Durham, North Carolina psych/rock & roll group The Pinkerton Raid just dropped their brand new single "Cinnamon Sweet”. Frontman Jesse James DeConto penned the thunderous single as a nod to a playful nickname he has for his wife. Inspired by her passion for justice and feminine empowerment, the song warns any would-be paramours off trying to corral the dynamic titular girl: “Her curves are not for your caress/Eyes up, my friend, you know how this ends.”

The unspoken context was derived from his wife’s ire about being catcalled and harassed on the street. “What is cinnamon?” DeConto asks by way of explaining the song. “It’s sweet and hot at the same time, burns your lips. I started thinking about that as a metaphor for this fire for justice in her, not willing to put up with it anymore and finding a voice to put these guys in their place when they objectified her. Watching my wife find empowerment in this #MeToo movement.”

At various points in the decade or so that The Pinkerton Raid has been in existence, DeConto has been joined in the band by members of his family. It makes sense then that the band’s latest single draws inspiration from those close family ties.

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