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- Anna Worstell - Vocals
Jesse Worstell - Guitar, Vocals
Jairo Ruiz - Bass
Nathan Shelton - Drums
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From American Songwriter
So here is what you need to know about Anna Worstell, lead singer for The Worsties: she is not Gwen Stefani or Hayley Williams from Paramore or Courtney Love. She is the frontwoman with the badass swagger, the chick with the sky-high heels and holy crap, can she sing.
The Worsties are Nashville’s answer to the ska/punk-pop revival and at the band’s performance for Next Big Nashville Thursday night at 12th and Porter, Worstell– along with guitarist Jesse Worstell, bassist Jairo Ruiz and drummer Nathan Shelton– had the mostly-female crowd eating out the palm of Anna’s perfectly manicured hand.
Here is why The Worsties rule: they are not an indie rock band, though all signs might point to the contrary. It’s evident the band members have their individual musical interests; Anna obviously has some ska in her and Ruiz some heavy metal. The band itself describes their music as "hot, party drenched rock" influenced by indie gods The Pixies and Siouxsie and the Banshees, and quite honestly, I can’t find a better way to describe it.
Any way you slice it, The Worsties are light, poppy, unadultered fun. "I’ll tell you a secret if you promise not tell," Anna coquettishly cooed before letting her vocal chords pummel our ear drums on "Don’t Mind Me." I was sure she was either going to make out with someone or kick their ass.
"That was a good song," the man to my left said stoically as the track ended. I think he might have been in awe — as the majority of the men present were — though it has to be said it could have had something to do with the sequined hot pants worn by the leggy lead singer.
Find out the next time The Worsties hit the stage ’round town. Come ready to dance and shout along with one of this region’s most engaging, high energy acts on the stage. "L-E-T-S-G-O! Let’s go! Let’s go!" might be stuck in your head for days after. You’ve been warned.
– Samantha Spector