American hard rock heroes The Pretty Reckless burst back onto the scene last August with a belting single named “For I Am Death”, before bringing 2025 to a merry end by releasing Taylor Momsen’s Pretty Reckless Christmas EP.
Now they’ve just dropped another belting tune titled “When I Wake Up”, along with revealing that they’ll be releasing their a brand new record called Dear God on June 26th.
Like “For I Am Death” before it, this latest offering from The Pretty Reckless is a powerhouse hard rock thriller explodes to life with an onslaught of exceedingly electrifying guitar, bass and drum work that immediately gives rise to an irresistibly rousing ambience before toning down slightly but staying extremely stirring and maintaining an invigorating atmosphere throughout a terrifically animated first verse during which the energising instrumentation is joined by fantastically vibrant and grippingly harmonious singing. Continuing to mimic the vibe of the foursome’s last single, things stay exciting going into an engrossing chorus that showcases an exhilarating synthesis of superbly vigorous vocals and delightfully lively music.
Once again, the irresistibly rousing ambience lingers across a second terrifically animated verse full of energising instrumentation and fantastically vibrant and grippingly harmonious singing, after which the torch is taken by another engrossing chorus that showcases an exhilarating synthesis of superbly vigorous vocals and delightfully lively music.
Following the top notch pattern of its predecessor to the end, this is succeeded by a salvo of insanely electrifying guitar, bass and drum work and spectacularly passionate vocals before things tone down again for an affecting preface to a final inescapably engrossing chorus that showcases an exhilarating synthesis of superbly vigorous vocals and delightfully lively music.
After returning with a very big bang last summer, The Pretty Reckless have barged in 2026 with an even bigger bang here, dropping another sensationally zestful and consistently riveting rock anthem that doesn’t exhibit a single dull moment from start to finish. As was the case with “For I Am Death”, its splendidly spirited fusion of magnificently melodic, expressive and wide-ranging vocal work and exceptionally mellifluous, energising and adept instrumentation is guaranteed to go down well with established Pretty Reckless enthusiasts while also likely pleasing a substantial number of genre enthusiasts in general.
You can listen to “When I Wake Up” via its official music video below.
“When I Wake Up” is also available to stream and purchase now.