Karen O is set to release her first solo album “Crush Songs,” the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ lead singer announced Wednesday.
#CrushSongs will first be available pre-release as a ltd, special edition vinyl on @CultRecords pic.twitter.com/OzKVaeLARS
— Karen O (@KarenO) June 25, 2014
“Crush Songs” will release in the U.S. on Sept. 9 and in the U.K. Sept. 8. It’s being released through Cult Records, a label headed by The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas.
A limited, special vinyl edition will first be available in pre-release, featuring personal drawings and handwritten lyrics from Karen O. The songs were written around the time when she was 27 years old (around the period of 2006-2007) and, in her words, is “the soundtrack to what was an ever continuing love crusade.”
#CrushSongs pic.twitter.com/onsDuWHXaY
— Karen O (@KarenO) June 25, 2014
Karen O’s most recent album with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Mosquito,” was released last year. The singer has been making waves as a soloist, earning an Oscar nomination for “The Moon Song” from Spike Jonze’s “Her.”
Karen O joins The Virgins, Cerebral Ballzy, Albert Hammond Jr., C O L O R and Har Mar Superstar on Casablancas’ Cult Records.
