Ex-BUTCHER BABIES Singer CARLA HARVEY's Band THE VIOLENT HOUR Announces Debut Album 'Pretty Girls Do Ugly Things'
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THE VIOLENT HOUR, the heavy rock group formed by Carla Harvey (ex-BUTCHER BABIES),will release its debut album, "Pretty Girls Do Ugly Things" on January 22, 2027. 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 LP 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 a little ugly to survive."
Alongside the announcement, THE VIOLENT HOUR unleashed the single and video "Already Dead", 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.
Carla explains: "'Already Dead' is about reaching a point where someone has put you through so much that they can't hurt you anymore. There's nothing left for them to take, and that can become its own kind of power."
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.
This past August, THE VIOLENT HOUR released another new single, "Screenager".
THE VIOLENT HOUR's self-titled debut EP was released in July 2025 via Megaforce Records. Carla wrote all lyrics and handled all the vocals on "The Violent Hour", while Benante wrote the music and played all instruments on the EP. The track "Sick Ones" features an absolutely shredding guitar solo from MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist John 5, and PANTERA guitarist and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY frontman Zakk Wylde makes an explosive cameo on the track "Hell Or Hollywood".
"Pretty Girls Do Ugly Things" track listing:
01. You Only Live Twice
02. Already Dead
03. Sick Ones
04. Black Mud Honey
05. Screenager
06. Nice Girls
07. Sex and Cigarettes
08. Other Side Of You
09. Hell Or Hollywood
10. Pretty Girls Do Ugly Things
11. The Violent Hour
(Source: www.blabbermouth.net)
