Overview
- My Heart Is an Outlaw is due October 17 on Jealous Butcher Records following an eight-year hiatus
- Sessions took place in Los Angeles, New York City and Vermont under the direction of producer Adam Schatz
- The album includes performances by guitarist Meg Duffy, bassist Spencer Zahn, vocalist Carly Bond and drummer Max Jaffe
- Dienel drew inspiration from My Own Private Idaho and Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA to craft a celebration of queer joy and self-determination
- “Your Girl’s Upstairs” leads the record as a raw folk-rock track accompanied by an Alex Basco-Koch video documenting the studio process