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| "Worried Man Blues" is taken from the new Pere Ubu album, Trouble On Big Beat Street out May 26 – CD adds 7 bonus tracks! |
Here's the scoop...
On May 26th, Pere Ubu unveil their new album, Trouble On Big Beat Street, nearly four years after The Long Goodbye (2019) their previous album for Cherry Red Records. ‘The Modern Dance’ (1978) marked the end of Rock ‘n’ Roll. ‘Trouble On Big Beat Street’ marks the end of The Song. Pere Ubu ended with 'The Long Goodbye.' Pere Ubu begins again with 'Trouble On Big Beat Street.' If you missed the last 48 years then imagine a bad attitude, the Electric Light Orchestra - the version with Roy Wood - then add Muddy Waters playing guitar and Nina Simone singing.
'Trouble On Big Beat Street,' the 19th Pere Ubu studio album, is produced, mixed and engineered by David Thomas. The vinyl release is ten tracks. The cd release includes all 17 tracks recorded for the sessions. Those extra seven tracks were too good to lose but took up too much time to fit on a vinyl release. Pere Ubu is David Thomas, Keith Moliné, Gagarin, Alex Ward, Andy Diagram, Michele Temple and Jack Jones. Keith Moliné and Andy Diagram are the two pale boys. They have played with David more than 28 years. Electronica artist Gagarin was soundman for Pere Ubu and the two pale boys. Michele Temple has been in Pere Ubu 30 years. Improviser and life-long fan Alex Ward submitted a cover version of a David Thomas song to the band’s live-streaming show. David invited him to join the band. David met Jack Jones in the pub.
"53 years ago I read about 'Song Cycle' by Van Dyke Parks," says David. "I didn't understand what I read but it changed me. Years later I heard the album. This, finally, is my response to hearing to that album. Long ago I determined that a song is best the first time it's played. There is nothing that can go wrong or be inadequate. Repetition allows error to enter in. These songs have been played by the band one time, as they were recorded."
The Crocodile Tour starts in London on June 2. Plans for America ran into the Visa Barrier erected by the Americans to exclude British bands, in spite of extraordinary efforts to break through. The 'Pere Ubu Disasto 2023' is being assembled for dates in New York City on June 19 and Los Angeles on June 22. Mike Watt & The Missingmen are support in LA. Faust is a co-bill on the 19th.
Check out the video for "Worried Man Blues" following the track listing for Trouble On Big Beat Street below.
Pere Ubu – Trouble on Big Beat Street
1 Love Is Like Gravity
2 Moss Covered Boondoggle
3 Crocodile Smile
4 Movie In My Head
5 Nyah Nyah Nyah
6 Worried Man Blues
7 Let’s Pretend
8 Satan’s Hamster
9 Crazy Horses
10 Uh Oh
Bonus CD only tracks
11 76 BPM
12 Pidgin Music
13 Nothin' But A Pimp
14 Sleep
15 From Adam
16 I Don't Get It
17 Goodnight
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