1) Towel are from Bristol, or your nightmares, and they are Roxy, Rosa, and Camille. The trio play keyboard-inflected punk which often starts shyly, before it sneaks up on you with devastating crescendos and furious vocals. The simple melodies and percussion back up vital lyrics which speak to the routine difficulties of being a queer woman. In “feed yr guts,” the line Taking up space is a challenge every day is repeated over and over, and sometimes it’s all you need just to hear someone else saying that.