Today, heavy rock group The Violent Hour has announced their highly anticipated debut album, Pretty Girls Do Ugly Things. Set for release on January 22, 2027, the project is culmination of frontwoman Carla Harvey’s journey thus far. Across 11 tracks that blend the grit of old-school rock ‘n’ roll, the soul of indie and alternative, and just the right dose of heavy metal, the album traces themes of survival, transformation and the darker parts of being human.
“Pretty Girls Do Ugly Things isn’t just about girl power women behaving badly,” Harvey says. “It’s almost the thesis for the whole record: good people can do ugly things, beautiful things can come from ugly places, and sometimes you have to get little ugly to survive.” Alongside the announcement, The Violent Hour unleashed the single and video, “Already Dead,” which is an infectious alt-rock track that captures the darkness of hitting rock bottom and insisting the only direction left is up.
First premiered via Ladygunn, “Already Dead” is about surviving the kind of pain that leaves you numb. When you’ve already been burned, betrayed, broken and dragged through hell, there comes a point when you realize there isn’t much further you can fall. And that realization can be incredibly freeing. The song takes that darkness and turns it into something positive…a declaration that if you’ve already hit rock bottom, the only direction left is up. It’s about letting go of the things that broke you, finding your strength again, and realizing it’s never too late to start over. You can’t kill what’s already dead.
The accompanying music video directed by Vicente Cordero takes place in a morgue (fitting for Harvey, who is a former embalmer). What begins on an autopsy table quickly turns into a celebration of refusing to stay down. Death is just a minor complication…a tiny setback that results in a video that’s part horror movie, part dance party, and all rock ’n’ roll.
Pretty Girls Do Ugly Things
1. You Only Live Twice
2. Already Dead
3. Sick Ones
4. Black Mud Honey
5. Screenager
6. Nice Girls
7. Sex and Cigarettes
8. Other Side Of You
9. Hell Or Hollywood
10. Pretty Girls Do Ugly Things
11. The Violent Hour
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