Tuesday, October 28, 2008

NEW RELEASE: Jesse Malin "On Your Sleeve"

After three critically acclaimed solo albums over the last decade, Jesse Malin’s latest album releases to the US following the UK release earlier this year now with four additional tracks including "Leaving This Babylon" (The Bad Brains), "It's Not Enough" (Johnny Thunders), "Lady From Baltimore" (Tim Hardin) and "Fairytale of New York" (The Pogues).

A labor of love, “On Your Sleeve” bears it’s title as plainly as Jesse Malin bears his heart on this album. Reminding anyone who came of age in the punk era of those long hours spent ear to the speaker or gazing, belly-up at the ceiling in headphones, Malin offers up to rockers an album of indie favorites, paying respects to a prolific generation of punk progenitors and veteran composers. The release features interpretations of classic singer-songwriters like Neil Young, Paul Simon and Elton John, along with contemporary greats like The Hold Steady, Bad Brains and Lou Reed.

After stints in the 1980s and `90s with hardcore bands and the popular NY punk rock band D Generation, Jesse Malin ventured solo into the 2000's with a series of genre-bending albums that found an urban toughness in roots-rock. "On Your Sleeve breaks the clever, clever mold by tackling chiefly solid-gold classics, and comes out on top." - Mojo Magazine

"On Your Sleeve" is the blossoming of an idea that started as a joke with his fans while performing the occasional cover on tour. The song choices arose out of "all those songs that hit me at certain points in my life and never stopped."

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