On Thursday, September 21, Bully rocked Crystal Ballroom in Somerville. The event marked Bully’s return to the Boston area after opening for The Pixies back in early June.

The event hall steadily filled just in time for a relatively mellow start to the evening with 3-piece alt-rock opener Wombo. Bully dialed up the volume and the distortion as they occupied the stage and dove into the lead track of their latest album Lucky For You. Following an early pause in momentum, courtesy of a broken guitar string, Bully resumed their performance full force. The evening saw band lead Alicia Bognanno wielding her bullish vocals to spur on the show and deliver a setlist that featured the whole of Lucky For You, and a sprinkling of older tracks leaning towards Bully’s debut album Feels Like. There was a distinct contrast between Bognanno’s soft-spoken banter and her forceful singing, but when Bully ended the regular set with the cathartic “All This Noise,” it was a reminder that Bognanno lets the music do the talking. How lucky for us.