lucinda williams has a bone to pick with the republicans

New EP of protest songs on the way from “yellow-dog Democrat”

Exactly two weeks after her latest album Little Honey hit the shops and exactly one week before the US presidential election, Lucinda Williams is set to release a four-song digital EP of politically charged live material including a previously unreleased original track and three well-chosen covers. The new song, ‘Bone Of Contention’, was recorded at Summerfest in Milwaukee this past July and, as Williams told Billboard in a recent interview, was originally earmarked for Little Honey. “The track didn’t come out the way I wanted it to [in the studio],” she explains. “We went out to do some shows, as I played the song by myself…it just came out killer.”

The covers sound pretty killer too, and pretty diverse at that. Recorded live in Greensboro, North Carolina, in September 2007, the songs include Bob Dylan’s ‘Masters Of War’, Buffalo Springfield’s ‘For What It’s Worth’ and the Thievery Corporation/Flaming Lips collaboration ‘Marching The Hate Machines (Into The Sun)’. And in case you’re still wondering whose side she’s on after reading those titles, this quote from another interview (with Rolling Stone) caught my eye: ”I’m a yellow-dog Democrat, which is a Southern expression that means you always vote Democrat. I love this country, and I’m concerned that people aren’t going to be looking at the issues. Like, ‘I’m gonna vote for the cute babe who hunts.’” 

The Lu In ‘08 EP was produced by Lucinda’s new husband (and the man behind Little Honey’s upbeat overall demeanour) Tom Overby, and in fact the whole thing was seemingly his idea. Williams also spoke to Rolling Stone about how the couple met – in a Hollywood hairdressers, of all places. ”We were the last ones there,” she says. “Tom dropped in to get his hair cut, and he introduced himself to me. I was attracted to him right away – that sweet smile, those twinkly eyes, that gold tooth.” Aww. He’s obviously good for her: Little Honey ended up being her first top ten entry on the Billboard album chart in a 30 year career. Read the full interview here.

Lu In ‘08 EP
01 For What It’s Worth
02 Masters Of War
03 Marching The Hate Machines (Into The Sun)
04 Bone Of Contention 

NB. We’re not entirely sure if this is going to be available through UK digital outlets…fingers crossed!

Alan Pedder

 

Thievery Corporation feat. The Flaming Lips, ‘Marching The Hate Machines (Into The Sun)’

[youtube=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l7IbvEjca6E]

Written by: Wears The Trousers magazine

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