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Bullseye with Jesse Thorne is a production of maximum fund.org

and is distributed by NPR. It's Bolzai.

Bolsai. I'm Jesse Thorne. Laura Jane Grace, the front woman of the punk band Against Me, has a new record out.

It's her second solo album. It's called Whole in My Head.

This interview, which we taped in late 2020, came out just after her first solo album,

which was called and it was appropriate for the time, Stay Alive.

She recorded it about six months after against me, kicked off, then abruptly cancelled a big nationwide tour.

You were there, you remember 2020.

Not like this kind of thing matters so much, but Laura's solo records aren't especially punk.

They might be more like the mountain goats or neutral milk hotel.

It's music from a singer confident enough to let her writing

speak for itself. The instruments are sparse with a guitar or two maybe some drums

and Laura's voice. Powerful, passionate, and vulnerable.

Interviewing Laura Jane Grace is a special guest.

My old pal and against me super fan, Jordan Morris. Let's kick things off with something from Laura's new record.

This song is called Birds Talk 2. All the birds talk to

Ruddes champagne's the rookies.

I've been gone for weeks and I haven't watched out once yet.

Or your wings are free.

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