Plush - Plush

 

"Plush" is the self-titled debut album by American 4-piece rock group Plush.  I came across this band about a month ago when I saw that they were supporting Slash in the States.  I looked for more info on the band like I usually do on Wikipedia only to find another band called Plush from South Africa.  I wonder if this will cause an issue for them in the future.  

This band is quite unusual in a way that this is a rock band, and all members are female with Brooke Colucci on drums, lead guitarist Bella Perron, Ashley Suppa on bass and Moriah Formica on vocals and guitar.  Pre-Plush - Drummer Brooke made has had some success from posting her talents on social media while Moriah has appeared NBC's "The Voice" in America.  Amazingly these girls are all aged between 18-21 and when you hear this album you will discover why this is so amazing, these girls are seriously talented.  It is sad to talk about an all-girl rock group being unusual in 2022.  But, to me it feels like it is.  You may say HAIM fit the bill but even then, they still tour with a male drummer more often than not.  

There is a load of bands with female singers - Paramore, Wolf Alice, Halestorm and Evanescence to name a few.  But to have every instrument played by a woman is quite unusual.  Now from their ages and the fact that they are aged between 18-21, you may have guessed they are a very new band.  Their first single was out February 2021.  This band is far from big yet, but they are making some serious noise in the rock community. Having supported bands like Slash, Sevendust, Daughtry, Halestorm and Evanescence.  It doesn't look like they have reached European shores yet but that will no doubt be because of the pandemic and focusing on the States for starter.  But I think it's only a matter of time.

The reason I say this is because this is a very exciting debut album.  Every song has such strength and charisma.  And for a debut album they seem to have hit the jackpot with who they got to produce this as the production is noticeably fantastic.  What we have here are songs which were born for arenas as they are sing along rock anthems.  Singer Moriah has such a powerful voice.  I know I previously mentioned Halestorm and Evanescence who are global rock heavyweights these days.  But this album goes hand in hand with anything those two ever made. In fact, I would say better just going buy the fact I have never really got past the singles for those two bands.

"Hate" seems to be their biggest song to date as it's had far more plays on Spotify than the other 4 songs in their top 5, sitting at just over 1.3 million streams.  And it is a great punching rock track.  But the likes of "Champion" and "Athena" along with many others are just as good. It just seems they haven't had as much airplay.  I love "Sober" it's probably my favourite track on the album.  There are some more rock ballad type songs on here too, but you still find Moriah reaches those high notes on pretty much every song.  And if you can reach those notes then why not.  

Overall, this is an excellent debut album by a very exciting band.  They are clearly all very talented, and I feel the best is still to come. But with this album it's clear they have already set quite a high bar for themselves.  The music world in general needs a band like this and because of this hopefully they'll get the opportunities to grow and develop into a band we will still be talking about in 10-20 years’ time.