The Lunachicks’ Gina Volpe Reveals “Drink Me” From Upcoming Solo Album “Delete The World”

Gina Volpe (The Lunachicks / Bantam) has released Drink Me, her latest single & video that offers a wild trip down the rabbit hole with themes of obsession, escapism and addiction. The prolific NYC-based guitarist, songwriter and visual artist will also release Delete The World, her debut full length as a solo artist, on the 23rd February 2024. The album is a brooding, textured, experimental web of songs with echoes of indie rock, synth-pop and alt-rock. Drink Me is the first track and the lead single to be taken from Delete The World, the track is an explosive tune that drives heavy bass riffs alongside retro synth sounds. The song is paired with a visually stunning music video created by the award-winning, pop surrealist and multi-media artist Stänzii who realizes mesmerizing 3D animated realms that provide the perfect backdrop for Drink Me.

“I started noticing an ongoing theme of escapism while writing the album’s lyrics. Drink Me was inspired by not only my own occasional tendencies to lean precariously too heavily on a vice – wine in this case, but also the collective experience of friends I had been in recent conversation with about obsession and addiction. The line in the song, “one foot in the grave, the other in my mouth” is a cheeky observation of just how messy (and dangerous) our habits of running to the nearest exit can be.” (Gina Volpe)

While Volpe is known for inciting headbanging with her frenetic solos, Delete The World proves that she’s a true musical nomad at heart. Volpe is a one-woman band with the exception of drummers Jeremy Kinney and Sam Warfield, along with a guest appearance by former Bantam bassist Doug Oosterhouse. Producer Barb Morrison deftly captures Volpe’s soaring crunching riffs delivering flashes of Brian Eno while layering Volpe’s sultry magnetic voice over of the tracks. The album is a disintegration of not just traditional stylistic borders, but also mental ones. Songs like the title track, Currents, The Plan and Escaped From The Lab reflect on coping mechanisms gone awry and the unintended consequences, how perception can either cut you loose or keep you confined, and the dubious assumption that humans are in control of anything. Delete The World will be released on Volpe’s label, Heavy Nose Records, and will be available on all streaming platforms with tour dates to be announced soon.