“I call it method songwriting.”
– Imani Coppola
Imani Coppola is less concerned with writing a hit single and more concerned with, as she puts it, creating music that feels like having a line of coke blown up your ass. This ballsy, Brooklyn-based beauty coolly disregards designer-imposter pop stars who claim to push boundaries, when in truth, the only boundary they’re testing is our ability to stomach any more empty calorie pop songs.
However, Coppola is no stranger to the major label machine. The 29-year-old singer and multi-instrumentalist signed with Columbia Records during her freshman year in college, churned out a hit MTV single “Legend of a Cowgirl” off her 1997 album Chupacabra, and was then dropped – sadly, an all too familiar story for new talent these days. But that was then, and this is now.
Imani Coppola stepped back into the limelight in 2006 when she joined forces with the multitalented Oddfather of Rock, Mike Patton, as singer and violinist for Patton’s Peeping Tom ensemble.
Coppola’s The Black and White Album, out November 6 on Ipecac Records, marks her eighth studio release and is her most self-assured and eclectic album to date.
SuicideGirls caught up with Coppola to talk about life as a starving artist, paying one’s dues and the problem with today’s singer/songwriters….
Read our exclusive interview with Imani Coppola on SuicideGirls.com.
