Nashville-based rock trio, Mom Rock — Curtis Heimburger [vocals, guitar], Tara Maggiulli [bass, vocals], and Wilson Reardon [drums] — craft bouncy rock ‘n’ roll anthems charged up by airtight pop hooks and one-liners delivered with the swaggering aplomb of an Avenger. Following millions of streams, packed shows, and acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone, they will be releasing their debut LP, Now That’s What I Call Mom Rock on October 13. 

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Riding the coattails of lead single “My Way,” the second track “Close Your Eyes” is set for release this Friday (August 4). Sure to be blasting from car radios across the country, the bass-line snakes under palm-muted verses before climaxing on a floaty hook.

“You see someone from afar and fall in love. Without knowing who this person really is, you dream up a whole future together,” elaborates Tara on the storyline of the song. “This kid essentially obsesses over a pop star, meets her, and she’s like, ‘You’re a kid. I’m not in love with you. That would be weird. We’d been covering ‘Teenage Dirtbag,’ and it’s the reverse sentiment. It’s a ‘sad in love’ song.”

After teaming up with producer Sean O’Keefe [Fall Out Boy, Plain White T’s, Hawthorne Heights] for the project, the trio feels, “It’s the truest and most genuine Mom Rock energy you can get from us.”

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Mom Rock initially came to life back in 2017. As the story goes, the Vancouver-born Curtis met Wilson in class at Berklee College of Music. A year later, Long Island-native and Northeastern student Tara completed the lineup. Together, the musicians bonded over a shared obsession with The Cars and Weezer and quietly buzzed in the local scene. The group performed at the kind of house parties you’d see in turn-of-the-century R-rated comedies, but they immediately stuck out like a sore thumb (in the most coordinated way possible). “Everyone was wearing skinny jeans and flannels, so we looked like The Wiggles with our jumpsuits,” recalls Tara.

During 2019, an impromptu upload of “Conversation” tallied over 1.5 million Spotify streams. On its heels, “Grand Romantic Life” generated north of 3.5 million Spotify streams, followed by the I Wish Every Day Was Today EP [2020] and a song with a happy end EP [2021]. They also notably made waves as “Rolling Stone’s 2022 Hot Band” and toured with the likes of Spill Canvas in addition to gracing the bills of festivals a la Shaky Knees and Music Midtown.

2023 saw them assemble what would become Now That’s What I Call Mom Rock. “It synthesizes everything we’ve done previously, but in a more grown-up way,” Tara goes on. “We maintained the same catchy and danceable vibe. However, it’s a little more sophisticated. We tried to emulate how you would hear these songs live.” 

In the end, Mom Rock is here to save the day.

“There’s something for everyone on this record,” she leaves off. “We combine a lot of different elements and sounds from various genres. For 25 minutes, we hope you forget about your worries, dance in the kitchen, and have a good time. That’s why we play music.”