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Bodyparts (album)

Bodyparts is the upcoming third studio album by Canadian electronic music band Dragonette. It is set to be released on September 22, 2012.

Background
Lead singer Martina Sorbara listened to a Phoebe Snow album the entire period the band was making the album. She stated, "I find that when we're writing I think I'm more inspired by hearing something that's really different from our sound and then thinking about how that would work in conjunction with what we do. Like hearing an old 70s smooth music track and thinking, 'what would happen if we tried incorporating this into an electropop track?' But really there's not a clear line to what we do."

Dragonette announced the album's title on June 21, 2012, followed by the album's artwork on July 25. In mid-2012, the band launched a contest inviting fans to submit their own versions of the song "Untouchable", using Dragonette's original lyrics alone. The winning track was announced on September 7, and will be used as a B-side on a future Dragonette single.

Release and promotion
Two tracks from the album, "Right Woman" (produced by Felix Blowxsom) and "Rocket Ship", were uploaded to Dragonette's SoundCloud page on March 5 and June 19, 2012, respectively. The band posted the official sampler for Bodyparts online on September 4, 2012. On September 11, the album was officially streamed in full on Hype Machine.

"Let It Go" was released as the album's lead single on April 2, 2012. It reached number twenty-three on the Canadian Hot 100, becoming the band's highest-peaking solo single on the chart to date. The album's second single, "Live in This City", was released on August 7, 2012.

To promote the album, Dragonette has embarked on a North American fall tour, which kicked off at the Red River Exhibition in Winnipeg on June 23, and will end at Babylon in Ottawa on October 20. The trio also performed "Let It Go" and "Hello" on Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series in Central Park in New York City on July 20, 2012.