× Jesse Malin takes "Sunset Kids" to the NL in March

Jesse Malin takes "Sunset Kids" to the NL in March

01-10-2019

Jesse Malin, whom the London Times says “writes vivid songs with killer tunes and sings them with scary conviction”, and Lucinda Williams, the southern troubadour once named “America’s best songwriter” by Time magazine, first met in the early 2000s at a jazz club in NYC’s West Village. In a joint 2017 Rolling Stone interview, the two discussed their “shared love of miscreants, misfits, the misunderstood and the mysteries of everyday lives binds them across the Mason-Dixon line.” 

From the early frontier days of hardcore in New York to all the punk rock and singer/songwriter touring,” says Malin, “it’s all been about survival and reinvention. I wanted to make an open-sounding record with the space to tell these stories. I like to write about characters and people I meet along the way. The dreamers, schemers, hustlers, romantics, lovers, leavers and believers.” Many of the dreamers, schemers and so on from Jesse’s own life contribute to Sunset Kids, his new album of highly personal songsbeing released August 30 on Little Steven's Wicked Cool Records

Sunset Kids first took shape at The Hollywood Bowl, when Jesse accepted Lucinda’s invitation to see her open for what turned out to be Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ final concert.The bittersweet experience inspired one of the new album’s highlights, “Shining Down,” a rainy day jangle about “keeping alive the spirits of the ones we’ve lost.” During that same visit, the idea came about of three-time Grammy-winning Lucinda producing Jesse’s next record. “Lucinda has a great eye for finding the beauty in broken things and a knack for always picking the right take. Once she started dancing in the control room, we knew we had it.

In addition to this rare turn in the producer’s chair for Williams, she co-wrote and sang on the evocative Country-flavored “Room 13,” which Malin calls “the heart of the record in a lot of ways, about those meditative moments far away from home, where you’re forced to reflect on the things that really matter.” 

Sunset Kids is a perfect combination of Malin's and William's talents. With the release Jesse Malin is touring the Netherlands in March 2020:

27/03 Den Haag, NL - Paard
28/03 Groningen, NL - Der Aa-Theater
29/03 Amsterdam, NL - Bitterzoet

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