Penny & The Pits - "Montenegro On Ice"
Photo by Nicole Cecile Holland You may know Penelope Stevens as the bass player for Motherhood. She's back with a new musical project called Penny & The Pits (with Motherhood as her backing band). The band's new single, "Montenegro On Ice," is a ripper of a tune. It's part heavy math rock mixed with garage rock and punk. It's the kind of song you can just listen to on the surface and enjoy as a straight up rock song, or you can dig down and examine exactly what makes it up. For me, it's kind of like a jam session between Queens of the Stone Age, The White Stripes, and Amyl & The Sniffers. What sets "Montenegro On Ice" apart for me is Stevens' vocals. Her style of singing is usually associated with a more pop focused alt-rock sound, but for this project it creates a unique style and depth to the song. Penelope Stevens says of her new single: "'Montenegro on Ice' explores memory and the ways in which the past can seep out o...