The project of Ex Hex's Betsy Wright and Speed Stick's Laura King, Bat Fangs breathes new life into the heavy, hooky sounds of '80s hard rock. On 2018's swaggering self-titled debut, Bat Fangs' reimagining of hair metal and glam rock put women front and center, while 2021's Queen of My World added psychedelic dimensions to their huge riffs and huger choruses.
Bat Fangs began in 2016, when Wright was touring with Ex Hex and King was playing drums for Superchunk's Matt McCaughan, whose solo project Non-Believers was opening for the band. King and Wright became friends, and aft...