blues and country sounds fortified with a punk attitude, Miss Derringer is an L.A.-based rock band led by a pair of musicians-turned-artists, Liz McGrath (a painter and sculptor who previously sang with the band Tongue and edited the 'zine Censor This) and Morgan Slade (a photographer who plays guitar and writes much of the group's material). McGrath's vocals echo Debbie Harry's with their yen for '60s girl group coos and longing; it's a sort of rock 'n' roll timelessness which suffuses the music, which runs from rockabilly trills to post-punk jagged arcs.