Brody Dalle unleashes her new band - and a new sound – on her debut album as Spinnerette released on June 15th on Anthem/Hassle Records.
Spinnerette is the sound of a black leather glove holding a lollipop stick and shoving it into crushed glass before offering you the first lick. The 13 tracks featured on this eponymously titled record practically prowl out of your speakers.
Ghetto Love – the four track digital EP – released via Spinnerettemusic.com gave fans their first taste of the Spinnerette sound in December and Dalle showcased the album at two sold out UK shows in February. A mix of ‘Sex Bomb’ by breakbeat DJ Adam Freeland topped NME’s Essential Tracks Of The Week, a further hint at Dalle’s new direction. As guitarist Tony Bevilacqua put it, “these are rock songs you can dance to”.
Inspiration for the songs on the album comes from the twists and turns Dalle’s life has taken over the past three years. Having disbanded The Distillers in 2006, Dalle took time out to regroup and start a family with husband Joshua Homme. She began focusing on a new musical direction and the ways in which she could retain artistic control, whilst remaining firmly at the helm of her career. On her debut as Spinnerette, the joy of matrimony and motherhood contrasts sharply with illness striking those closest to her. As Dalle describes it, “Spinnerette is what happens when I let the tap flow”.
The Spinnerette album was recorded in Los Angeles at Pink Duck, the family studio of Joshua Homme & Brody Dalle, and at 11 AD the studio belonging to Spinnerette producer and band member Alain Johannes. In addition to Dalle and Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age, Eleven), the band line-up on the record includes Tony Bevilacqua (The Distillers), and Jack Irons (Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers).
Spinnerette return for summer festival dates and a UK tour, to be announced shortly.
Tracklisting as follows:
Ghetto Love
All Babes Are Wolves
Cupid
Geeking
Baptized By Fire
A Spectral Suspension
Distorting A Code
Sex Bomb
Driving Song
Rebellious Palpitations
The Walking Dead
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