Amanda Palmer has just released Do It With A Rockstar as the first single to her forthcoming (yet untitled) album with her new band The Grand Theft Orchestra. The album can be pre-ordered exclusively on kickstarter and is entirely financed by pledging fans (read more here).

Do It With A Rockstar comes as a free download featuring artwork by Cassandra Long and is but a snippet of what to expect from the art book that you can get by pledging on kickstarter.

Some of you die-hard fans may be somewhat familiar with the song. Here’s what Amanda wrote about it in her email: “i was fiddling with this song back on the “Evelyn Evelyn” tour a few years ago…i would play pieces of the chorus during the soundcheck for my solo bit of the show. i remember Jason Webley (my twin sister) saying to me one night: “that ‘check your messages and charge your phone’ song, whose is that?” and i said “it’s mine, it’s a new one” and he said, in that serious voice musicians reserve for each other in very special situations, “it’s really, really good.” that motivated me to finish the fucker, otherwise it might have just stayed in the drafts cemetery. (thanks jason)”.

While still a very typical Amanda Palmer song it has a full band backup almost rendering it into a glam rock song. I think Do It With A Rockstar is a perfect way to kick off the album and it leaves me very excited as what else to expect from it.