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The Pretty Reckless have shared another piece of their upcoming album ‘DEAR GOD’, and it finds Taylor Momsen in deeply emotional form.

It’s called ‘Love Me’ and is a slow-burning piece of gruff rock and roll, bolstered by a vulnerable, volatile vocal display. An unfurling of feelings that only show themselves when you are staring the very bottom in the face, it takes a lot to put them on paper, and even more to choose to relive them every time you hear them in song from now until forever.

But it’s clear just how purposeful this new record has been for Taylor in exorcising a variety of things she didn’t want to face head-on, and with that in mind, her calls for adoration become even more heartwrenching and honest.

A really heavy listen, and not in the way you expect.

She had this to say about where the song came from, stating, “‘Love Me’ came from a place I didn’t want to admit I was in. There’s this moment in your life where you’re so hollowed out that you start bargaining with God, not even for happiness, just for proof that someone sees you. That’s what this song is. It’s not pretty. It’s not wrapped up. It’s just a raw, ugly need and I think that’s exactly why people connect with it.”

‘DEAR GOD’ is set for release on June 26 via Fearless Records. It will also feature the raw and raucous ‘When I Wake Up’, which sounds like this:

You can grab a Rock Sound-exclusive petrol-blue cassette of ‘DEAR GOD’ from right here, limited to just 150 copies.

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Posted on April 17th 2026, 2:51p.m.

HAWXX have revealed everything you need to know about their upcoming second album, the follow-up to 2023’s ‘Earth, Spit, Blood and Bones’.

Titled ‘The World Splits Open’, it will be released on June 26.

Vocalist/guitarist Annouli Papadimitriou had this to say about what the record represents for them:

“This album is the rawest thing we’ve ever made. We spent three weeks living at Middlefarm Studios in Devon with our producer Pete Miles. Every song was recorded in a room all together, a process that brings out the fire of our stage performance, where we can absorb each other’s energy and capture real magic.”

The artwork looks a lot like this:

Whilst the tracklisting is a bit more like this:

1. Resistance Is Justified
2. Macho Bullshit
3. Feral Mother
4. ⁠We Are Nature
5. ⁠Arm The Animals
6. ⁠Bind
7. ⁠Sacred Water
8. ⁠Shrie
9. ⁠Me Her And The Birds
10. ⁠Be That Whore

As well as featuring previously released tracks ‘Resistance Is Justified’ and ‘Macho Bullshit’, the band have now released the third piece of their onslaught, and it’s a heavy one.

It’s ‘Feral Mother’, and at times it feels like the end of all things in musical form. A cacophony of blistering guitars and tribal calls, it’s a spiralling, savage, sensational, bold piece of metal storytelling, delivered with a passion and power that is as emotionally rousing as it is spiritually rallying.

Annouli had this to say, stating, “Feral Mother’ is our song of grief and loss. It’s about allowing the natural world to hold that raw, feral process;  the deep ache of loss, the rage, the hollow, the ritual, the release. Grieving is a part of loving deeply. It can feel like the whole world has turned against you, like you are completely alone in your pain. The trees, the songbirds, the rivers, the things that once gave you a sense of home have turned away from you. Until one day you feel a little more able to breathe, a little more space around your heart. A quiet voice reminds you of your place in this world and whispers that it’s time to let go.”

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