Awful Purdies is proud to present The Great Unraveling for digital download.

The Great Unraveling is the 4th studio album by folk-American band Awful Purdies, a quartet of 5 women multi-instruments. Like past Purdies albums, The Great Unraveling features songs telling women’s stories, but this album steps firmly into the moment addressing the inhumane demands of capitalism (No Machine), the stifling of marginalized voices (Morning Glory), pollution of the natural world (Something in the Water), and the resulting mass migration of people being displaced by competition for resources (The Great Unraveling). Through 13 new songs Awful Purdies shows that learning to love ourselves (Why Would I Be Small?) and take care of ourselves (This Woman’s Work) can help us to meet the challenge of doing the work needed to fight for a better world.

Digital download Includes MP3 versions of all songs, MP3s are encoded at 320 bits in a compressed .ZIP file. Link to digital content will be available for 24 hours from time of purchase.
No Returns available on Digital Downloads.

Awful Purdies is proud to present their first-ever vinyl release. The Great Unraveling pressed on vinyl is available for pick up in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area free of charge or for $5 we can mail it to you!

Each vinyl record arrives with a digital download code.

The Great Unraveling is the 4th studio album by folk-American band Awful Purdies, a quartet of 5 women multi-instruments. Like past Purdies albums, The Great Unraveling features songs telling women’s stories, but this album steps firmly into the moment addressing the inhumane demands of capitalism (No Machine), the stifling of marginalized voices (Morning Glory), pollution of the natural world (Something in the Water), and the resulting mass migration of people being displaced by competition for resources (The Great Unraveling). Through 13 new songs Awful Purdies shows that learning to love ourselves (Why Would I Be Small?) and take care of ourselves (This Woman’s Work) can help us to meet the challenge of doing the work needed to fight for a better world.

Save $5 when you bundle the Vinyl, CD + Digital Download together, it’s a $35 value!

Awful Purdies is proud to present their first-ever vinyl release. The Great Unraveling pressed on vinyl will is available for pick up in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area free of charge or for $5 we can mail your CD, Vinyl and Digital Download code to you!

The Great Unraveling is the 4th studio album by folk-American band Awful Purdies, a quartet of 5 women multi-instruments. Like past Purdies albums, The Great Unraveling features songs telling women’s stories, but this album steps firmly into the moment addressing the inhumane demands of capitalism (No Machine), the stifling of marginalized voices (Morning Glory), pollution of the natural world (Something in the Water), and the resulting mass migration of people being displaced by competition for resources (The Great Unraveling). Through 13 new songs Awful Purdies shows that learning to love ourselves (Why Would I Be Small?) and take care of ourselves (This Woman’s Work) can help us to meet the challenge of doing the work needed to fight for a better world.

Awful Purdies is proud to present The Great Unraveling on CD. The Great Unraveling CD is available for pick up in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area free of charge or for $5 we can mail your CD to you!

The Great Unraveling is the 4th studio album by folk-American band Awful Purdies, a quartet of 5 women multi-instruments. Like past Purdies albums, The Great Unraveling features songs telling women’s stories, but this album steps firmly into the moment addressing the inhumane demands of capitalism (No Machine), the stifling of marginalized voices (Morning Glory), pollution of the natural world (Something in the Water), and the resulting mass migration of people being displaced by competition for resources (The Great Unraveling). Through 13 new songs Awful Purdies shows that learning to love ourselves (Why Would I Be Small?) and take care of ourselves (This Woman’s Work) can help us to meet the challenge of doing the work needed to fight for a better world.

We love this classic Awful Purdies T-Shirt, designed by Mara Cole.

We have sizes Adult Small - 2XL in 3 colors:

-Heather Gray - Bella Canvas Unisex Tee

-Heather Grass Green - Bella Canvas Unisex Tee

-Navy Frost - District Made Mens Perfect Tri Crew Tee.

Our shirts will be available around December 15th for pick up in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area or for $5 we can mail it to you. We anticipate shipping pre-orders out between Dec 22 - 27.

All shirts will have the Awful Purdies 2 Headed Lady Logo printed on the front.

Designed by Waelyn Upchurch, our COVID Taco sticker measures 3” x 3”.

If you only purchase a sticker (or 10), we will put a stamp on it/them and send it to you, free of charge.

We anticipate shipping pre-orders out between Dec 22 - 27.

This Digital Download of the Awful Purdies third album is the inspiration and namesake of the play “All Recipes Are Home” as reported by Isabelle Robles is the Daily Iowan:

“The Awful Purdies, all all-female quintet, embarked on a yearlong project with Sean Lewis of Working Group Theater, traveling around the state to hear stories from people in Iowa — including lots of farmers — as part of an Iowa Arts Council grant. The experience culminated in the Purdies' newest album, All Recipes Are Home, and a musical by the same name.”

Digital download Includes MP3 versions of all songs, MP3s are encoded at 320 bits in a compressed .ZIP file. Link to digital content will be available for 24 hours from time of purchase.
No Returns available on Digital Downloads.

This Digital Download of The Awful Purdies sophomore release features all original songs including; "Let Her Learn", "Gunshy", "My Time", "The Most", "I Got Friends", "Six Long Weeks", "Pennies in the Dustpan", "Perennials",  "Portrait", and "At the Veil". “Hiatus” was recorded at The Broken Down Palace and was produced by Pete Becker.

Digital download Includes MP3 versions of all songs, MP3s are encoded at 320 bits in a compressed .ZIP file. Link to digital content will be available for 24 hours from time of purchase.
No Returns available on Digital Downloads.

This Digital Download of the Awful Purdies debut album features the original songs "Lila, what haven't you done", "Mechanical Ditch Digger", "Settle Down Maddy(lu)", "Mountain Man", "Lament to Apathy" and "Homesick Birds". And including covers of "Turtle Blues", "Cluck Old Hen", and "Just Say She's a Rhymer".

Digital download Includes MP3 versions of all songs, MP3s are encoded at 320 bits in a compressed .ZIP file. Link to digital content will be available for 24 hours from time of purchase.
No Returns available on Digital Downloads.