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Taylor Momsen on 'Going To Hell' album: "There are not a lot of bells and whistles on it"

Taylor Momsen thinks her band's current album sounds "very raw".

The Pretty Reckless unleashed their second record 'Going to Hell' earlier this year and it saw the group go down the hard rock path.

Speaking to The Augusta Chronicle, Momsen said that the band tried to go for a stripped back sound on the record.

She said: "I think this record is definitely meant to be listened to from front to back. I think the best scenario would be to listen to it like a [Pink] Floyd record: Go in your room with the light turned out, front to back. These are not three-minute pop songs, so the more you listen to the songs, the more you're going to understand and discover new things in them.

"When we did [2011's] 'Light Me Up', we hadn't toured it yet. So we were recording these songs not having played as a band for two and a half years every night. So there was a lot more of a production element to it. This record is very, very raw, stripped down and really just what the band sounds like. There are not a lot of bells and whistles on it. So it really is just guitar, bass, drums, vocal."

The Pretty Reckless meanwhile are due to return to the UK to play the Download Festival on June 15.

Watch The Pretty Reckless' recent videos below: