Distillers, The - The Distillers (IEX) (Clear w/ Green, Purple, Black) Live from Austin Tx (180 Gram)

Distillers, The - The Distillers (IEX) (Clear w/ Green, Purple, Black) Live from Austin Tx (180 Gram)To call The Distillers simply a punk band doesn't do justice to either the band or the word "punk". Guitarist, lyricist, and vocalist Brody Dalle uses her medium as a platform for a higher plane of visceral lyricism and independence. Few modern day punk icons have not only embodied the genre so truthfully but also transformed the depth of what it can mean so thoroughly. Recorded in 2000, their self titled album Distillers is a throwback to the raw, in

celebrating the album and its enduring impact 25 years after its original release

as he has for decades

With their latest album Blood Year

through both the members' original work and collaboration

string quartet and small choir

Inspired by a concert in Cairo by Randy Weston in 1967 encouraging Pan-African unity

Secure zipper closure

and given to media and radio as the original album grew in popularity around its original release

and "Make the Music Go Bang"

" And taking risks and reaching out of Edkins' comfort zone was the name of the game when it came to making Weird Nightmare

from the mirrored bodice on the album cover to a series of photos shot at the Salton Sea and retrofuturistic videos and content

She has performed and recorded with the free jazz groups Irreversible Entanglements and the Art Ensemble of Chicago