Diamond Doll

About

Diamond Doll are a "ragingly queer" nonbinary microtonal hyperpop-adjacent electropunk act led by Kit Hagerstrom (songwriting, vocals). Taking influences from artists like Wire, Momus, Prefab Sprout, and Xiu Xiu, they write wildly oversharing and diaristic songs that should probably be kept in one's diary, but translate to stage better anyway. No topic is too risque, including wishing your ex were your little brother so that you could get along better, reclaiming the term "autogynephilia", venting about your dead bisexual crossdressing cokehead dad, and crowing about the joys of indulging your transgender boyfriend’s breeding fetish because you have a vasectomy.

Their music is almost precisely the opposite of what you're supposed to do as a musician, with endless arrays of moving parts threatening to come apart at the scenes in an oddly cohesive manner, choppy metallic drums clattering away under neurotic neuro-basses, synthesizers blaring away under impossible-in-12-tone-chord-progressions, and punctuated by Kit Hagerstrom's distorted yelpi. Despite this, the result is catchier than you'd think!

Diamond Doll are working on their debut album titled Hello My Name's Diamond Doll, but have many singles available for one's perusal on all streaming services and Bandcamp.