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Artist

Laura Jane Grace

Title

Hole In My Head (Dinked Edition #270)

Format

LP

Label

Country

Europe

Year

2024

Genre

Grade

NEW

Catalogue Number

BSM340V3

Comments

Dinked Edition #270 / 11 Track Limited Edition Exclusive To Dinked Stores Black & Clear Twisted Stripe Vinyl with Hand Numbered Print and Sew-On Logo Patch. Limited Pressing of 500.

Product Information

Artist

Laura Jane Grace

Title

Hole In My Head (Dinked Edition #270)

Format

LP

Label

Big Scary Monsters

Country

Europe

Year

Epic

Genre

Indie

Grade

NEW

Catalogue Number

BSM340V3

Comments

Dinked Edition #270 / 11 Track Limited Edition Exclusive To Dinked Stores Black & Clear Twisted Stripe Vinyl with Hand Numbered Print and Sew-On Logo Patch. Limited Pressing of 500.
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  • Description

    ollowing the release of her debut album, Stay Alive (2020) and the At War With The Silverfish EP (2021), Emmy-nominated artist, author, musician, activist and Against Me! founder/songwriter, Laura Jane Grace, returns with Hole In My Head - her beautiful new album featuring eleven tracks that showcase her undeniable power as a songwriter & storyteller. The album features her most personal and emotionally gripping songs of her career - stripped down masterpieces like Dysphoria Hoodie paired with blistering distorted anthems like Hole In My Head and Birds Talk Too, tracks that demand the listener’s attention with an immediacy and urgency unlike anything Grace has written before.

    Recorded at Native Sound in St. Louis, Missouri by David Beeman and mastered by Matt Allison (Lawrence Arms, Rise Against), the album is a sonic curio cabinet containing multitudes. Featuring warm 50s-rock-influenced guitar riffs and rock style melody a la Jonathan Richman and Eddie Cochran, saved-for-later lyrics, love letters to St. Louis, dysphoria apparel, and thoughtful reflections on a punk life lived, Grace's forward vocals are backed predominately by her performances on guitar and drums but are bolstered by Drive By Trucker's bassist Matt Patton. 

    The record's title track Hole in My Head takes off with a driving guitar-heavy approach that will be welcome to long-time fans of Against Me! electric machinations, while first single Dysphoria Hoodie has been a staple in Grace’s setlist, and one which is as personal as it is pertinent in today’s climate.

    Choice cuts I’m Not A Cop and Punk Rock In Basements are written through a post-pandemic rose-colored lens, the latter looking back on the formative underground spaces of Grace’s youth. Basement shows for decades were hallmark experiences for anyone involved in their local punk scenes, shaping movements, connections, and culture through the forced, sweaty proximity necessary to pour over raucous punk music.

    Hole in My Head is a record which captures the nuances of humanity and experience in a strangely optimistic manner. The lightness of its influence and the journalistic recollection of experience set against a battered and warm folk-punk delivery from beginning to end makes Hole in My Head a fun comfort. It is a welcome embrace of life and just the start of a new chapter in Laura Jane Grace’s raucous journey.

  • Track List

    Side A

    1. Hole In My Head

    2. I'm Not A Cop

    3. Dysphoria Hoodie

    4. Birds Talk Too

    5. Punk Rock In Basements

    Side B

    1. Cuffing Season

    2. Tacos & Toast

    3. Mercenary

    4. Keep Your Wheels Straight

    5. Hard Feelings

    6. Give Up The Ghost