“There's a fire in us that has been relit and is burning with gasoline," the frontwoman tells NME, along with how Chris Cornell’s music touched her soul and plans for their “primal” upcoming tour
Taylor Momsen has spoken to NME about The Pretty Reckless’ “extremely vulnerable” new album ‘Dear God’, and explained how “tapping into the innermost, darkest corners” of her mind has “relit” a fire that they haven’t seen since their debut album.
The new record arrived on Friday (June 26) as the fifth from the New York rock veterans and the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s ‘Death By Rock And Roll’. It’s currently set to crash into the top five of the UK album charts. Speaking to NME over Zoom, the former Gossip Girl actor turned rockstar explained how this record is potentially the band’s most “vulnerable and emotional” to date.
As well as tackling themes of grief and depression, which Momsen has spoken candidly about before – particularly following the untimely deaths of Chris Cornell in 2017 and her friend and producer Kato Khandwala a year later – the album also comes with an emerging sense of clarity.
Across the 14 tracks, the singer not only confronts her hardships head on, but approaches them with a newfound acceptance, understanding that the only way to overcome them is to accept how much they have impacted her.
