The debut EP from The Pretty Reckless is available now. It features their single “Make Me Wanna Die,” two new digital tracks and bonus song “Zombie” available only on the physical version sold at Warped Tour and Hot Topic stores.

With these four songs, Taylor Momsen and her band give fans a preview of what’s to come on their forthcoming full-length album, Light Me Up — an unflinchingly honest chronicle of Momsen’s experiences, filtered through her unique point of view. The songs, all written by Momsen and Ben Phillips with their producer Kato Khandwala, run the gamut of emotions, alternating at times between seething rage and a bruised vulnerability.

The songs tackle everything from romantic insecurity (the full-throttle rager “Make Me Wanna Die,” which also appears on the soundtrack to the film Kick-Ass), to despair (“You”), to how working non-stop can you make you feel like one of the un-dead (“Zombie”). Momsen pushes back against the haters on “Light Me Up” and asks how far you have to go to get forgiveness on “Going Down.” With her growly, world-weary alto, Momsen can do it all: garage-rock rave-ups (“Miss Nothing”), punchy blues-rock stompers (“My Medicine,” “Since You’re Gone”), as well as emotional power ballads (“Just Tonight”) and lovely acoustic guitar and string-driven numbers (“You”).

Visit ThePrettyReckless.com for more info and stay tuned for the full-length release coming later this year. The band is about to head out on Warped Tour, and they are giving fans the chance to design their tour poster on Buzznet.

Thanks to Veronica @ totalassault.com

Head over to billboard.com today for an exclusive preview of The Pretty Reckless’ new EP. Featuring the rocking single “Make Me Wanna Die,” the debut effort from Taylor Momsen and her band is a sampling of what’s to come on their full-length album due out later this year.

Stream the four songs here before the June 22nd release and visit ThePrettyReckless.com for more info including Warped Tour 2010 dates.

Thanks to Veronica @ totalassault.com for the info.

It’s not a party without you. Join PUMA and Nylon for an exclusive event featuring The Pretty Reckless, the hot alternative rock band starring model and actress Taylor Momsen as the front singer. Opening for The Pretty Reckless is DJ Josh Madden.

Please RSVP to pumacity@nylongmag.com by Monday 6/21 at 5pm.

Location:
PUMA City NY
PUMA Social Club
The PUMA Social Club
210 Front Street (corner of Beekman Street)
New York, NY
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Time: 9:00 PM
Price: Free
Who’s Invited?: Open and free to the public

Source: puma.com

THE TRANSITION from actor to musician is extrmely hit and miss. You could be looking at the next Jared Leto or you could, Gof forbid, be witnessing the next incarnation of Dogstar, the ill-fated bar band fronted by Matrix actor Keanu Reves. Tonight, this dingle West London venue is at mazimum capacity as three quarters of The Pretty Reckless make their way onto the stage. The young, mostly female crowd barely een acknowledge their presence, thouh, as many of them fiddle nervously with their cameras and wait with bated breath. It’s clear who they’ve come to see tonight and when TV’s Gossip Girl actress-turned-frontwoman Tayor Momsen finally charges onto her first ever UK stage, she’s greeted with cheers, screams and a lightning story of camera flashes.

Within the very first song any doubts about whether or not she can convincingly fron a band are dead and buried. She is physically and vocally everything that a frontwoman could wish to be. Her voice alone demands attention – the perfect balance of radio-friendly harmony and husky grunge-growl echoes that of a young Courtney Love – and while the other members of the band are awesome musicians, competing with Taylor’s presence and charisma is pointless. Heavy riffs and wailing solos rock the ting room and the crowd are at the Gossip-Girl-gone-grunge’s mercy as tehy shut along with the choruses of Make Me Wanna Die and Zombie.

Armed with superb voice and some killer tunes, tonight Taylor has proved beyong doubt that she’s much more than just an actress playing the part of a rock star.

Source: Thank you so much to ninjarawr.

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