Nikki Lane sings about 'Denim & Diamonds' this fall

Nikki Lane will return with her fourth album Denim & Diamonds on September 23 via New West Records. The 10-song project was produced and mixed by Joshua Homme at his Pink Duck Studios in Burbank, CA and is Lane’s first album in five years.

The recordings feature Homme, as well as his Queens of the Stone Age collaborators Alain Johannes on guitar, Dean Fertita on organ and Michael Shuman on bass. Additionally, the album features drummers Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys, Carla Azar of the acclaimed post-punk band Autolux (and frequent Jack White collaborator), and Lane’s pedal steel player Matthew Pynn (Dwight Yoakum, Miley Cyrus).

Lane has shared the video for the album’s lead off track, “First High.” The video was directed by Jocelyn Cooper and shot in North Fork, CA. Says Lane of the track, “This song is about chasing that feeling of the first roller coaster, the first drag of a cigarette, that first kiss. Those moments are harder to come by the older we get, yet only get better each time. The video captures that feeling of being young in a small town on a summer day, and the lack of inhibition that came with it”

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Lane is the first to recognize how long of a gap five years is in the music world, but she credits the time away as allowing her to write the most reflective work of her catalog. “There is a song that didn’t make the album with the lyrics ‘sometimes you gotta run away to live a life that you can write a song about.’ Prior to this album, I was so focused on writing about life on the road, that I just didn’t have the headspace to write about the road that got me here,” Lane says. 

Despite not releasing a new project under her own name, Lane has spent her time off collaborating with numerous artists including Lana Del Rey, Brent Cobb and Spiritualized. She has also been busy nurturing her diverse interests including running her vintage store of ten years, High Class Hillbilly, and curating the annual Stage Stop Marketplace at Stagecoach.

Denim & Diamonds follows Lane’s critically acclaimed 2017 studio album Highway Queen. It will be available across digital platforms, compact disc, and numerous vinyl variations. A limited to 1,000 Blue & Gray Marble Vinyl edition featuring deluxe, die cut packaging autographed by Lane is available for pre-order NOW via NEW WEST RECORDS.

Track Listing:

1.First High

2. Denim & Diamonds
3. Faded
4. Born Tough
5. Try Harder
6. Good Enough
7. Live/Love
8. Black Widow
9. Pass It Down
10. Chimayo

Tour dates:

June 9 - Nashville, TN - Spotify House at CMA Fest
July 2 - East Troy, MI - Alpine Valley Music Theatre w/ The Dave Matthews Band
July 4 - Dallas, TX - AT&T Discovery District
July 9 - Pasadena, CA - Palomino Festival
July 16 - Segovia, Spain - Huercasa Festival
July 23 - Bloomington, IL - Black Dirt Music Festival
September 2 - Weston, CO - Caveman Festival
September 11 - Pelham, TN - The Caverns w/ Spiritualized
September 30 - La Cygne, KS - Firewater Fest
October 8 - Charleston, SC - Riverfront Park
October 15 - Los Angeles, CA - The Greek w/ Midland
October 28 - Albuquerque, NM - Revel Entertainment Center w/ Midland
October 29 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheater w/ Midland