THE DROP
The Pretty Reckless dropped the title-track video for *Dear God* three days after the full album hit shelves via Fearless Records *. Taylor Momsen calls it "desperation set to music," describing that space between heaven and hell where you're begging something bigger to pull you out *.
WHAT TO KNOW
- Fifth studio album, 14 tracks, landed June 26 *
- The band just wrapped a two-year global run opening for AC/DC on the Power Up tour *
- *For I Am Death* became their eighth Mainstream Rock Radio number one — they're the first female-fronted band to hit eight chart-toppers on that format *
- The title track builds to a guitar solo over the chorus line "Dear God, can you lift me up, can you take me higher" *
THE TAKE
Eight number ones and a two-year stadium apprenticeship with AC/DC means The Pretty Reckless earned the right to swing for desperation and fire imagery without it sounding like posturing *. If the guitar solo delivers on that build, this one's got teeth.
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