Becoming (Make a Little Room). (c)(p) 2023. Lyrics and Music by Rachel McCullough. Rachel McCullough - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar / Neal Blumberg - Lead Guitar, Backup Vocals Eric Ahern - Bass / Jay B. Wade - Drums. Recorded, mixed and mastered by John Fachet at Sweet Creek Studios (Ottsville, PA). Lead vocals recorded by Pier Giacalone at Hopetown Sound (Doylestown, PA).

Driving rhythm, upbeat music with occasionally gut-wrenching lyrics. All songs written by Rachel McCullough (c) (p). Rachel McCullough - Vocals, Guitar / Pier Giacalone - Lead Guitar / Mark Carson - Bass (except Broke My Heart, played by Pier Giacalone) / Mike Wexler - Drums. Produced and Engineered by Pier Giacalone. Recorded and Mixed by Pier Giacalone at Hopetown Sound (Doylestown, PA). Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Avatar Studios (New York, NY). Photography by Frank Pronesti.

About the Songs: Deeply personal and emphatic without being overdone, the songs include driving rhythms, soaring vocals, and harmonic layers sitting atop swirling guitars. With Rachel on vocals and rhythm guitar, producer Pier Giacalone's lead guitar work catapults "Jam the Signal," "Ambushed," and "The Big Mistake" to the big sounds they crave. Mark Carson brings bass bottom end to "Somebody Brought You Home" and Mike Wexler's precision drumming keeps "Broke My Heart" true to its pop/punk roots.

Soulful, melodic, bittersweet songs about love, longing and finding your own habitat are all dressed up in upbeat tunes framed with black eyeliner. Listeners describe singer-songwriter Rachel McCullough's (aka Deb) vocals as "captivating" and "wickedly sweet" evoking comparisons ranging from Gwen Stefani to Alanis Morissette. All songs written by Rachel McCullough.

Light Shines On, Fortune Teller: Rachel McCullough - Vocals, Guitar; Chris Macica - Guitar Adam Winokur - Guitar, Bass; Drums - Matt Muir

Ready to Bruise, You are My Star, I Do: Rachel McCullough - Vocals, Guitar; Lance Reichart - Guitar; Wayne Taussig - Bass; Chris Allen - Drums

The album starts in the dark with Ambushed (How Lucky You are) calling out stealth manipulators with "how lucky you are to be born without a heart, cause mine hurts all the time." Hope springs in a jaded world with the lazy love song You are My Star, "together we'll walk through the midst of the madness." Sweet harmonies are found in the title track Ready to Bruise, a song about taking chances, and yeah, even if it means getting banged up along the way. Fortune Teller reveals a wiser soul comforting the worry wart - even if you think you've "read the script a thousand times," you have no idea about what tomorrow may bring "my dear!" I Do is a love song, with Miss Independent, asking whether she can "live with someone else without losing myself." High energy Light Shines On is the celebration of letting yourself have a voice (but "would you love me anyway?")