Not Your Kind of People

Not Your Kind of People is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock group Garbage. The album marks the return of the band after a six-year "hiatus", taken after the release of their last set, and had a worldwide release date of May 14, 2012. The album was released worldwide through the band's own record label, STUNVOLUME.
"Working with Garbage again was very instinctual", said guitarist Duke Erikson at the launch of the record. "Like getting on a bicycle... with three other people", Erikson added, "We haven't felt this good about a Garbage record since the last one." The album was preceded by the release of "Blood for Poppies" as the lead single internationally, while in the United Kingdom, "Battle in Me" was marketed as the album's lead single.
Recorded mostly at various recording studios in California, the album was produced by Garbage, and was engineered and mixed by Billy Bush. The album contains bass guitar parts recorded by Justin Meldal-Johnsen while Finnish actress Irina Björklund performs the musical saw on one track. Both daughters of band-members Steve Marker and Butch Vig laid down vocals on the album's title track. Photos for the album package were shot by Autumn de Wilde at the Paramour Mansion in Silver Lake, Los Angeles.