October 29, 2007
Adrianne Verhoeven aka Dri has been singing feverishly for a decade or so, first as a member of The Anniversary and now with Fourth of July and Omaha's Art in Manila. Though she's always been happy to share the mic, it's all Dri on her debut solo album "Smoke Rings." Due out this week on Lawrence's Range Life Records, the album marks a left turn into poptronica and blip-hop. Rather than compose with guitar or piano, Dri enlisted local producers Steve Swyers (Say My Name), Josh Powers (Scenebooster), Jeremy Nesbitt (Nezbeat) and Patrick Hangauer to cook up sexy instrumentals to riff on. The result is something akin to Feist or Lily Allen infectious pop music with injections of reggae, doo-wop and hip-hop. Peep our podcast with Dri for a sneak peek of "Smoke Rings" in advance of its November 6 street date.
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