Makes Me Sick Makes Me Smile

about this album

Makes Me Sick Makes Me Smile is the third album by Pretty Sick, which sees London by way of New York's ferocious lead singer Sabrina Fuentes juxtaposes a life between two cities where destiny is shaped by the force of our own hands. The band’s debut album was produced by indie rock legend Paul Q. Kolderie (Pixies, Hole, Radiohead, Dinosaur Jr.). Across the twelve tracks, Fuentes grapples with her claustrophobic surroundings, and the idea that the environment you exist in can be a matter of life or death. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

why this is interesting

# Makes Me Sick Makes Me Smile Pretty Sick's third album explores the psychological weight of existing between cities, treating geography not as backdrop but as active force shaping identity and possibility. Sabrina Fuentes interrogates how environment constrains or liberates us, pushing beyond familiar indie-rock introspection to ask harder questions about agency and circumstance. The band's sonic approach—informed by producer Paul Q. Kolderie's pedigree with artists like Pixies and Radiohead—balances visceral urgency with compositional precision. What emerges is an album concerned with real stakes: the album asks whether we're shaped by our surroundings or shapers of them, treating this question

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