VV Brown: Badest Girl in the Whole Damn Town

She's pop. She's rockabilly. It's popabilly.

VV Brown should be one to watch with her first single, "Crying Blood,' a catchy rave-up with wicked hooks and a bouncy rhythm. Her voice has a confidence and defiance. It's good stuff.

As for the singer herself, Vanessa Brown (age 24)  had major label backing at 19. While she tried started her own solo career in Los Angeles, the majors were trying to package her as an R&B star in the Beyonce template. Resisting that fruit, she moved back to England and made some cash writing songs for the Pussycat Dolls and Girls Aloud. She signed with Island, who let her produce her own album, Traveling Like the Light, which will be out next Spring.

That resulting sound is a far cry from the cookie cutter R&B pop sound. It's retro pop/rock, soul, doo-wop with the look of 80s girl iinspired by the 50s/60s. It caught Ida Maria's ear and eye and asked her to join her on her U.K. tour.

And here's a performance for "Crying Blood"

Comments

[russell hollywood]

I like it. It reminds me of "The Monster Mash" (it was a graveyard smash, you know).

She's hot though. Real hot.