Latest Release
- MAR 21, 2024
- 1 Song
- Common Blue - Single · 2024
- Heads Up · 2016
- Underneath - Single · 2024
- Warpaint · 2014
- Radiate Like This · 2022
- The Fool · 2010
- Radiate Like This · 2022
- Exquisite Corpse · 2009
- Warpaint · 2014
- Heads Up · 2016
Essential Albums
- Having won the heavy hearts and minds of indie rock's cognoscenti with their 2009 debut, The Fool, the L.A. quartet Warpaint set their sites higher on this self-titled follow-up. Here, they enlist veteran producer Flood (U2, PJ Harvey) to help them beef up their sensual and spooky postpunk. The band decamped to Joshua Tree to write the album, and the eerie desolation of the California desert haunts the tracks accordingly. The serpentine "Keep It Healthy" features fidgety guitar riffs atop the group's lockstep rhythm section of bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg and drummer Stella Mozgawa, while "Teese" layers Emily Kokal's hushed vocals over a creeping beat and atmospheric synths. The single "Love Is to Die" is a gauzy midtempo song with a persistent beat, over which Kokal incants a subtly catchy hook: "Love is to die/Love is to not die/Love is to dance."
Albums
- 2022
- 2016
- 2014
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
Music Videos
- 2024
- 2011
- 2010
Artist Playlists
- Psychedelic, melancholic, lush, and layered indie rock from these L.A. women.
Appears On
- Martina Topley Bird
- 4K Slyme
More To Hear
- Music from Yak, LCD Soundsystem, and Barrie.
- Jenny Lee Lindberg celebrates the band’s 15 year anniversary.
- The band picks the 5 Best Songs on Apple Music.
- Warpaint pick the 5 Best Songs on Apple Music
- Exclusive remixes for Jagwar Ma and Warpaint. Plus, more new music.
About Warpaint
Blending psych-rock, post-punk, dream pop, hip-hop, and more into a smoldering style all their own, Warpaint are one of indie's most acclaimed bands. Their 2008 debut EP Exquisite Corpse demonstrated their gifts for hazy sensuality and stripped-down arrangements, qualities they refined on 2010's full-length The Fool (which also marked the debut of powerhouse drummer Stella Mozgawa). From there, the band evolved with each release, whether they polished their sound and added electronics and hints of dub on 2014's self-titled album or gave their music more urgency with 2016's Heads Up. With 2022's Radiate Like This, Warpaint took another leap forward by bringing more clarity to their sound and highlighting their intuitive interplay.
- ORIGIN
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- FORMED
- February 14, 2004
- GENRE
- Alternative