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Live Laugh Love

by Chastity Belt

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    **PRE-ORDER WILL SHIP ON OR AROUND MARCH 22, 2024**

    + FIRST 300 LP PRE-ORDER CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE AN AUTOGRAPHED POSTCARD

    + INCLUDES IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD OF “HOLLOW”

    + LIMITED TO 2000 COPIES ON 180G CLOUDY VINYL

    + LP PACKAGE INCLUDES 11X17 FOLDED POSTER, PRINTED INNERSLEEVE, DL COUPON

    + ARTWORK BY JULIA SHAPIRO

    + ENGINEERED & MIXED BY SAMUR KHOUJA (CATE LE BON, FEIST)

    + MASTERED BY HEBA KADRY (BJORK, SLOWDIVE)

    **VINYL PICTURES ARE MOCK-UP IMAGES. FINISHED PRODUCT MAY VARY**

    Includes digital pre-order of Live Laugh Love. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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    + CASSETTE LIMITED TO 100 HAND-NUMBERED COPIES

    + INCLUDES DOWNLOAD CARD + IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD OF PRE-ALBUM SINGLES

    + ARTWORK BY JULIA SHAPIRO

    + ENGINEERED & MIXED BY SAMUR KHOUJA (CATE LE BON, FEIST)

    + MASTERED BY HEBA KADRY (BJORK, SLOWDIVE)

    Includes digital pre-order of Live Laugh Love. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    **PRE-ORDER WILL SHIP ON OR AROUND MARCH 22, 2024**

    + CD HOUSED IN A CD WALLET

    + INCLUDES IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD OF “HOLLOW”

    + ARTWORK BY JULIA SHAPIRO

    + ENGINEERED & MIXED BY SAMUR KHOUJA (CATE LE BON, FEIST)

    + MASTERED BY HEBA KADRY (BJORK, SLOWDIVE)

    Includes digital pre-order of Live Laugh Love. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Test pressing version of Chastity Belt's 'Live Laugh Love' LP. Extremely rare collectible - only 25 in the world!

    Includes digital pre-order of Live Laugh Love. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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    releases March 29, 2024

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  • Limited Edition LP on 180g Color in Color vinyl (artist & label exclusive)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    **PRE-ORDER WILL SHIP ON OR AROUND MARCH 22, 2024**

    + FIRST 300 LP PRE-ORDER CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE AN AUTOGRAPHED POSTCARD

    + INCLUDES IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD OF “HOLLOW”

    + CHASTITY BELT & SUICIDE SQUEEZE MAIL-ORDER VARIANT LIMITED TO 250 HAND-NUMBERED COPIES

    + ARTIST & LABEL VARIANT PRESSED ON 180G COLOR IN COLOR VINYL

    + LP PACKAGE INCLUDES 11X17 FOLDED POSTER, PRINTED INNERSLEEVE, DL COUPON

    + ARTWORK BY JULIA SHAPIRO

    + ENGINEERED & MIXED BY SAMUR KHOUJA (CATE LE BON, FEIST)

    + MASTERED BY HEBA KADRY (BJORK, SLOWDIVE)

    **VINYL PICTURES ARE MOCK-UP IMAGES. FINISHED PRODUCT MAY VARY**

    Includes digital pre-order of Live Laugh Love. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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1.
Hollow 03:54
there’s a lie that we all tell I don’t mind trading comfort for a change free will doesn’t feel free anymore waiting for some sign wasting time breath in hollow air nothing’s there I wanna trust myself again but instead all my needs bend to fit in I will sit still with my doubt real life doesn’t feel real anymore waiting for some sign wasting time breath in hollow air I’m still here I wanna know myself again
2.
Funny
3.
Clumsy
4.
It's Cool
5.
Kool-Aid
6.
Chemtrails 03:58
I’m always saying yes but when it comes around, I don’t wanna leave my house at the time, everything felt new and one night could really change you someone like me can’t let go of anything moments move like chemtrails in my mind now I want more, thinking I deserve less maybe I’ll be happier this time the warmth of everything I waited, and it came we’ll be good, or at least we should what more can we really ask for someone like me can’t let go of anything moments move like chemtrails in my mind now I want more, thinking I deserve less apathy is difficult to hide I’m not used to feeling what I choose to hanging onto words you might’ve said now I’m weightless, like I’ve been erased I’m painting us a picture in my head
7.
Blue
8.
Tethered
9.
I-90 Bridge 04:53
riding bikes across the I-90 bridge 9 at night, this feels like flying flashing headlights and the waves reflect the sun when you said, “I feel like dying” I don’t wanna hear the things you have to say it’s just the adrenaline talking don’t share your feelings about me I’m sorry I just don’t have the capacity cut the water with the sharp knife of your hand never seen a stroke so smooth same long fingers that can carry any mood and relieve the pain I carry you can stay awhile but you can’t sleep in my bed tell your girlfriend she’s got nothing to fear I’m set in my head my body’s a different story
10.
Laugh
11.
Like That

about

In their decade-plus together, the four-piece—Julia Shapiro (guitar, vocals), Lydia Lund (guitar, vocals), Gretchen Grimm (drums, vocals), and Annie Truscott (bass, vocals)—have created a resonant body of work. Live Laugh Love is a natural continuation. Against the bizarre backdrop of the past few years, Chastity Belt remained a supportive space for the members to grow and experiment, drawing on the ingredients most essential to their process since the beginning: authenticity and levity. Recorded over three sessions in as many years (January 2020, November 2021 and 2022), the focus became more about enjoying their time together in the studio than making it feel like work. Their ease and familiarity with engineer Samur Khouja in LA, who also recorded their last album, made for a particularly enjoyable process. Once completed, they returned to renowned engineer Heba Kadry who mastered the album.

Album opener “Hollow” sets the tone with a gently driving rhythm while guitar layers stream like sun rays through an open car window. A warmth radiates through Shapiro’s voice, even while grappling with feeling lost and stuck. “The older I get,” Shapiro says of the lyrics, “the more I realize that I might just always feel this way, and it’s more about sitting with the feeling and accepting it, rather than trying to fight it.” That wisdom seems to anchor Live Laugh Love. Chastity Belt has never shied from navigating the spectrum of difficult emotions, and an existential thread weaves throughout the subject matter. And yet the songs feel more grounded than ever; there’s a sense of quiet confidence and self-assurance that comes with being less numb and more present. Facing discomfort takes more fortitude, after all.

Live Laugh Love finds the members in their prime as musicians. Their parts trace intricate patterns over one another, but there’s room to breathe between the layers. Everyone contributes to the writing, sometimes switching instruments, and for the first time, all four members sing a song. It’s never been more apparent that they are creative siblings, cut from the same belt. “We’ve been playing music with each other for over a decade,” says Shapiro, “so it really does feel like we’re all fluent in the same language, and a lot of it just happens naturally.”

“Laugh” seeks in the balm of friendship, aware of the anticipatory nostalgia that hits during a good time that you’re already missing before it’s gone; the heavier guitar tones on “Chemtrails” streak ominous chord progressions over Grimm’s precision timekeeping, lamenting memories that won’t fade easily. During a transitional time, Truscott came across a note in their phone that read, “it's not hard all day, just sometimes,” which inspired a poignant line in the chorus of “Kool-Aid,” their first song as lead vocalist on a Chastity Belt recording. Another standout, “I-90 Bridge” shines with a silvery melody that soars as Lund belts one of the most resounding moments on the album: “Tell your girlfriend she’s got nothing to fear/I’m set in my head/My body’s a different story.” The track “Blue” saunters nonchalantly with a wink; you can almost hear Shapiro’s smile as she sings “Faking it big time/So I can hit my stride/Man, it feels good to be alive,” channeling early Chastity Belt channeling early ’90s before channeling the late Elliott Smith in a spiral of distortion and insight: “Don’t get upset about it/It’s gonna pass/Tell all your friends about it/They’re gonna laugh.”

“We have such a strong sense of each other’s musical inclinations” says Lund. “I think this allows for a lot of playfulness…we can kinda surprise each other, like a good punchline would.”

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releases March 29, 2024

All songs written and performed by Chastity Belt:
Julia Shapiro, Lydia Lund, Annie Truscott, Gretchen Grimm

Recorded & mixed by Samur Khouja, assistant engineered by Dave Reichardt at Seahorse Sound Studios in Los Angeles

Mastered by Heba Kadry in NYC

Artwork by Julia Shapiro

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Chastity Belt Seattle, Washington

Chastity Belt is a real band formed in Walla Walla, WA by Julia Shapiro (guitar, vocals), Lydia Lund (guitar), Annie Truscott (bass), and Gretchen Grimm (drums), now residing in Seattle, WA and Los Angeles, CA.

Chastity Belt's fifth studio album, 'Live Laugh Love' is out March 29, 2024.
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