• This Is The End Of Control Cherri Bomb Album

It's all too easy for all-girl rock bands to be fetishized just for being who they are (not to mention how depressing it is when the bands play into it too much), but this isn't a problem for. Edgy-girly name aside, the band doesn't wield its gender or sexuality as an entrance into its music. Yes, is an all-female band, and yes, the members were in their teens when they recorded this album, but they don't need to emphasize either of those facts to make compelling music. The band's full-length debut proves that is a straight-ahead rock band with talent, a rarity in the 2010s no matter how old or what sex the people in the band are.

The music of girl band Cherri Bomb is ultimately the kind of jocular cock rock that men make, to the point where many of these songs feel as though they’re end. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for This is the End of Control - Cherri Bomb on AllMusic - 2012 - It's all too easy for all-girl rock.

And company can rock with the best of them: 'Hold On' boasts some fearsome fretwork while 'Drawing a Blank' is as angry as it is fun, with tumbling riffs and breakneck drums courtesy of. 'I don't want your opinion' sneers on the threatening, taunting 'Shake the Ground'; later, she's clever and empowering on 'Paper Doll' ('I'm not here to break your fall/I won't be your paper doll'), one of the few songs where uses typically feminine imagery to hit its point home.

Every now and then, the band sweetens its sound with some pop leanings; 's commanding vocals suggest 's in a particularly fierce frame of mind, especially on 'Too Many Faces,' while the album's sole ballad 'Heart Is a Hole' would do proud. Fittingly, though, sounds most natural when it feels like the band is ready to explode, as on 'Raw. And 'Better This Way.' Even when the group's influences bubble to the surface, still brings its own touch to those sounds, as on 'Let It Go's -esque, anthemic rush or 'Sacrificial Lamb's -like swampy stomp, on which is both lamb and lioness. 's only flaw, if it can be called one, is that its songs are almost too tightly written, to the point where it's easy to tell when a chorus or bridge will pop up; fortunately, though, most tracks stay on the familiar side of predictable instead of boring. Is an impressive debut - make accessible music that nevertheless challenges perceptions about young female artists, and while the band's talent should guard against them being treated like a novelty, the most rebellious move the women of may make is just being who they are.

LA rock gals Cherri Bomb have been attracting all the right kinds of attention, and much of it has even been for all the right reasons. Sure, they’re teenage girls, and everyone loves a chick rock band, but this one has been making waves as much because they rock as because they’re chicks. Last year’s Stark EP gave a small indication of what they were capable and their recent Australian visit proved they could do the business live. This is the End of Control reaffirms their true rocking credentials. Just shy of 40 minutes, it’s a punchy collection of exuberant and catchy tunes that should bring a smile to the face of even the most cynical. Julia Pierce writes better hooks than people more than twice her age. Pierce’s vocals on this actually have a strong similarity to Pink, at least to these ears, so that tracks like “Better This Way” – a real ear-worm you won’t forget in a hurry – and “Act the Part” made me think of a harder-rocking version of that singer’s more rock-oriented stuff, crazy with hooks and gorgeous vocal harmonies.

The band is at their best when they just rock out, like in “Let it Go” and “Paper Doll”; a couple of the more tailored-for-airplay songs like “Raw.Real” do fall a bit flat. Two tracks really stand out. The first is “Heart is a Hole”, an almost-perfect pop-laced power ballad that should be on every radio playlist the world over. This really is the sort of song that a record exec would wet their pants over. The other is “Too Many Faces”, an almost epic-sounding song with a huge riff, massive hook, multi-part vocal harmonies and a chorus like a contagion. Studded with hooks and oozing with attitude, This is the End of Control really is a pretty solid debut from Cherri Bomb. It’s never been easy for all-girl bands to be taken seriously, but on the strength of what they’ve done here, Cherri Bomb are off to a good start.

This Is The End Of Control Cherri Bomb Album

Take This Now 2. Better This Way 3. Shake the Ground 5. Too Many Faces 6. Sacrificial Lamb 8.

Act the Part 9. Drawing a Blank 10. Heart is a Hole 11. Paper Doll 12.