The intimate, noir-shaded rock of Chicago's Bnny (formerly Bunny) is the brainchild of bandleader Jess Viscius, who started writing songs with minimal chords after someone left a guitar at her apartment. Forming a band with friends and family active in the local indie scene, the project's whispery, tear-stained debut album, Everything, saw release in 2021. The heartbreak continued on 2024's One Million Love Songs.

Writing her first songs in sessions over the course of several years, Jess Viscius eventually pieced together a regular band consisting of her twin sister, Alexa (bass), Tim Makowski (guitar), Adam Schubert (guitar), and Matt Pelkey (drums), all members of other groups. With some of the songs inspired by a tumultuous relationship and the rest processing the death of her partner, 2021's Everything took musical inspiration from the chordal simplicity of the Velvet Underground. Recorded with producer Jason Balla of Dehd, the debut was released on Fire Talk in mid-2021. Written in the wake of a later breakup, early 2024's One Million Love Songs continued in the debut's heartbroken vein. Recorded again with a collection of friends and her sister, it was produced by Viscius and Alex Farrar (Wednesday, Indigo De Souza). ~ Marcy Donelson