Exclusive: New Exene Cervenka MP3!

Solo album Somewhere Gone arrives Oct.6. Meanwhile, check out this MP3 teaser...

By Blurt Staff

Despite being diagnosed recently with MS, X frontwoman Exene Cervenka doesn't have any plans to slow down - she's got a new solo album due October 6 from Bloodshot. Titled Somewhere Gone it's described by the label as "all the passion of X without all the loud - a great combination, even for people who embrace the loud." It's her first solo outing in 18 years, in fact, and you can get a sneak preview from it right here at BLURT:

"Trojan Horse"

Exene, of course, has been multitasking for years - in addition to her work with X, she's performed with the Knitters, fronted her own band the Original Sinners, done spoken word (her appearances with Lydia Lunch back in the ‘80s remain the stuff of legend), penned several volumes of poetry and even had her drawings, paintings and collages exhibited a few years ago at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. And she's announced her intentions to work with the Sweet Relief foundation to help raise money and awareness for MS.

Back to that new album: we've got a full review in the new print issue of BLURT, due on newsstands in a couple of weeks. Observes our reviewer, of the record: "These are eerie folk songs-Exene's voice has that timeless, rural, conversational quality-although all but one song are originals. It's tempting to read intimations of mortality into the record. But it's more a welcomed return than a valedictory."

Amen to that. You can get more information at Exene's official website or at her Bloodshot recs artist page.