After a four-year departure from the stage, former Distillers/Spinnerette frontwoman Brody Dalle has revealed details of her debut solo album, Diploid Love, to be released April 29 (4/28 UK).
Brody wrote all the songs and played almost all the instruments you can hear on the album herself. Additional contributors on Diploid Love include Garbage’s Shirley Manson, Warpaint’s Emily Kokal, Nick Valensi of The Strokes, and Queens of the Stone Age’s Michael Shuman. Brody co-produced the album with Alain Johannes, a producer extraordinaire with a hand in the work of QOTSA, Chris Cornell, Arctic Monkeys, Them Crooked Vultures and Mark Lanegan, to name just a few. Oh yeah, he also kicked the hell out of Crave’s SXSW show last year.
A deeply personal album, Diploid Love is a recording about life: creating it, living it and surviving it. Brody spent a year writing, playing, recording and co-producing her first solo album, a riotous blast of punk rock with a pop sheen that storms through ideas about the modern age, triumphing against the odds and even spirituality.
The ex-Distillers front woman co-produced the album with Alain Johannes (Arctic Monkeys, Them Crooked Vultures, Mark Lanegan) at his studio, and at her and husband Josh Homme’s studio Pink Duck, both in California. “I’ve always had a hand in crafting how it’s going to sound and hearing it and trying to make that happen. But it’s the first time I’ve put my name on something for production,” she says of the release.
Listen to “Meet The Foetus/Oh The Joy” right here, download it right here, and dig into everything Brody at her official site. Also, if you’re over in the land of crumpets and royalty, Brody’s heading in your direction, before heading over to Budapest and beyond – see tour dates below. Pre-sale begins at 9am, Wednesday, February 19th.
Brody Dalle Tour Dates:
February 24 – Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London
February 27 – Magnet, Berlin
April 21 – Garage, Glasgow
April 22 – Academy 2, Manchester
April 24 – Electric Ballroom, London
April 25 – Leadmill, Sheffield
April 26 – Birmingham, Birmingham
August 12 – Sziget Festival, Budapest
August 17- Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen
