Aimee Mann to Release 70's Style Concept Album

Aimee Mann 2005


Aimee is my favorite rock artist that is still regularly releasing tunes. Her music is clever, an island in the vast sea of conformity. Heck, she is my favorite female artist of all time, rivaled only during Aimee's first decade, by Chrissie Hynde. By the mid 90's Aimee's talent was at its peak (or should I say plateau as it has not diminished) unsurpassable by others. Perhaps the island is Hawaii, an island that is actually the world's tallest mountain if you measure it from its ocean base. Anyway, Aimee is releasing a new album that is a concept album. From her newsletter:

Aimee Mann songs have a literary quality to them--sharp, short stories set to music--so it was probably inevitable that she would one day make a concept album, the musical equivalent of a novella. The Forgotten Arm, her fifth solo release, is exactly that: a dozen songs that tell, rather loosely, the story of John and Caroline as they meet, fall in love and road trip across America.
The Forgotten Arm is in stores May 3rd but if you pre-order at aimeemann.com you will have the option to receive a limited edition large format oversize 32 page lyric book with all the illustrations and photos from the album.
Listen to the The Forgotten Arm now at Aimee Mann's site.
Three new songs posted every Tuesday.