Broken Record Peaches

Peaches has spent more than two decades pushing boundaries in electronic music and performance art, inspiring the look and sound of edgy pop artists like Lady Gaga and Grimes. But long before she was known for her outrageous stage shows, Peaches got her start as part of a folk trio in Toronto. In the mid-’90s, after discovering she could become a one-woman band with her Roland drum machine, Peaches began developing a provocative new persona.

In 2000, she moved to Berlin and released The Teaches of Peaches, featuring the song “Fuck the Pain Away.” The track has been cited by Thom Yorke as an inspiration while making Radiohead’s In Rainbows, and has appeared in countless movies and TV shows including Lost In Translation, The Handmaid’s Tale, and even South Park. Peaches has spent the last several years creating works for stage and screen, including serving as the subject of two recent documentaries. Now, after more than a decade, she’s returning with No Lube So Rude, her first album in over 10 years, recorded in Berlin with producer The Squirt Deluxe.

On today’s episode, Leah Rose talks to Peaches about making No Lube So Rude and how the album addresses identity, bodily autonomy, and offers an antidote for all the friction in the world. Peaches also discusses how she recently discovered her dad pleaded with a bar mitzvah band to give her her first shot performing live on stage. And she shares her deep love of ’70s rock and roll trivia.

You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite songs from Peaches HERE.