PAMELA HOPKINS

                                                           "Raised Some Hell In Me" 

                                                            Independent Release

Pamela Hopkins insatiably attractive style, which borrows ideals from late 90’s/early 2000’s era country and smashes them into modern vibes, has already earned her 1.5 million streams and landed her atop the iTunes chart 5-times, garnering several, up-tempo fan favorites including her breakout smash “Givin’ A Damn (Don’t Go With My Outfit),” the Valentine’s Day playlist mainstay “Love You Most,” and the Polaroid nostalgic kissed “Back When.”

However, she’s also proven versatility as a songwriter and artist on several occasions when she’s tilted her voice in all the right emotional ways to tug at our hearts on softer tempo songs such as “One More Last Kiss” and “One Too Many,” while also intriguingly swerving into grittier territory on songs such as “Straight Shooter” and her newest release, “Raised Some Hell in Me.”

The song, co-written by Hopkins with Dave Lenahan and Melissa Leigh Johnson, pulls lyrically from the very real influence that her father had on who she’s become today while perfectly matching his edgy personality against a smattering of country infused, blues heavy rock that blasts through your speakers the moment you hit play.

With the guitar onslaught and rip-roaring, keyboard laced melody instantly slapping you, you’re quickly reminded of the classic rock sounds of acts like Heart as Hopkins slides her vocals into descriptions of her father through the opening verse and chorus, introducing him as someone with a hot head, a short fuse, a rebel soul, and a mouth like a sailor because he was one.

When Pamela strikes the absolutely incredible hook, though, she adds a generational dynamic to the song as she boldly stamps her foot down to exclaim, “Daddy liked to raise some hell, so he raised some hell in me.”

Piggybacking off that hook into the second verse, we then see her assuming the role of having to uphold his “redneck reputation” and carry on his legacy as she candidly admits that she grew up fighting everyone while walking the bad girl walk and talking the tough girl talk.

However, the expertise she’s woven into the bridge becomes the true glue that holds the songs entire depth as we see her embracing the rough around the edges way that her father raised her while passing it down the line to generation next:

“He’s been gone for a while now

And this little girl is grown

Wish he could the hell I’ve raised

In this daughter of mine own”

Pamela Hopkins is one of the most reliable independents on the circuit today and a big part of why comes through her abilities to swim through several different styles and emotional pulls, hitting them right each time out. She achieves an entirely new feel within her music on “Raised Some Hell in Me,” giving us something completely unexpected through a song that keeps our southern rock inspired hearts beating a little faster.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)

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