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1001 Other Albums

Self-Titled Summer | Bones UK (2019, UK)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 211 on The List, submitted by moss. Bones UK is the "future rock" duo of rhythm guitarist/vocalist Rosie Oddie (aka Rosie Bones) and lead guitarist Carmen Vandenberg. While this is the duo's debut album, they co-wrote and performed on what ended up being Jeff Beck's final album. Highlights on this catchy, danceable, and empowering album include their cover of Bowie's "I'm Afraid of Americans", and their tongue-in-cheek "Girls Can't Play Guitar" (which features a riff that will be familiar to those who listened to our last STS spotlight album).

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: 1001otheralbums.com/2025/06/30

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's the Bandcamp: sumerianrecords.bandcamp.com/a

Happy listening!

1001 Other Albums · Self-Titled Summer | Bones UK (2019, UK)
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1001 Other Albums

Self-Titled Summer | Bones UK (2019, UK)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 211 on The List, submitted by moss. Here’s a quick rundown:

  • Point of origin(s): Originally named just Bones, the bones of this group are BFFs rhythm guitarist/vocalist Rosie Oddie (aka Rosie Bones) and lead guitarist Carmen Vandenberg. Both first played together in an all-woman rock band called Fake Club, before forming their own all-woman duo in 2014. In 2016, the duo co-wrote and performed (vocals and guitars) on what ended up being Jeff Beck’s final album, Loud Hailer. Following that, Bones moved across the pond from Camden Town to Los Angeles, and added the “UK” to their name. The album we look at here was their debut album.
  • Tasting notes: “Future rock” (as per the band themselves) i.e., danceable rock tinged with electro-pop, industrial, and indie rock, underneath catchy, empowering lyrics.
  • Standout track: As an avid Bowie fan, I have to mention their cover of “I’m Afraid of Americans” (I particularly love how Rosie makes sure to pronounce “can’t” in both American and British), originally commissioned for The Howard Stern Tribute to David Bowie special. But, seeing as we just looked at Bo Diddley’s s/t album in our last spotlight, I’d be amiss if I didn’t point out the tongue-in-cheek closer “Girls Can’t Play Guitar”, which has Bo Diddley’s guitar riff from “I’m a Man” (itself inspired by the riff in Muddy Waters’ “Hoochie Coochie Man”) underneath lyrics based on actual, uh, “feedback” these women were once given.
  • Where are they now?: Also in 2019, the band released an EP of unplugged versions of some of the tracks from the s/t, Unplugged, and then a follow-up album Soft just last year. According to their socials, they seem to be working on the next album already.
  • Websites: linktr.ee (their website seems to have been taken down), Wikipedia

Happy listening!

The cover art is largely a black and white photo of the band, two white women looking at the camera, wearing slightly torn/dishevelled Playboy Bunny outfits (i.e., strapless corset/swimsuit things plus bunny ears on their heads) but with a leather jacket hanging from each of their right shoulders, both looking like they've been in a fight. There is a black border on either side of the photo, but no words.
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