Schoolkids Records Announces the Worldwide release of “Exquisite Corpses” from Johnette Napolitano 

CHAPEL HILL, NC (11, April, 2022) -- Schoolkids Records (Raleigh, NC; Dublin, IR) “Exquisite Corpses” is the first full length album in over a decade from Johnette Napolitano, best known as lead vocalist, songwriter and bassist for the L.A. alternative rock trio Concrete Blonde, whose 90’s hit ‘Joey’ earned gold and platinum awards internationally.

Settled in to her own studio in the high desert of Southern California, the Joshua Tree Recording Company, she podcasts ‘Coffee & A Card’, musings on the Tarot and all things supernatural and continues to create music for film and television. A third volume of her self-published and acclaimed book series, ‘Rough Mix’ is expected late 2022.

“Exquisite Corpses was a game invented and played by the surrealists in the 20’s, the concept being that things that don’t seem to be connected turn out to be. The world has changed, everyone has lost someone and we not only have to go on, we have to carry on joyfully. For them.”

“The music of “Exquisite Corpses” spans a decade, ‘Riding The Moon’ is over 10 years old. ‘Pacific Coast Highway’ is a flashback, a reality check which took me a couple years to write and to get right as in recording it, spoken word is so much harder than singing. ‘Crib Girl’ is older, my ode to the pioneer women, and ‘Voodoo Doll Ball’ is a Halloween classic around here. “Joey Dear” is a song about a song. My own cousin Rick melts the frets off the guitar on ‘Watching the Dinosaurs Die’. Like the game, everything connects - it has a ‘wholeness’ about it, a sense of completion. Peace, even.”

Having toured the world, studied Flamenco in Spain and art in Mexico, ” the Joshua Tree Recording Company,” says Johnette, “is my dream factory. The National Wildlife Foundation just certified the property as official wildlife habitat. In the face of all the reckless, greedy development up here in the high desert, I consider it my greatest achievement.”