Female-Fronted Friday: 13 Spiders

When: 2021

Where: Knoxville, TN.

Genre: Hard rock/Alt-metal

FFO: Flyleaf (early), 3 Pill Morning, 10 Years

13 Spiders was originally founded in 2021 by Alicia Hurst. She was the bassist and planned to put together an all-female act, but that didn’t work out. In order to keep the band alive, Alicia opened the door to any musician who was interested. She managed to find a bassist, guitarist, and drummer, yet the position of vocalist was a difficult one to fill. As the author of the lyrics and the vocal melodies, Alicia was pushed to the forefront of 13 Spiders.

13 Spiders’ current lineup consists of Alicia (vox), Mike (bass), Andrew (guitar), and Scott (drums). Real life has intervened and stalled the release of new music, but the band does have songs in the studio just waiting for their producer to get in with Alicia to lay down the vocal tracks! The most recent single is “You,” which dropped in late 2024. They do have an upcoming track entitled “Scarred Innocence.” The song was written as a voice for child victims of sexual abuse and is based on a real-life case that occurred locally to them.

Make sure you follow 13 Spiders on all their socials, as well as your streaming service of choice, so you don’t miss any news or the studio release of “Scarred Innocence” (they have been performing it live).

“You”

“Scarred Innocence” [Live]

My Top 50 Songs of 2023

I tried to trim my list down to 30, the way I did last year, but it was impossible. For one thing, I started compiling singles for 2023 in January – last year, I got a late start. And for another thing, there have been way too many good songs released over the past twelve months!

So here are my top 50 songs of 2023 (in no particular order). And here is a link to the full playlist!

Weekly Focus: 3 Pill Morning, Day Seven

This is the final day with 3PM as my artist of the week, but fear not! There will be more blogs about these Minnesota rockers, including a “Band You Should Know” post. Stay tuned!

3 Pill Morning — “Electric Chair,” from the album Never Look Back (2016).