Invitation Mikaela Davis is the sound of a

is the sound of a band not content to rest on its laurels

A cursory listen to Brooklyn indie act Habibi's self-titled debut album would initially seem to suggest a straightforward punk approach to the classic girl group template

• REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG TAPES

melange borne from the confined anxiety of the pandemic

and this album is like a beautiful rose that comes covered in razor sharp thorns

Invitation Mikaela Davis is the sound of aDEBUT ALBUM FROM SUPER GROUP WITH CORIN TUCKER (Sleater Kinney, Heavens To Betsy), PETER BUCK (R. E. M.), SCOTT McCAUGHEY (Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows), KURT BLOCH (Fastbacks) and BILL RIEFLIN (Ministry, King Crimson). Filthy Friends is the sound of music being made free of expectations, free of fear for how it will be received, free of any and all bullshit that has become lingua franca of the modern music industry. They are the product of likeminded