The blue-haired rock goddess, Diamante, is independently releasing her sophomore album, American Dream May 7. This album has a vulnerability and rawness to it with the deep singles that hit you right in the gut.
“With American Dream, I was given the ultimate artistic freedom to express my most personal moments, stories, confessions, flaws, fears, hopes, mistakes, desires, vices, heartaches, and redemption in a way I have never been able to in the past,” Diamante says about the new album. “Every word on this album is my personal diary screaming in your face. This album has no limitations, restrictions, or filters, really. That’s why the music video for ‘Ghost Myself’ had to be equally raw and purposely gritty; it’s a song about being at war with myself. I knew there would be no better way to show this internal battle than through an underground fight club scene between me, myself, and I.”
“American Dream” opens the album right away setting the tone for the whole album with her powerful, gritty voice and heavy guitars. This track is the perfect track to highlight her range while she delivers those gritty vocals that any great female rock vocalist can deliver, but she also has smooth, soft tones throughout the song.
“Unlovable” was a song that stopped me in my track and I had to stop everything I was doing to give it my full attention. It’s a hauntingly beautiful song featuring a piano and her melodic voice, but the lyrics were so honest and hitting, that it instantly was personal for me. “Thought I had a heart of gold, everything I touch turns to stone. Is it my fault I always end up alone? Maybe I’m just difficult. Maybe I’m impossible. Maybe just one step over the edge and one foot out the door. Maybe I’m emotional. Too much to handle. Maybe I’m unlovable.”
“Unfuck You” is the ultimate “fuck you” song that anyone can get behind screaming of regret and moving on from someone who’s a mistake. “If I could, I’d go and unfuck you, yeah. I like to pretend it meant nothing, yeah.”
Diamante has stated that Joan Jett is definitely one of her role models. I love her nod to her in her song “I Love Myself For Hating You”, playing on Joan Jett’s “I Hate Myself for Loving You.” This song instantly hooks you to listen when it opens with “I’m sorry for keying your car,” but I love the vindication where she calls out her ex-lover with “but you seriously kind of messed up…I love myself for hating you.”
“Iris” is the Goo Goo Dolls cover that Diamante did with Benjamin Burley of Breaking Benjamin. This was the collaboration of the century that almost made up for all of 2020. To be honest, I wasn’t sure I liked it when it started out very slow and soft, but when Burley joined in and they harmonized, then the intensity of the song built, I really loved it.
Diamante’s upcoming album is phenomenal. It has a great mix of hard and heavy songs and deep and slow songs. This album also serves as a great breakup album with empowering songs to move one, but also the sometimes much-needed songs that will make you cry. Her move to release this album independently was a good move and can be appreciated in the depth of each song. In this album, the listener can definitely feel the artist’s heart behind every song, lyric, and note.
Tracklist:
- American Dream
- Ghost Myself
- Serves Your Right
- Obvious
- Unlovable
- Wake Up Call
- Unfuck You
- I Love Myself for Hating You
- Iris
- Hopeless
- Obvious (acoustic)
