“Let's get this out of the way early: Violet Grohl knows. She knows what her last name connotes, what you're likely going to call her because of it, and your thoughts on her releasing a major-label debut a couple of months after turning 20. For someone who has seemingly had it so easy, the young singer-songwriter is up against it before she's even stepped up to the microphone. That's the beauty of ”
“Violet Grohl brings the 90s back to life on Be Sweet To Me”
“The come-ons, threats, and affirmations in Sweet To Me are all equally toothless, as Grohl’s fuzz-forward, Nineties sound does little to set her apart from her Gen Z alt-rock peers.”
“‘I’ll eat your liver,” Violet Grohl threatens on 595, a scuzzy, slasher-inspired alt-rock single that feels made for 90s MTV. Arch, deadpan verses give way to a big, bluesy, intentionally sleazy chorus, finished with blown-out guitar and squealing feedback: part Veruca Salt, part Queens of the Stone Age. Despite just turning 20, Grohl has the rock’n’roll credentials for her throwback sound. The el”
“This brisk debut set pulls from '90s grunge, indie, and trip-hop and updates those sounds with contemporary production polish.”
