limited rasputina album selling out fast

New live album first of three in the works

We nearly missed this entirely over the holidays but it seems that Melora Creager and her ever-revolving cast of musicians have finally put the finishing touches to that long-promised live album. Melora a la Basilica (avec Daniel De Jesús) was recorded a few months ago in “a behemoth of a defunct glue factory” and is available as a numbered limited edition of 1000 copies, each encased in a custom printed metal tin. Interested? Got $20 (or equivalent, plus shipping of course)? Then get your copy here.

Alongside old favourites like ‘Rusty The Skatemaker’ and “Rose K.’, the album features a bunch of covers, including Tom Petty’s ‘American Girl’ (originally available on Melora’s solo album, Perplexions), ‘I Want To Marry A Lighthouse Keeper’ from the ‘A Clockwork Orange’ soundtrack, ‘Green Finch / Johanna’ from the Sweeney Todd musical, and Pearl Jam’s ‘Soon Forget’.

In her latest update, Melora updated fans on the new band line-up after Jonathan TeBeest quit the forest. “What can I say?…He grew tired of the Rasputina grind and joined an Abba cover band. He is missed. I am seriously elated, however, by my new compatriots. If he weren’t an adult, I would call Daniel De Jesus a prodigy. Having come of age listening to and playing with the Rasp. recordings of yore, he is a singer/cellist like I’ve never heard! And young Catie D’Amica – I met her as we worked side-by-side in an earring factory. I love her feral style. She has brought the group back to its natural origins.”

She also reports that a Rasputina rarities collection is in the works (”instrumental versions of songs you know, various short scores, songs you never knew, and etc.”), as well as a proper follow-up to the band’s last studio album, Oh Perilous World (review).

Melora a la Basilica
01 Clowns 
02 American Girl
03 Wicked Dickie 
04 I Want To Marry A Lighthouse Keeper
05 Rose K.
06 Why Don’t You Do It Right?
07 Rusty The Skatemaker
08 Green Finch / Johanna
09 Girl Lunar Explorer
10 Soon Forget
11 Identity Tokens 

Alan Pedder

Written by: Wears The Trousers magazine

Tags: alan pedder, melora creager, rasputina

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