Little J and Pretty Reckless get lit up

I know what you’re thinking — is The Pretty Reckless’ debut “Light Me Up” the product of “Gossip Girl” troublemaker Taylor Momsen, aka Little J? If so, you probably hate it already.

The image of a sulking teen temptress/raccoon who just got kicked out of a bar upon being caught with a fake ID is too appealing.

However, the music is actually not bad. Whether it authentically comes from Momsen’s wretched 17-year-old soul or not is up for debate. Even if Momsen is vamping it up a la poseur, I believe her like she’s Courtney Love’s messed-up little sister.

Her voice shrieks, howls and sometimes gets vulnerable over vaguely familiar rock riffs to songs called “Make Me Wanna Die” and the opener, “My Medicine.”

The standout track is the band’s current single, “Miss Nothing,” with its churn of hollow bells and road-trippin’ guitar licks.  It seems to be about the death of a beauty queen, or “Miss Everything.”

Whatever that means is up to you, the listener.  But like everything scandalous Ms. Momsen does, take it with a grain of salt.