We are maaaaassively stoked to welcome Momma to the Polyvinyl family! Based in New York, Momma is a 4-piece consisting of singers/guitarists Etta Friedman & Allegra Weingarten, producer/bassist Aron Kobayashi Ritch, and drummer Zach CapittiFenton. The band's urgent new single, "Medicine," is their strongest work to date, showcasing their knack for hook-heavy guitar lines paired with an intricate, yet boisterous rhythm section.
Their first release since 2020's critically-acclaimed LP Two of Me, "Medicine" arrives alongside a Hailey Heaton-directed official music video shot on VHS-C – watch below. Produced and mixed by bassist Aron Kobayashi Ritch, it also marks the band's first song demoed and written as a 4-piece. The band explained: “The two guitar riffs were written by Etta and Allegra about a year before we actually brought it to the full band. When we wrote the first verse, we realized it was one of the first times we couldn’t write about heartbreak - we were both in very loving relationships. We wanted to write about that feeling of just being addicted to someone, and how someone else’s company can really feel like a drug.”
Two of Me—a determined concept album situated in an imagined purgatory called The Bug House—saw Momma land an Artist You Need to Know feature at Rolling Stone, Pigeons & Planes' Best New Artists, and more. Momma are set to play in their hometown of LA at Zebulon on December 16th with Model/Actriz and will support Sunflower Bean on rescheduled 2022 tour dates. Tickets onsale now.