Lydia Lunch

Interesting cast of characters! Also interesting that Lydia's track is the title of the second volume!

 

A friend kindly sent me a copy and oh boy, it is INTENSE! Much better than I expected.

 

I see Lydia Lunch/Cypress Grove collaboration, "A Fistful Of Desert Blues" is set for release on May 29, 2014 in a variety of packages (with vinyl limited to 299 copies):



1. Sandpit
2. When You're Better
3. Devil Winds
4. Revolver
5. Beautiful Liar
6. I'll Be Damned
7. St Marks Place
8. Jericho
9. Tuscaloosa
10. Summer of My Disconnect
11. End of My Rope
12. TB Sheets

http://www.rustblade.com/

 

Worth getting for the cover alone.

 

Nice review of the forthcoming album!

http://regenmag.com/reviews/lydia-lunch-cypress-grove-fistful-desert-blues/

 

Another stellar review from Record Collector magazine:

http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/a-fistful-of-desert-blues

 

And the reviews keep coming!

http://innocentwords.com/lydia-lunchcypress-grove-a-fistful-of-desert-blues/

Anxious for my LP to arrive from Rustblade!

 

Just listening to "A Fistful of Desert Blues", and it is mighty fine stuff! The bluesy-drawl style suits Lydia's vocals perfectly. I'd have to say this probably the most accessible music Lydia's ever made!

I am somewhat disappointed that the vinyl doesn't include a digital download nor a printed inner sleeve, so there are no lyrics, credits,etc. May have to pick up the CD version (if anyone can verify whether it includes a lyric booklet).

 

Count me as a fan with a preference for her Teenage Jesus and 8 Eyed Spy work (although Queen of Siam is mighty special).

 

My copy of Desert has shipped but I haven't received it yet.

 

The new record is amazing!

 

I posted this video link before in this thread, but listening again to the album and this song, "When You're Better", is so haunting. I thought I'd post it again for anyone that might have missed it (though it's not the entire song)...



This album is highly recommended!

 

Another fine review for anyone interested:

http://louderthanwar.com/lydia-lunch-cypress-grove-a-fistful-of-desert-blues-album-review/

 

Sounds good. Production sounds good too.

 

New Lydia on the way!

http://www.rustblade.com/2014/twin-horses/

She does a cover of Hotel California??

 

I enjoyed her reading of Kerouac:

 

This is really exciting news! Lydia seems to be on a recording frenzy lately!

 

I have some of her spoken word on tape.
Its all about being abused and having no self-respect.
Wonderfuil material.

Mike Gira did some along this line as well.

 

Another new Lydia album on the way -- I'm glad she seems to be sticking with one label now!



TRACKLISTING:
1. Snakepit Breakdown (4:17)
2. Some Boys (4:03)
3. Lock Your Door (3:51)
4. Dead Me You Beside (3:03)
5. Still Burning (7:22)
6. Frankie Teardrop (8:26)
7. Fields of Fire (3:40)
8. Tied and Twist (3:10)
9. Three Kings (7:36)

No Wave iconoclastic LydiaLunch, the big, sexy noise-queen of sonic brutarians along with Herculean guitarist Weasel Walter (Flying Luttenbachers), fret-destroying bassist Tim Dahl (Child Abuse) and legendary skins-basher Bob Bert (Sonic Youth/***** Galore) are about to unleash URGE TO KILL the follow up to last years face melting live recording by RETROVIRUS.

Recorded live in the studio in early 2015 URGE TO KILL stomps new life into classics from Lydia’s immense catalog. Included are the tracks Snakepit Breakdown and Lock Your Door from 1313, Fields of Fire and Three Kings from Honeymoon in Red, the Rowland S. Howard slow scorcher Still Burning, Some Boys from In Limbo, Tied and Twist fromQueen of Siam as wellas a gloriously manic reworking of Suicide’s Frankie Teardrop.

http://www.rustblade.com/2015/retrovirus-urge-to-kill-limited-colored-vinyl/

 

Nobody spoke about her release Champagne, cocaine and nicotine stains. It was done with the anubian lights a while back and is a stellar recording. It s loungy, but in a lunchy way, you get what i say?

 

I see a new Lydia release listed for Record Store Day release:

Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado - My Lover The Killer [2LP] (limited to 1200, indie-retail exclusive)

munster-records.com »

 

Man, it's as difficult collecting Lydia as it is collecting Boris!

 

Spoken word - get down on your knees and kiss the tires

 

Big Sexy Noise review – Lydia Lunch devours the stage with thrilling ferocity »

 

Yes, it was part of a spoken-word split cassette single called Hard Rock for Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label. One side featured Lunch's piece ("Wet Me on a Dead Night") and the other featured Gira's ("I'm An Infant, I Worship Him"). Both are on YouTube and are not for the faint of heart.

At any rate, I'm super looking forward to her RSD release. I also picked up the Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Live 1977-1979 LP over the weekend and have been cranking the hell out of it.