Female punk trio Sleater-Kinney will release its eighth studio effort, No Cities to Love, next week (Jan. 20). The effort, the band's first in 10 years, is available to stream over at NPR. Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss will also hit the road next month for a reunion tour in support of the album.
No Cities to Love is the follow-up to 2005's The Woods. The group took a break from recording in 2006 and all three members went their own ways. Brownstein formed Wild Flag and joined forces with Fred Armisen to create the IFC series Portlandia. Tucker produced two albums with her Corin Tucker Band and hit the road in support of both. Weiss lent her drum skills to The Shins, Stephen Malkus and The Jicks and Wild Flag (small world).
"Ten years and eight albums in, Sleater-Kinney still experiments with and expands its instantly recognizable sound profile with irresistible results. Higher production values, paired with musicians at the top of their game, have added shine to the group's Pacific Northwest-rooted, riot grrrl-influenced rock without changing its irrepressible heart," NPR wrote about the album.
Sleater-Kinney has been hailed as one of the most influential groups of the 1990s. Fans like Girls creator Lena Dunham and Armisen have sung its praises prior to the reunion.
"I was Sleater-Kinney's biggest fan," Armisen, who met Brownstein at a Saturday Night Live after party in 2003, told Rolling Stone. "Does the world need another Sleater-Kinney album? It's like asking if the world needs food."
The group's spring tour will kick off in Seattle next month and the group will gig until May when it returns to Washington state.
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