Melissa Auf der Maur has dug into her archive and put together her first new album in 16 years.
Dubbed ‘Bass Womb Room: My ’90s 4-Track Demos x Field Recordings’, the music on the record is previously-unreleased living room demos that she recorded back in the 1990s. They were made as she put a handycam on her amp during her time in Hole, as well as her time as a touring member of The Smashing Pumpkins.
Set for release digitally and on cassette on September 4, the album also features eight new interludes, and is all put together to coincide with a new photography exhibition she has coming.
“I wrote these songs in the context of rising pressure from the major label-driven music industry on myself and my peers to make glossy hit songs to dominate radio airwaves,”Auf der Maur said.
“These songs are the sound of my internal experimentation and a way of keeping the Montreal art girl alive inside. These sounds are the quiet and private side of the girl who joined the big American major label rock band.”
The ‘Bass Womb Room: My ’90s 4-Track Demos x Field Recordings’ tracklist is:
1. ‘Active Heart’
2. ‘… And the Next Day’
3. ‘Courtney Chimes In’
4. ‘Desire Is Critical’
5. ‘In the Reflection’
6. ‘Water Wars’
7. ‘Flesh Flush’
8. ‘Is She His’
9. ‘Billy Seoul Crowd’
10. ‘Love Is the Drug’
11. ‘Sparkle Bass’
12. ‘Fancy Piece [ft. the Hunger World]’
13. ‘River’s Dream’
14. ‘Sea of Tranquility’
15. ‘Skip a Beat’
