Let It Die Here
Linda Perry
Let It Die Here is Linda Perry's first solo album in over 25 years, released on May 8, 2026 via Kill Rock Stars / 670 Records — her previous solo effort, After Hours, having come out in 1999. In the decades between, Perry became one of the most successful behind-the-scenes figures in popular music, writing and producing career-defining hits for Pink, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, and others. The 17-track, 57-minute album emerged alongside a feature-length documentary of the same name directed by Don Hardy, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and captures Perry navigating a cancer diagnosis and the death of her deeply complicated mother. As Perry explained to NPR, the album confronts maternal trauma, abuse, grief, and guilt head-on — "let it die here means exactly that: I want to let that trauma die here." Tape Op described it as "an opus to her late mother, 'the villain and the muse,' and a declaration to keep the muse alive in her art," noting that its central question — "what would Linda write for Linda?" — is what the entire record sets out to answer.
Sonically, the album is entirely self-produced by Perry at Greenleaf Studios, mixed by Dave Way, and mastered by Gavin Lurssen, and it moves across a wide range of styles while remaining rooted in a classic, polished rock and AOR sensibility. Louder described it as "a supremely classy and highly polished affair — immaculately crafted, played and produced," with Perry gliding from the hazy West Coast rock-pop of "Balboa Park" and "Stupid Yellow Kite" to the country-inflected heartbreak of "Is That All You Got" and the cathartic title track, before arriving at the closing "Albatross," described as a hard-won moment of release and liberation. Sonic Pulse Reviews noted that the album is "about letting go of your demons — celebrating having survived, celebrating imperfection." At 17 tracks some reviewers found the runtime demanding, but the consensus recognized Let It Die Here as a rare and courageous act of self-exposure from an artist who spent decades putting words in other people's mouths.
Let It Die Here is Linda Perry's first solo album in over 25 years, released on May 8, 2026 via Kill Rock Stars / 670 Records — her previous solo effort, After Hours, having come out in 1999. In the decades between, Perry became one of the most successful behind-the-scenes figures in popular music, writing and producing career-defining hits for Pink, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, and others. The 17-track, 57-minute album emerged alongside a feature-length documentary of the same name directed by Don Hardy, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and captures Perry navigating a cancer diagnosis and the death of her deeply complicated mother. As Perry explained to NPR, the album confronts maternal trauma, abuse, grief, and guilt head-on — "let it die here means exactly that: I want to let that trauma die here." Tape Op described it as "an opus to her late mother, 'the villain and the muse,' and a declaration to keep the muse alive in her art," noting that its central question — "what would Linda write for Linda?" — is what the entire record sets out to answer.
Sonically, the album is entirely self-produced by Perry at Greenleaf Studios, mixed by Dave Way, and mastered by Gavin Lurssen, and it moves across a wide range of styles while remaining rooted in a classic, polished rock and AOR sensibility. Louder described it as "a supremely classy and highly polished affair — immaculately crafted, played and produced," with Perry gliding from the hazy West Coast rock-pop of "Balboa Park" and "Stupid Yellow Kite" to the country-inflected heartbreak of "Is That All You Got" and the cathartic title track, before arriving at the closing "Albatross," described as a hard-won moment of release and liberation. Sonic Pulse Reviews noted that the album is "about letting go of your demons — celebrating having survived, celebrating imperfection." At 17 tracks some reviewers found the runtime demanding, but the consensus recognized Let It Die Here as a rare and courageous act of self-exposure from an artist who spent decades putting words in other people's mouths.
Let It Die Here
Linda Perry
Let It Die Here is Linda Perry's first solo album in over 25 years, released on May 8, 2026 via Kill Rock Stars / 670 Records — her previous solo effort, After Hours, having come out in 1999. In the decades between, Perry became one of the most successful behind-the-scenes figures in popular music, writing and producing career-defining hits for Pink, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, and others. The 17-track, 57-minute album emerged alongside a feature-length documentary of the same name directed by Don Hardy, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and captures Perry navigating a cancer diagnosis and the death of her deeply complicated mother. As Perry explained to NPR, the album confronts maternal trauma, abuse, grief, and guilt head-on — "let it die here means exactly that: I want to let that trauma die here." Tape Op described it as "an opus to her late mother, 'the villain and the muse,' and a declaration to keep the muse alive in her art," noting that its central question — "what would Linda write for Linda?" — is what the entire record sets out to answer.
Sonically, the album is entirely self-produced by Perry at Greenleaf Studios, mixed by Dave Way, and mastered by Gavin Lurssen, and it moves across a wide range of styles while remaining rooted in a classic, polished rock and AOR sensibility. Louder described it as "a supremely classy and highly polished affair — immaculately crafted, played and produced," with Perry gliding from the hazy West Coast rock-pop of "Balboa Park" and "Stupid Yellow Kite" to the country-inflected heartbreak of "Is That All You Got" and the cathartic title track, before arriving at the closing "Albatross," described as a hard-won moment of release and liberation. Sonic Pulse Reviews noted that the album is "about letting go of your demons — celebrating having survived, celebrating imperfection." At 17 tracks some reviewers found the runtime demanding, but the consensus recognized Let It Die Here as a rare and courageous act of self-exposure from an artist who spent decades putting words in other people's mouths.
Let It Die Here is Linda Perry's first solo album in over 25 years, released on May 8, 2026 via Kill Rock Stars / 670 Records — her previous solo effort, After Hours, having come out in 1999. In the decades between, Perry became one of the most successful behind-the-scenes figures in popular music, writing and producing career-defining hits for Pink, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, and others. The 17-track, 57-minute album emerged alongside a feature-length documentary of the same name directed by Don Hardy, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and captures Perry navigating a cancer diagnosis and the death of her deeply complicated mother. As Perry explained to NPR, the album confronts maternal trauma, abuse, grief, and guilt head-on — "let it die here means exactly that: I want to let that trauma die here." Tape Op described it as "an opus to her late mother, 'the villain and the muse,' and a declaration to keep the muse alive in her art," noting that its central question — "what would Linda write for Linda?" — is what the entire record sets out to answer.
Sonically, the album is entirely self-produced by Perry at Greenleaf Studios, mixed by Dave Way, and mastered by Gavin Lurssen, and it moves across a wide range of styles while remaining rooted in a classic, polished rock and AOR sensibility. Louder described it as "a supremely classy and highly polished affair — immaculately crafted, played and produced," with Perry gliding from the hazy West Coast rock-pop of "Balboa Park" and "Stupid Yellow Kite" to the country-inflected heartbreak of "Is That All You Got" and the cathartic title track, before arriving at the closing "Albatross," described as a hard-won moment of release and liberation. Sonic Pulse Reviews noted that the album is "about letting go of your demons — celebrating having survived, celebrating imperfection." At 17 tracks some reviewers found the runtime demanding, but the consensus recognized Let It Die Here as a rare and courageous act of self-exposure from an artist who spent decades putting words in other people's mouths.