Penelope Stevens, 1/3 of beloved art-rockers Motherhood, introduces new music as Penny & the Pits. Debut single ‘Montenegro on Ice’ is an off kilter head banger about drowning in memory.

‘Montenegro on Ice’ explores memory and the ways in which the past can seep out of its box and drown your present and future. “I was feeling the temptation to stew in past pain, choosing to really live in it,” says Penny, “it’s so easy to stick your fingers in your own wounds.” She set out to make a song that had a jaunty little limp, an endearing disfigurement, that could illustrate the way she was feeling at the time: wounded, absolutely, but enjoying the ride.