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12/2/16

The Pretty Reckless for Kerrang ! magazine october/ Halloween edition



The Pretty Reckless did an interview for Kerrang magazine in october which was the Halloween issue, here are the HQ pictures and interview:





Photoshoot:



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10/27/16

New interviews + photoshoots



This post is an update of all the recent interviews and photoshoot:

1. Cosmopolitan.com


Taylor did an interview and photoshoot for cosmo, read the interview HERE




2. Kerrang october 19th





The Pretty Reckless did a photoshoot and an interview for Kerrang, read th interview below:




Kerrang october 26th:

They did an other photoshoot and interview for Kerrang, i unfortunetly don't have a better quality than this for the interview:






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9/26/16

Random NEWS


You can now pre-order "Who you selling for" everywhere and get the songs "Oh my god" and "Take me down" right away !

All the links:








You can see my lyric video for the song "oh my god" now and get the song on the links above:






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Take me down video

BTS Take me down video

BTS take me down video



The Take me down music video is coming this THURSDAY ! Behind the scenes pictures of the video above.


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Random new pics

And here are some new pictures never posted on the blog before:

Who you selling for photoshoot 1

Who you selling for photoshoot 2

Taylor Momsen in a restaurant in NYC

The band back together
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9/8/16

“Oh my god” by the Pretty Reckless - my review


Hi everyone, as i said on twitter, i had the pleasure to listen to the song "Oh my god" from the upcoming album "Who you selling for" and i am going to do a review of it, and i will probably for each song after.

 FIRST OF ALL, I was asked to do a review, talk about the lyrics and the rythm/ style of the song, to give you an idea of the type of songs there is in the album and promote it. If you don't like reviews, nobody asked you to come here, you will be able to listen to it yourself in only A MONTH !

 FULL LYRICS HERE

As promised, the song is heavy, one of the heaviest of the record, it starts, just like the song Going to hell, on a guitar solo, which breaks on Taylor's raspy voice screaming "Oh, Oh my God..."

Than you discover the very interesting lyrics that leads the understanding of the song, which is about the singer (Taylor) realizing that after all of this (selling her soul to the devil, doing rock'n'roll...) she is just a dumb human being with flaws, just like everyone else.

Always using controversial quotes, to explain how basic she is, she sings "Oh Oh my god, wish i was black, wish i had soul [..] I am so white, shine like the sun..."

She then goes into more relatable, personal lyrics when she says "Oh Oh my god, wish i could think, wish i could do something smarter than sing, but I'm just a face..."

This song seems also very sarcastic towards all the hate Taylor gets, specially that last quote above, and then for the last verse she goes "Oh Oh my god, wish i was dead..."

Musically the rythm stays the same during the whole song which is 3:25 minutes.


You can learn more and listen to it yourself by ordering the new album "Who you selling for" in pre-order TOMORROW (september 9th) and listen to it fully on the official release date which is on october 21st !
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8/28/16

Take me down video + FULL interview of Taylor Momsen for KERRANG !

BTS Take me down video

BTS Take me down video and official promo pic for "Who you selling for"
First, the music video for Take me down is in the making ! You can see 2 BTS pics above, the second pic being used to promote the album "who you selling for".

You can watch my own video/w lyrics of Take me down while waiting for the official video:


Or the official lyric video with pics by the fans:




Promo pic for the Kerrang issue

Taylor did an interview for the august 2016 issue 1634 of Kerrang, first official talk about their upcoming record "who you selling for", so here's the exclusive interview:


To Hell and back
On the last The Pretty Reckless record, Taylor Momsen was conviced she was Going to Hell, this time around, her soul needs saving from more personal demons...

There's Been a very big Taylor Momsen-shaped hole in the rock world for far too long...but that's about to change ! The Pretty Reckless recently unveiled their third album, Who you selling for, which is due for release on October 21, via Razor&Tie. And with the first single, Take me Down, already whetting appetites, we decided it was time to catch up with Taylor at her New York city home to talk new music, depression, anxiety, and selling your soul to the Devil in the name of rok'n'roll...

Hi Taylor ! First, can you explain the title Who you Selling For ?
Taylor Momsen (Vocals/Guitar): "Well, it's a song off the record, and it's thought-provoking, I wanted to have this record make people think a little bit broader than just an obvious statement. By putting the question out there, it creates a diversity that will allow the listener to better understand the record."

So what does the title mean to you ?
"It means something different to me everyday (laughs). It questions, "What am I doing with my life ?" "What is the world doing ?" and, "What is going on ?" So it means something different to me everytime I look at it. That song really just describes the record."

Is "What are you doing with your life?" Something you question often ?
"On a minute-ly basis (laughs)."

The Cover art is pretty creepy..Where did that come from ?
"It's a very direct representation of how i feel at the moment. I wanted it to be artistic and emote how I'm feeling at this junction in my life. An artist came to me with this image, and it was just perfect ! The artist is a close friend who wants to remain anonymous, but they had heard the record and worked based off of the music to create that image."

What are you feeling in your life right now, then ?
"Confusion, depression and anxiety, just like everybody else. I'm sure that's how most people feel most of the time. Music's my coping device - it's where I'm allowed to express all those bottled-up emotions that you're technically supposed to hide from the world; it's my salvation. It's my outlet. And when I'm not making music I start to lose my mind, and I start to lose my identity, and that's a very hard thing that i struggle with."

Has your depression improved while working on the album ?
"I wouldn't say it improved (laughs), but i just keep getting older, so I think it keeps changing. It doesn't necessarily get better, it just kinda morphs into a different form every day. [Anxiety and depression is] something that I've had my whole life - I'm a very anxious person, but as I get older it just kinda changes and morphs into different forms, and comes out in my art. Writing is the greatest gift you could be given as far as I'm concerned, because it really allows for an outlet to keep yourself sane."

Speaking about songwriting - what's Take me down about ?
"It's a classic rock'n'roll tune, which was inspired by the Robert Johnson story of going to the crossroads and selling his soul for rock'n'roll - which i kind of did in one way (laughs). I gave my life to the music; I gave everything else up for it. And it's a simple story about giving your life to something you love so much and you need it so bad that you're willing to sell your soul for it."

 Are there downsides to selling your soul to rock'n'roll ?
"Of course (laughs) ! Just ask Robert Johnson - I think he was poisoned at 27. So it does take a toll. But at the same time, it's everything. That's the whole point - you have no choice. It is who you are, it is your soul, it is everything. if you don't give everything to it, you're not going to succeed."

 Do you ever plan on acting again, or is music your sole focus ?
"I quit acting eight years ago ! I haven't acted since I was 15 years old, and I have no intention of going back to it. I'm not an actress - to me that's my childhood. It's like asking if I'm going back to junior high (laughs). Like, no, I don't plan on going back to junior high..."


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7/14/16

Take me down



The song "Take me down" is finally here ! Listen to it now:

 



My thoughts about it, first the meaning, I think Light me up was about life in general, feelings, people, the world, Going to Hell was about how fucked up this life is, how hard feelings are and how we were all going to die.
Now Take me down show us that we are ready to go to hell, to sell our soul to the devil. We want him to take us down. Hell and the Devil being metaphors about Hate, life, how it gets darker, worse, and the personal hell inside your head that you create for yourself, being for Taylor music, as she said plenty of times and in the song, she sold her soul to rock'n'roll and dedicate her life to it. We'll have to see where the other songs takes us.

Musically, it's brilliant, the riff is incredible and the added materials sounds amazing. We want to sing along, it's heavy, it's good, we definitly want to go to hell with the Pretty Reckless.






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12 July Q&A + NEW SONG !

Taylor did a Q&A on July 12th and announce something important right after ! first here's the Q&A:


































Here's for the Q&A, now for the announcement...
A NEW SONG TODAY (July 14th) ! Take me down will be played on radios all day ! + a new Q&A today
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7/8/16

Who you selling for, all the infos needed about the new album


 Official arts of the album:


Tracklist: 

 1.The Walls Are Closing In / Hangman inspired by a poem by Chidiock Tichborne written on the eve of his execution, tells a story of having control over your own mind and soul no matter what is happening to you.
2. Oh My God is the most aggresive song in the album which Momsen describes as “self-confession right out of a journal. I think it speaks for itself.” (read my review of the song by clicking the title)
3.Take me down: is a story of desperation, with Momsen delivering such lyrics as “I spend all night and day / How much harder can I play? / You know I gave my life to rock and roll?” “It’s about wanting something so much you’d sell your soul for it,” (read my review of the song by clicking the title)
4. Prisoner is one of the heaviest song
5. Wild City is influenced by being young and on your own in New York (“We wrote it while walking down Rivington Street on the Lower East Side,” Momsen says). 
 6.Back To The River is about the desire to get away from everything, to go where no one can reach you,
7.Who You Selling For testifies to music being a form of salvation and describes how the rest of the album reaches into all forms of rock and roll looking for:
8. Bedroom Window Is an accoustic ballad
9. Living In The Storm is also hard rock
10. Already Dead
11. The Devil’s Back is on of the longest and most diverse track, lasting more than 7 minutes and including a guitar solo from Ben Phillips and unusual vocals from Taylor Momsen
12. Mad Love is inspired by David Bowie


About the album:

  • The album came out october 21st
  • The pre-order was available on September 09th
  • The album is called "Who you selling for"
  • No songs sound alike
  • There is 12 songs in the album
  • The album is completely done
  • Taylor wants to do videos for as many songs as possible and will co-direct all of them
  • The album is available in bundles like Going to hell
  • There is additional features by guitarist Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers), guitarist Tommy Byrnes (Billy Joel), and keyboardist Andy Burton (Ian Hunter), as well as backing vocalists Janice Pendarvis (David Bowie), Jenny Douglas-Foote (P!nk), and Sophia Ramos (Rod Stewart)
  • Taylor plays some guitar
  • Ben does not sing in the album

TECHNICAL INFOS:
  •  The recording started on november 2nd 2015 
  • All the songs are written by Taylor Momsen with the help of Ben Philips and they are edited and mixed in the studio by kato khandwala, just like the other 2 records It will be produced by Razor&Tie like Going to Hell 
  • Jamie Perkins and Mark Damon arrived at the studio on november 10th to start recording full songs Jamie recorded a few parts with a broken arm 
  • The bass and drums are recorded at the same time, before the voice and guitar 
  • The recording stopped for the end of the tour and started back again on January 25th Right after they started the digital editing 
  • The recording began at the Water Music studio but moved to the Sphere studio in LA for the final editing on April 2016 

About the first song, Take me down:

- You can listen to the song and read my review of it HERE
- The song talks about “the crossroads”, the place in the Mississippi Delta often believed to have been the meeting place where musicians sold their soul to the devil in return for fame, fortune and greatness. (source - Loudwire)
- Taylor said she takes her inspiration for the song to Robert Johnson's song "crossroads" and to her own life
- The video is in the work and will also be inspired by Robert Johnson
- The song is available for purchase everywhere since July 15th
- The laughs at the end are Janice Pendarvis'





Pictures from the recording:
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