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Brody Dalle‘s Debut Solo release, Diploid Love is available now on CD and Vinyl. This solo album is a deeply personal album as it takes the listener on a journey 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.

The North American tour kicks off tonight at Slim’s in San Francisco and will continue through July with more dates being added. Check the dates below:

* Marks a Queens of the Stone Age date

May 21 San Francisco, CA @ Slims
May 23 Vancouver, BC @ Venue
May 24 Portland, OR @ Dante’s
May 25 George, WA @ The Gorge // Sasquatch Festival
May 29 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
May 30 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
July 5 Oshawa, ON @ General Motors Centre *
July 6 London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens *
July 8 Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest
July 9 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre *
July 10 Quebec @ Festival d’ete de Quebec
July 12 Bangor, ME @ Cross Insurance Center *
July 13 Albany, NY @ Palace Theatre *
July 14 Providence, RI @ Providence Performing Arts Center *
July 16 Portchester, NY @ Capitol Theatre *
July 17 Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Pavillion *
July 18 Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory *
July 20 Philadelphia, PA @ Skyline Stage *

Brody‘s style reminds me of the Runaways and her voice is just amazing. She is definitely a show not to miss. Check out her song, Don’t Mess With Me which is off her new album:

You can pick up the album on iTunes here and make sure to visit her social media sites so you can stay up to date on her latest news.

~ Marisol

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