Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of the Midday Show on KEXP, is "Bang Bang" by Momma, a 2023 single on Polyvinyl.
With their latest single "Bang Bang," Brooklyn-based trio Momma set out to write something provocative. “We wanted to write something lyrically different than anything else we’d done," explained band member Allegra Weingarten, "just super literal and crude."
Today's Song of the Day came out of a COVID bubble between Weingarten and her bandmate Etta Friedman. "We decided to isolate, get drunk, and write together,” Friedman said in a press release. “Within a night, we had demoed a hot sounding song about great sex.”
They sent the demo to their bandmate/bassist/producer Aron Kobayashi Ritch. "He sent us back a new version with a lot of added extra production: drums, bass, synths, acoustic guitar, etc. It felt totally different and fresh," Weingarten says. "The finished song has a lot of classic Momma – heavy guitars and catchy melodies – but packaged in a different form. It feels immediate, like a whole new sound for the band."
"Bang Bang" is out now via Polyvinyl /Lucky Number. You can catch Momma at the 2023 Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle on July 21st. More information here.
