Mark Lanegan - Straight Songs Of Sorrow

 

180-gram gatefold double LP

Printed inner sleeves

Limited time album download included

After the success of last year's Somebody's Knocking LP, Mark Lanegan has announced the news of his new solo album, Straight Songs Of Sorrow.

The album, which is closely aligned to his forthcoming memoir, "Sing Backwards And Weep", features guest appearances from Greg Dulli, Warren Ellis, John Paul Jones, Ed Harcourt and more.

The book is a brutal, nerve-shredding read, thanks to Lanegan's unsparing candor in recounting a journey from troubled youth in eastern Washington, through his drug-stained existence amid the '90s Seattle rock scene, to an unlikely salvation at the dawn of the 21st century. There's death and tragedy, yet also humor and hope, thanks to the tenacity which impels its host, even at his lowest moments.

Straight Songs Of Sorrow combines musical trace elements from early Mark Lanegan albums with the synthesized constructs of later work. The album feels both definitive and unique, a culmination of its creator's arc yet also indicative of the energy that drives him onto future horizons. No wonder Lanegan is proud.

 

 

1. I Wouldn’t Want To Say

2. Apples From A Tree

3. This Game Of Love

4. Ketamine

5. Bleed All Over

6. Churchbells, Ghosts

7. Internal Hourglass Discussion

8. Stockholm City Blues

9. Skeleton Key

10. Daylight In The Nocturnal House

11. Ballad of a Dying Rover

12. Hanging On (For DRC)

13. Burying Ground

14. At Zero Below

15. At Eden Lost and Found

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