Album: Various artists, We Are Only Riders: the JLP Sessions (Glitterhouse)

Nick Coleman
Sunday 10 January 2010 01:00 GMT
Comments

A "tribute" album of sorts, to the late Jeffrey Lee Pierce of the Gun Club; except that in place of individual artists doing new interpretations of JLP songs, a coterie of friends combine to finish a batch of tunes demoed roughly by Pierce with one Cypress Grove.

Nick Cave, Debbie Harry, The Raveonettes, Mark Lanegan... Some do it live in the studio, others dial in digitally: reverb-laden tales of torment and gothic weather cadenced like falling masonry. Best consumed when Lydia "Ham" Lunch is nowhere to be heard.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in