immutableinscrutable:

I got a new album coming on November 6: THE FLIP IS ANOTHER HONEY.

“The flip is another honey” is a taken from a Variety review of a Jerry Lee Lewis single, in 1956; it means, “the b-side is also really good”.

It’s all covers!

Here’s a link to hear “Sunshine”:  http://snd.sc/UfjT3h

Here’s a link to hear “Country Roads” (with Rosanne Cash): http://snd.sc/UfxTXT

Here’s the tracklist:

“Sunshine”: rapped verses between choruses of a John Denver sample.

“A Fanfare”: me playing a riff (of my own) for 28 seconds.

“Jimmy Bell”: my version is based on the version that 15 60 75 the Numbers Band recorded, but it’s a blues song written by Cat Iron.

“Take Me Home, Country Roads”: yep, the John Denver jam—with Rosanne Cash singing on it.

“Southern Girls”: by Cheap Trick

“Tightrope”: chorus from the Stone Roses; rapped verses from me.

“Send in the Clowns”: an instrumental version, played with Andrew “Scrap” Livingston on cello, and “Cashmere” Dan Chen on the Wurlitzer electric piano.

“Running Back”: by Thin Lizzy

“Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat”: from the musical Guys and Dolls, and non-ironic! With Scrap and Dan.

“Boy + Angel”: by Doveman, aka Thomas Bartlett, whom I played with for a couple of years—since then, he’s played with Glen Hansard, the National, Antony and the Johnsons, and loads of others.

“Reach Out”: by Cheap Trick, from the soundtrack of the dreadful and fantastic 1981 animated movie Heavy Metal. I waited behind Ike Hall at West Point for Rick Nielsen, when I was 13, and asked him to play this tune. He laughed, baffledly.

“Higher State of Consciousness”: …segued into from the above. By Josh Wink. An EDM classic—my favorite tune of the 90s, just edging out “Teen Spirit”.

“Ta Douleur”: sung entirely in French! Originally by Camille.

 ”God’s Song” (That’s Why I Love Mankind): by Randy Newman.

“Mistress” : by Red House Painters.

“Words” by Low, with whom I toured in the 90s.

Other than Rosanne’s vocal, and the three songs with Dan and Scrap, I play every sound.

November 6 is election day! Pencil me in! KIDDING. But yeah, what better soundtrack to relax to, after a hard day at the polls?

Yes, I’m aware that doing two tunes by one artist—let alone two tunes each by two artists!—is breaking cover-album law.

I hope you listen, and like. I’m very grateful that you’re listening.