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//Nonesuch//
£53.99 – 3xLP
This triple-LP set was recorded live during a 2023 tour by Anderson and the jazz band, Sexmob – Steven Bernstein and Briggan Krauss on brass, Kenny Wollesen on percussion, Douglas Wieselman on winds and guitar, and Tony Scherr on bass. Its cover and interior packaging feature paintings by Anderson. The album features 23 songs, including many favourites from throughout Anderson’s career, performed in new arrangements – plus one by Lou Reed and Metallica, ‘Junior Dad’.
The New York Times said Anderson and Sexmob’s concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) ‘wasn’t a historical recreation of past recordings; Sexmob’s sound is a beefier one than on Anderson’s albums. With musicians who can double on electric guitar and bass clarinet, its members offered a rich range of textural variation throughout the evening.’
Laurie Anderson is one of America’s most renowned – and daring – creative pioneers. Her work, which encompasses music, visual art, poetry, film, and photography, has challenged and delighted audiences around the world for more than 40 years.
In a recent 60 Minutes profile, Anderson Cooper said she ‘is a pioneer of the avant-garde, but… that doesn’t begin to describe what she creates… It’s experienced by audiences who come to see her perform: singing, telling stories, and playing strange violins of her own invention… she [blends] the beautiful and the bizarre, challenging audiences with homilies and humor. She blurs boundaries across music, theater, dance, and film.’
The Washington Post has said she ‘doesn’t just tell stories; she draws out every word with a kind of physical pleasure, tasting its flavor as she probes the everyday mysteries of life.’
Tracklisting:
1. From the Air
2. Good Evening
3. Cloud
4. Let X=X
5. It Tango
6. Drum Solo
7. Teachers
8. Story to No One
9. Gravity’s Angel
10. Ramon
11. New Angels
12. Walk the Dog
13. Looking at the Moon
14. Church of Panic
15. Dog Show
16. Junior Dad
17. O Superman
18. The Lake
19. Swimming
20. It’s Not the Bullet that Kills You
21. Only an Expert
22. What Are Days For?
23. How to Feel Sad Without Being Sad
