Drummers Lol Tolhurst (formerly of The Cure) and Budgie (formerly of Siouxsie and the Banshees) have teamed up with producer Jacknife Lee for a new collaboration titled Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee. The trio will release their debut album, angelsNov. 3 via “Play It Again Sam.”
Across the album’s 13 tracks, the band featured a number of well-known guest contributors, including U2’s The Edge, Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, IDLES’ Mark Bowden, Lonnie Holley and Mary Latimore. James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem also appears on two tracks, including the album’s title track/single. Take a look below.
Tolhurst also announced a new book, Gothic: A HistoryThe book promises to “deep into stories and anecdotes from Torhurst’s personal memory, and the musicians, magicians, and artists who made goth an inescapable and enduring movement,” including The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Joy Division, and more.
angels Track list:
01. This Is It (Freedom) (with Bobby Gillespie)
02. Los Angeles (with James Murphy)
03. Uh Oh (with Arrow De Wilde and Mark Bowen)
04. The Ghost Is Home With Bobby Gillespie)
05. A Train Without a Station (with The Edge)
06. Corpse (with Lonnie Hawley and Mary Lattimore)
07. Everything and nothing
08. Travel Channel (with Pam Amsterdam)
09. Country of the Blind (with Bobby Gillespie)
10. The past (being eaten)
11. We Gotta Go (with Isaac Bullock)
12. Noche Oscura (with The Edge)
13. Skin (with James Murphy)