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Dresden Dolls
April 23, 2007, 5:40 PM ET



Dresden Dolls vocalist Amanda Palmer is recording her debut solo album in Nashville with Ben Folds. No release date has been penciled in for the as-yet-untitled project.

"The songs range from intimate ballads to faster and harder Amanda-assaults-the-piano thrillers," Palmer says in a statement. "We've been adding everything from organs and Leslie cabinets to strings, horns and tympani. The final result should be Biblical."

Dresden Dolls will be back on the road in June for the True Colors tour, which also features Cyndi Lauper, Erasure and Debbie Harry, among others. A video will be shot next month for "Shores of California," the third single from the Dolls' 2006 album "Yes, Virginia."

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ben folds? yikes.

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The greatest asset they all have is themselves. And yet does anybody promote that to them? Does anybody tell them that they are the greatest asset they have? Or are they steered to idol worship? Are they moved, are they motivated, are they inspired to look at the president or any politician as their only salvation? If they are, it's just a shame.

yey. i'm sure ben folds won't fuck it up. as long as amanda's there. so excited.

So this will sound like the Dresden Dolls?
I'll bet anyway. I see no point in going solo when there's only two of you.

go away, Ben.