Break In Case Of Emergency: Veronica Torres On Pill’s Politically-Charged Debut Convenience + “100% Cute” Premiere
The first time I heard Veronica Torres I thought she sings like there’s an emergency. It wasn’t until later, on my third or so listen through Pill’s debut album Convenience that I realized–there is. If you’re paying attention to the state of things in American culture right now, emergency–or crisis–is an apt descriptor. From the ascendance of a bigoted xenophobe as a viable political candidate, the struggle for women’s access to birth control and abortions, the attacks on the LGBT community via archaic, intolerable laws, the prevalence of cold-blooded gun violence, and the glaring specters of rape culture and targeted police attacks against the African American community… America isn’t doing so well. Into that flaming heap of trauma and despair bursts Pill, a Brooklyn post-punk quartet helmed by Torres and her firehose voice.