AXELS & SOCKETS -LP+CD-

The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, which sees the late Gun Club?singers' friends, former band members and fans paying tribute to his extraordinary?genius, is releasing its third and penultimate outing. Axels and Sockets features?many names from the first two volumes, including Nick Cave, Debbie Harry,?Mark Lanegan, Lydia Lunch, Warren Ellis, Mick Harvey and Kid?Congo Powers, along with new additions to the collaborative fold in the form of?Iggy Pop, Mark Stewart, Thurston Moore, Jim Sclavunos, Primal?Scream and Andrew Weatherall. Co-ordinated by Pierce's later musical?partner Cypress Grove, the Project again strives to pay homage by avoiding the?clich's of the conventional tribute record, creating fierce, iconoclastic new music?out of song-sketches, demo recordings, scribbled lyrics and leftover riffs Jeffrey?tragically didn't live to complete, while some put their own spin on personal?favorites from his esteemed catalog. Axels and Sockets casts the Project's net?wider than ever, kicking off with Iggy Pop making his debut appearance dueting?with Nick Cave on Nobody's City before Debbie Harry invokes the early punkpop?Blondie sound with the Amber Lights (Mick Harvey and JP Shilo) on?Kisses for My President, which Jeffrey wrote about her before she knew he?existed (He was president of the Blondie fan club). Cave also completes his trilogy?of duets with Debbie on Into the Fire. Returning too are Mark Lanegan, along?with Bertrand Cantat, Crippled Black Phoenix, Gallon Drunk's James?Johnston and Cypress Grove. Also making their debut are Mark Stewart and?Thurston Moore (their take on Shame and Pain marking the first time Jeffrey's?vocals have appeared on the set), Primal Scream, whose version of Goodbye?Johnny is remixed into smoky hoodoo noir by Andrew Weatherall, KatieJane?Garside and Andrea Schroeder. The set also introduces younger bands with?Leeds' Black Moth, who are produced by Bad Seeds drummer and project cocoordinator?Jim Sclavunos and Cornwall's Honey, helmed by Jeffrey's old?partner-in-crime Kris Needs. With only Volume 4's grand finale to come, the?Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project continues to loom as a towering statement in?preserving and immortalizing his fearsome legacy.?TRACKLISTING?01. Iggy Pop with Nick Cave (feat. Thurston Moore) - Nobody's City?02. The Amber Lights with Debbie Harry - Kisses for My President?03. Black Moth - Just Like a Mexican Love?04. Julie Christensen - Weird Kid's Blues?05. Slim Cessna's Auto Club - Ain't My Problem Baby?06. Crippled Black Phoenix & Cypress Grove?(feat. Mark Lanegan & Bertrand Cantat) - Constant Limbo (Constant Rain)?07. Nick Cave & Debbie Harry - Into the Fire?08. Kris Needs Presents - Honey - Thunderhead?09. Mark Lanegan & Bertrand Cantat - Desire by Blue River?10. The Amber Lights with Xanthe Waite - Kitty Ina Moonlight?11. Ruby Throat - Secret Fires?12. Andrea Schroeder - Kisses for My President?13. James Johnston - Body and Soul?14. Primal Scream - Goodbye Johnny (Andrew Weatherall's Nyabinghi Noir Mix)?15. Hugo Race - Break 'Em Down?16. Cypress Grove - My Cadillac?17. Lydia Lunch & Jeffrey Lee Pierce - The Journey Is Long?18. Mark Stewart & Jeffrey Lee Pierce (feat. Thurston Moore) - Shame and Pain