Chantal Claret, 'Bite Your Tongue' -- Morningwood Singer Premieres Solo Track

Chantal Claret is probably best known as the lead singer of dance punk-band Morningwood, but she was itching to do something different with her new solo EP, 'The Pleasure Seeker.'

"I wanted to make music that sounds like it could've been written in the '60s or '70s, but with a big fat hip-hop-like low end," Claret tells Spinner. "I love upbeat '60s music: The British Invasion, the doo-wop dollies, Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, blue-eyed soul, all of it."

Claret's musical epiphany came in her early teens. "When I turned 15, I started sneaking into mod clubs in New York City, where I danced and people-watched until 4 in the morning," she recalls. "The first shows I went to were '60s rock revivals and there was always an amazing rock-and-soul energy. That's where my heart is and that's the music I always wanted to make, but with a fresh feel. I remember being blown away the first time I heard Lauryn Hill's 'Doo Wop (That Thing).' I was so happy that music could sound like that again."

"As for the song, 'Bite Your Tongue,' I will never say publicly who it's about (trust me, you know this person), but I have to say that this person is an utter piece of s---," she reveals. "My last interaction with this person was me saying, 'Forget you know my name and I'll forget you exist.' I'm so glad I got a lyric out of an actual conversation!"

Check it out below and pick up Claret's 'Pleasure Seeker' EP on May 8.

Listen to Chantal Claret's 'Bite Your Tongue'

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