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Says Creevy, “‘Wasted Nun’ is a character I made up in my mind, a woman who just wants to wield the power of the universe but has self-defeating tendencies. “Wasted Nun” also considers power dynamics and self-acceptance. She adds, “‘Daddi’ is a satirical song about falling into subservience and weird roles where I felt like I wanted approval. “I’ve learned recently not beat myself up and trust myself, and that has resulted in a lot of great things.” “It can be such a self-defeating prophecy if you try to control everything,” she says. I asked Creevy if she found it challenging to take control of her art, her band, her life, and she said that for her, control was not really the issue. But then, at the chorus, the guitar slams down and the drums explode, and the singer takes charge of the song. I like the juxtaposition of a soft voice while wielding really aggressive guitar stuff.”įor example, “Daddi”, starts in a girlish coo, as Creevy asks permission for a litany of things. Something about those more metal-y songs seems fun to me. “I think what’s different on this album is that I’ve gotten better at guitar and I’ve developed a better ear. “I’ve always had metallish tendencies, the whole time I’ve been with this band,” Creevy says. I find it very energizing and exciting and beautiful.”Ĭherry Glazerr’s songs pair Creevy’s soft, breathy, often little girl-ish voice with blistering guitar, to the point where reviewers sometimes toss around the term “metal”. “My goal is to headline the Hollywood Bowl,” she admits. She’s got her eye on 1970s-style arena rock success. But no one has told her that large-scale rock and roll is dead. I could see them being played loudly in big theaters and stadiums.”Ĭreevy is playing larger venues this time around, and her shows in most cities have sold out. Creevy says, “I wanted to make an album of studio rock bangers. PopMatters’ Cole Waterman called it, “their finest accomplishment yet”.

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Pitchfork’s Quinn Moreland called it, “sexy, juvenile, catchy, and above all, simply great rock’n’roll.” Along the way, Creevy did some interesting side work - her band made an appearance in the Jill Solloway series Transparent and she wrote a 20-minute long version of one of her songs for a fashion runway show.Ĭherry Glazerr’s third studio album, Stuffed and Ready, came out in February to enthusiastic reviews. The first Cherry Glazerr album, Haxel Princess came out brash and punk in 2014 on the garage-rock label Burger Records. “It feels reclamatory to state myself as that first.” And I think I still think of myself as that,” she says. “Even though I was singing and writing the words, I always thought of myself as the guitar player in Cherry Glazerr. In a business where, still, women are often reduced to how they look and, if they’re lucky, what their voices sound like, Creevy politely demands to be taken seriously.

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Even now, she lights up most when asked about how she got the guitar tone on “Stupid Fish”, (two amps, some compression, a little reverb and lots of trial and error). I was really lucky.”įrom the beginning, Creevy saw herself primarily a guitarist. But they were very supportive of me and were always supportive of me doing whatever I wanted to do. “That definitely started me … that was the start of me starting Cherry Glazerr because I would get an electric guitar, I was listening to a lot of rock music at the time, and like going and seeing a lot of bands,” she says. Three years later, he dad sprung for an electric, and Creevy was off. It was a half size Fender acoustic with nylon strings.” “And then when I was 11, I was that kid who was obsessed with music.

“I just really liked to groove at an early age,” she says.

Her mom, a writer, kept the tunes on blast. “They are jumping in time with the drums and screaming all the words.”Ĭreevy started writing songs at the age of five.

“People know all the words,” says Creevy. So, the fact that people are into it is really heart-warming and very cool.”Īnd not just into it in some mild-mannered, chin-stroking, indie-approving way. I did it because I love making music, and my version of success is making music. I feel like I never expected anyone to give a shit about my music. “People are going bananas and that’s really fun. “This tour has been incredible because we’re playing bigger spaces that are sold-out shows,” says Creevy by phone while en route to Detroit one mid-winter afternoon. Though only just recently broken into her 20s, she’s been at the rock and roll game since her tweener years, and her new album, the break-out Stuffed and Ready, is drawing packed, sold-out crowds to a string of shows across America (and soon Europe). She struts, she sways, she coos, she shrieks, she plays massive metal-ish chords, she bounces wildly in time to slash-and-burn strumming. Up on stage, Clementine Creevy is a force of nature.