As a Canadian-born artist, Brandy Zdan by no means thought she’d be writing songs about reproductive rights in 2025. That modified when the U.S. Supreme Court docket overturned Roe v. Wade.
“Fairly merely, I need to stay in a world the place my daughter has the best to decide on who she needs to like, whether or not she needs to turn into a mom or not and no matter god she needs to,” says Zdan.
Apart from its pro-choice message, “Save Me (Rock N Roll)” is a becoming introduction to So What!, obtainable November 7 through Warner’s Revolution Distribution/Battle Buddha Information. The Nashville-based artist’s fourth album is a renewed declaration of energy and self-worth after twenty years of struggling to seek out her method, each as a guitarist-for-hire and an uncompromising frontwoman within the Suzi Quatro/Joan Jett mildew. In recognition of this milestone, Zdan rounded up a few of her favourite gamers to hash out the brand new materials—an inventory that features bassist Kevin Black (Sturgill Simpson), drummer (and husband) Aaron Haynes, pedal-steel participant Joshua Grange (Beck, Sheryl Crow) and indie-rock sq. pegs Aaron Lee Tasjan and Molly Martin.
So What! was funded through Kickstarter, its very existence an enormous center finger to a male-dominated music trade that left Zdan feeling marginalized. Because the title of her newest single suggests, it’s a no-frills rock album that leans exhausting into its message of empowerment at a essential time in historical past.
“Fundamental human rights and physique autonomy are in danger, and we must be yelling and screaming from the rooftops,” says Zdan. “I really feel compelled to make use of my voice and my guitar for all of my sisters and brothers whose rights are in danger.”
We’re proud to premiere ZDAN’s “Save Me (Rock N Roll).”
—Hobart Rowland
