Review: Violet Grohl – Be Sweet To Me

Adam Grundy

For an album that is called Be Sweet To Me, this record has a lot of grit to it. Violet Grohl makes a significant mark on the rock scene with her debut album released today, and the daughter of arguably the biggest rockstar today in Foo Fighters frontman, Dave Grohl, Violet takes her bravest step into the spotlight so far here. The album was produced by Joe Kennedy, Brad Lauchert, Anthony Paul Lopez, and Justin Raisen, and it has a sound fully entrenched in 90’s Alt Rock. On it’s heaviest moments, Be Sweet To Me resembles bands like Hole and The Pixies, while on its more reflective moments Grohl channels artists like Fiona Apple and PJ Harvey. A solid mix of grunge, alternative rock, shoegaze, and dream pop, Violet Grohl’s star shines brightly on her debut LP.

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The All-American Rejects Talk With Rock Sound

All American Rejects
Jason Tate

The All-American Rejects talked with Rock Sound:

Well for starters, there was no big budget from a record label, so we recorded and produced the album ourselves in our individual creative spaces – Tyson [Ritter, frontman] in Tulsa, Scott [Chesak, former keyboard player] in Austin, and me in my studio in Nashville. Even though we were limited because of budget and geography, it was freeing to create something without the outside voices of A&R or anyone else for that matter. No pressure to write another ‘Gives You Hell’ or ‘Move Along’. We got to make the record that we wanted to make – as that band, but from where we are in our lives now.