We’ve known that Margaret Cho’s forthcoming musical comedy album, in which she collaborated with Andrew Bird and Jon Brion, has been in the works since at least last fall, but now the record has a release date, tracklist, and quite the epic guest roster. “I wanted to create a new genre of music that is hilarious but also seriously good,” said Cho of her LP, Cho Dependent, “so I turned to some of my music heroes to help me out.”
Bird and Brion are certainly heroes around here, but who else lent their superpowers? Let’s see… Brendan Benson, Tegan and Sara, Fiona Apple (!), Rachael Yamagata, New Pornographer A.C. Newman, and more. Well played, indeed.
To be clear, these artists didn’t just swing by the studio, they each co-wrote and performed on the uber-NSFW collection. Take a peek at the explicit tracklist below:
Cho Dependent (Release Date: August 24)
01 Intervention (w/ Tegan & Sara)
02 Calling in Stoned (w/ Ben Lee & Tommy Chong)
03 Your Dick (w/ A.C. Newman and Ben Lee)
04 Baby I’m With The Band (w/ Brendan Benson)
05 Hey Big Dog (w/ Patty Griffin, Ben Lee, and Fiona Apple)
06 I’m Sorry (w/ Andrew Bird)
07 Lice (w/ Ben Lee)
08 Enemies (w/ Jon Brion)
09 Asian Adjacent (w/ Grant Lee Phillips)
10 Gimme Your Seed (w/ Garrison Starr)
11 Eat Shit and Die (w/ Grant Lee Phillips)
12 Captain Cameltoe (w/ Ani DiFranco)
13 My Puss (w/ Diana Yanez & Kurt Hall)
* Hidden Track: Lesbian Escalation (w/ Rachael Yamagata)