There are plenty of female rockers, but rockers that make rock for women are less abundant. Trophy Wife is one of the rare groups that makes ear-shattering, vocal chord-shredding songs without sacrificing insight, advancement and intelligence. It’s an uncommon mixture of raw, unabashed intensity and sharp-tongued lyricism, and Trophy Wife embraces this dichotomy fully. For the Carrboro, NC and Philadelphia, PA-based band, retreat is not an option; Patience Fury, the band’s latest LP out on 307 Knox Records this summer, is an exercise in frankness and candor, an unfiltered glimpse at hard-rocking women with a sound and significance they dare you not to heed.

-by Linnie Greene