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Ani DiFranco Contemplates ‘Global Landscape’ in New ‘Unprecedented Sh!t’ Album

Ani DiFranco is set to release her 23rd album, 'Unprecedented Sh!t,' on May 17 via her label, Righteous Babe. Records.

According to a press release, the title signifies a departure in sound by the singer-songwriter and serves as a “poignant political and social commentary on the contemporary global landscape.” The upcoming project is produced by BJ Burton (Bon Iver) and will encompass 11 tracks, including singles “The Thing at Hand” and “New Bible,” which is billed as a “different way of living outside of consumerism.” Other songs on the LP include its lead single, “Baby Roe,” which serves as a “a civil rights rallying cry” calling on the need for “reproductive freedom and autonomy,” and “Virus,” which sees DiFranco battling with complex emotions on the pandemic. The closing song, “The Knowing,” the title of the artist’s 2023 children’s book, aims to highlight the notion that “we can harness the power of identity without being limited by it and without becoming lost in the subjective narratives of the ego.”

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