Allergic to Water

Ani DiFranco has never been afraid to take chances and her new album, Allergic to Water, is another bold accomplishment featuring some of her most subtle music to date. Throughout the disc, DiFranco with her band and a few music guests, create melodies that are lilting and funky, imaginative and personal: so personal that she produced and mixed the record all on her own.
DiFranco says, Mostly I worked alone in headphones, in the wee hours, while my family slept. It was empowering but terrifying to have the buck stop with me again in terms of the mixes. The recordings are documents of my current touring band recorded by Mike (Napolitano) in our old Victorian house in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans and also by Any Taub at a nearby church in the Treme, just laying down songs.
Vibes, tones and rhythms constantly change while her band draws on its own expansive palette. The result is 12 low-key songs that pack a world of musical surprises into Allergic to Water.