And just like that, we have officially entered Boston Calling artist anticipation season. Our undying rhinestone cowgirl love for Chappell Roan is already well-documented, and earlier this month we hyped the magnetic R&B touch of d4vd. Now joining the growing list of must-see acts over Memorial Day weekend is Blondshell, the alternative rock project of Sabrina Teitelbaum that teams with Bully’s Alicia Bognanno for an inspired new collaborative single out yesterday (March 26) called “Docket.”
We first got on the Blondshell hype train back in late 2022, but last year’s breakout self-titled debut album brought Teitelbaum’s razor-sharp songwriting acumen and heavy melodies to widespread masses. Now as she prepares to headline The Blue Stage on the Sunday slate at Boston Calling, this new collab, a song all about risk-taking, has elevated our excitement levels.
“For me this is a song about splitting off from yourself,” says Teitelbaum. “It’s about uncertainty when you’re in different environments all the time. In a way it’s about wanting to cope with distance and change but it’s also just a bit about being reckless.”
And linking up with Bognanno — whose Bully played Boston Calling in 2015, by the way — was the plan from the start, in a kinda-sorta way.
“I had space on this song for another person and I kept hearing Bully’s voice on it,” she adds. “I’m a huge fan of hers and when I was touring last summer I couldn’t stop listening to her album. Honestly when we were sitting in the studio and I heard her voice coming through I was just kind of shocked and in awe of her. I’m really happy she said yes to making the song with me.”