Instead of showcasing an album’s lyrics in a zine, Marissa Paternoster illustrates each of her songs. She is probably most famous for fronting the band Screaming Females, but when they broke up, she started the Paternoster Listener Alliance via patreon, a project where she crafts a brand new song every month, accompanied by an evocative illustration that brings the tune life. At the end of the year, her patrons are treated to a complete album and zine that collects her months of work into one tidy package. I’ve got the first 2 volumes and treasure them both. Marissa’s drawings are angular and emotive, featuring jittery high-strung characters. Her illustrations are dense with cross-hatching and stipple, visual equivalent of the buzzsaw gravel of big muff pedal distorted guitars. Seeing each song represented by a vignette, a scene, it really deepens the meaning of each song for me. Before she began the listener alliance, I was only really familiar with her music, and I am so glad that this project has brought her zines and visual art into my life.