Rock icon Laura Jane Grace announces brand new album?Hole In My Head,?the Emmy-nominated artist, author, activist and musician’s first offering since 2021’s?At War With The Silverfish. Recorded at Native Sound in St. Louis, MO with?David Beeman?and mixed by?Matt Allison?(The Lawrence Arms, Rise Against),?Hole In My Head?is a sonic curio cabinet containing multitudes — a showcase that features warm, ‘50s rock-influenced guitar riffs, saved-for-later lyrics, love letters to new surroundings, and thoughtful reflections on a punk life lived. Grace’s commanding vocals are backed predominately by her performances on guitar and drums, and bolstered by Drive-By Truckers bassist?Matt Patton, whose presence rounds out a full-band sound on over half the album.

A musical force since?Against Me!'s?debut in the late-’90s and one of Billboard Magazine’s “50 Greatest Rock Lead Singers Of All Time,” Grace has never shied away from themes of political commentary, environmentalism, social critique and candid self-exploration. On the forthcoming?Hole In My Head, she continues to showcase her songwriting genius across 11 tracks, issuing an album that captures the nuances of humanity and experience in a strangely optimistic manner. The lightness of its influence, and the journalistic recollection of experience set against a battered and warm folk-punk delivery from beginning to end, makes Hole In My Head a refreshing comfort.