The news that Brody Dalle was working on new music caused a flurry of excitement last year and even more so when she revealed she had signed to Caroline and was planning to release an album in 2014. Just before the holidays, Brody put a London date on sale and in less than hour it was completely sold out. So now with the news that she’ll be touring and will release her first ever solo album, Diploid Love on April 25, comes the video for the first offering, ‘Meet The Foetus / Oh The Joy’.
Featuring animae from Anthony Winn and a rocking guitar duel between Brody and Shirley Manson, who features on the track (along with Emily Kokal from Warpaint) the video has been getting a lot of attention.
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.
Brody wrote all the songs and played almost all the instruments you can hear on the album herself, with a few incredible guests that included Shirley Manson (Garbage), Nick Valensi (The Strokes), Michael Shuman (Queens of the Stone Age), violinist Jessy Greene (recently toured with Foo Fighters), Emily Kokal (Warpaint), Tyler Parkford (Mini Mansions) with Darren Weiss (Papa) and Hayden Scott (AWOLNATION) lending a hand on drums.
TOUR DATES
Supporting Queens of the Stone Age and Nine Inch Nails
March 6 // Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney – All Ages
March 7 // Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney – All Ages
March 8 // Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle – All Ages
March 11 // Perth Arena, Perth – All Ages
March 13 // Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena, Adelaide – All Ages
March 14 // Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne – All Ages
March 15 // Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne – All Ages
March 17 // Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane – All Ages
