Black Dresses was a Canadian noise pop duo consisting of Ada Rook and Devi McCallion, formed in 2017.
The duo released three additional albums, Thank You (2019), Love and Affection for Stupid Little Bitches (2019), and Peaceful as Hell (2020), before breaking up in 2020 in response to harassment received by McCallion.
Despite maintaining their declaration of disbandment in 2020, Black Dresses released three additional albums, Forever in Your Heart (2021), Forget Your Own Face (2022), and Laughingfish (2024).
[10] Wasteisolation received positive coverage by Noisey,[11] Stereogum[12] and The Fader who called it "a raw, abrasive, and deliriously catchy album about surviving as trans women in an antagonistic world.
[20] The album received a rating of 7.6 from Pitchfork, with Leah Mandel stating, "Especially with the world's hellishness currently blaring at us, every social disparity spotlighted and exacerbated, loneliness and doubt deepened to an extreme degree, Peaceful as Hell is perfect medicine".
[2] The duo announced via Twitter on May 26, 2020, that Black Dresses would be disbanding, citing the harassment received by McCallion as the reason.
[28] In December 2021, Black Dresses appeared on the holiday compilation album Christmasasaurus X2 with their version of the song "We Are Children of the Light" by Eugene O'Reilley.
[31] Hannah Jocelyn on Pitchfork stated: "For a band that often writes about internalized shame and self-loathing, the resentment at the heart of this record feels more outwardly pointed.
[38] They released a remix of "Got Damn Star" by So Drove on September 29, 2023, which features Kevin Jz Prodigy, Kornbread Jeté, and Yung Onyx.
[41] In 2022, she released an album titled Ugly Death No Redemption Angel Curse I Love You, featuring ESPer99.
[43] Rook and Ash Nerve created a duo group, Angel Electronics in 2022, releasing a nine song EP, Ultra Paradise, in 2023.
She also created two collaboration albums with Katie Dey: Some New Form of Life (2018), and Magic Fire Brain (2020).