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17 year old, Taylor Momsen,  goes against the grain and sings about subjects every teen would never speak of and she does  so in true “Rock ‘N Roll” fashion. Sex, religion and drugs are only some of the elements to “The Pretty Reckless EP”. Keep reading for a full review…

The record starts with Momsen singing in a monotone voice: ” Take me I’m alive. Never was a girl with a wicked mind, but everything looks better when the sun goes down…”

“Make Me Wanna Die” sounds like something ripped out of  Momsen’s  diary about a boy that she thought was to good for her.Expressed in not a prim or proper way, but  more of  a “I’m going to fucking kill you for breaking my heart” way…

“My Medicine” starts off with  Taylor taking a puff of her cigarette and  is a clear take on being drugged or smoking the wrong stuff and maybe even a claim of bisexuality. “I got a woman to your left and a boy to your right, start to sweat so hold me tight/somebody mixed my medicine, I don’t know what I’m on” .

“Goin Down,” a typical jailbait rock anthem is reminiscent to the early “Runaways/Kim Fowley” 70s punk scene. It tells the tale of a teenage girl going to church and telling the priest that her cherry is bombed and if it’s OK to be having underage sex. “Hey there father,  I don’t wanna bother you, but I’ve got a sin to confess. I’m just sixteen if you know what I mean.Do you mind If I take off my dress? There was this boy who tore my heart in two, I had to lay him eight feet underground.”

The record concludes with eerie track, “Zombie.” ” To all of you who’ve wronged me, I am a zombie.”  The song seems to be about being pushed and bullied to the point where  you are so hurt where one cannot feel it anymore.

The Pretty Reckless’s EP combination of  strident guitars playing at furious punk speed  and Taylor’s  disorderly angst lyrics may just be the savior to the insides of every teenager’s inner problems.

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