Nina Diaz has made a name for herself as a fierce and magnetic vocalist, guitarist and songwriter fronting Girl in a Coma, the critically hailed indie-punk band, that was famously nurtured by Joan Jett, had opened for Morrissey and Tegan and Sara, and earned multiple Independent Music Awards.

Nina's latest release as a solo act, The Beat Is Dead (out on Cosmica Records)—an expansive body of work that sonically references musicals, alt-metal, indie pop, new wave—powerfully chronicles Nina’s journey itself. “This album is the story of my addiction and my sobriety,” she says. Some songs were written while using, some in the infancy of going clean, some looking back months later with clarity. “It’s like I shed a lot of different layers of skin during this process.”