Gina Birch will release her album I Play My Bass Loud next year. Birch, best known as the bass player for seminal post-punk band The Raincoats, will release the album on Third Man Records on February 24, 2023.
The album tracklisting is as follows:
- I Play My Bass Loud
- And Then It Happened
- Wish I Was You
- Big Mouth
- Pussy Riot
- I Am Rage
- I Will Never Wear Stilletos
- Dance Like A Demon
- Digging Down
- Feminist Song
- Let’s Go Crazy
The first track to be made available from the album is ‘Wish I Was You,’ the video for which may be streamed below. It features guitar from Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and was directed by Gina’s daughter Honey Birch.
She will play the following live dates in the next few months:
NOVEMBER
11 – The Blue Basement @ Third Man Records London, UK
MARCH 2023
21 – The Hope and Ruin, Brighton
22 – Oslo, London
24 – The Hug and Pint, Glasgow
25 – Whelan’s, Dublin
27 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
More live dates will be announced soon.
Speaking about Play My Bass Loud, Birch said: ‘The album distills my years of musical, political, and artistic life with these genre-breaking songs. It’s a personal diary using sounds and lyrics, full of fun, rage, and storytelling.’
