Spinnerette

Ghetto Love EP

[3/5]

Fans of the Distillers have been waiting for Brody Dalle’s next musical move since her groundbreaking punk band’s unceremonious breakup in 2006. Spinnerette’s debut, a digital-only EP, is a first taste of Dalle’s current state of mind, offering four propulsive rock songs that sound like direct descendents of the Distillers’ melodic punk sound. Dalle is very clearly behind the songs, particularly the driving “Valium Knights” and the angsty “Bury My Heart,” although she tiptoes into new territory on the slower, more ambient “Distorting A Code.” Spinnerette are primarily Dalle’s vision, as opposed to the band aesthetic of the Distillers, and unfortunately, it shows a bit. There’s something missing, even when the songs are well-written and passionately recorded, but we’ll give Dalle the benefit of the doubt as we wait for Spinnerette’s debut full-length later this year. (SELF-RELEASED; spinnerettemusic.com) Emily Zemler