Los Angeles rock duo Judy formed in December 2025 as a way for Blue Broderick (Diners) and Leah Levinson (Agriculture) to practice songwriting and experiment with DIY recording techniques together. In doing so, they found a collaborative relationship that hinged equally on the two’s differences as much as it did their common ground. Working between the schedules of their separate music projects, Judy quickly recorded two EP’s worth of material over five consecutive days with a makeshift studio constructed in a friend’s living room.
Their second EP Death of a Ladies’ Mutt is out today (stream/share), and album opener “She Got Me In Her Hands” is an instant-classic pop-rock song about a crush that is only kind-of-sort-of available and the singer’s resignation in response. “She won’t write me off or write me back, and I’m fine with that,” the singer opines over a cooly detached groove.
As co-songwriters and co-producers, Broderick and Levinson tap into an array of shared influences with Judy. Their music connects the dots between The Velvet Underground, The Shangri-Las, The Donnas, The Beatles, Fountains of Wayne, Guided By Voices, Leonard Cohen, and The Ramones with the effortlessness of songwriters who have long since internalized those artist’s lessons. Their first two EPs find them exploring themes of unrequited lust, cartoon violence, sexual fixations, and cannibalism.
Judy will be celebrating the EP’s release at Footsies (Los Angeles, CA) on Thursday, August 6. During the late summer and early fall they will play several shows across California and Arizona.
