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Not long after New York rockers The Pretty Reckless released their third album, 2016âs bluesy âWho You Selling Forâ, the quartet â lead vocalist Taylor Momsen, guitarist Ben Phillips, bassist Mark Damon and drummer Jamie Perkins â were hit by the first of two tragedies that they would come to face.
In May 2017, while Momsen and co. were on tour with grunge pioneers Soundgarden, the latter band’s frontman Chris Cornell heartbreakingly took his life after a gig in Detroit. Then, 11 months later, The Pretty Reckless’ longtime producer Kato Khandwala died in a motorcycle accident. They retreated and created an album on which they explored their grief.