Tracks From the Attic, by David J (official)

Tracks From the Attic

by David J (official)

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FIRST TIME ON CD! - Triple Album triple CD version presenting featuring 34 songs in one package. Packaged in a numbered hand-letterpress printed oversized CD pocket folio with letterpress-printed glassine inner sleeves for the CDs, two folding inserts and an outer OBI wrap.

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LIMITED, NUMBERED EDITION OF 850 COPIES ON BROWN KRAFT VINYL! - Triple Album triple LP version presenting featuring 34 songs in one package. Packaged in a numbered hand-letterpress printed die cut LP jacket with letterpress-printed inner sleeves for the LPs, a perforated insert, a postcard with digital download code for the full album and an outer OBI wrap. Also includes as a bonus a set of 3 CDs of the full triple album mounted on a letterpress-printed LP-sized card.

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Official David J T-shirts from Independent Project Records, as part of the celebration of his new "Tracks From the Attic" collection! Silkscreen printed on Gildan 5000 Classic 100% cotton Tees, these handsome topside wearables come in a range of sizes and two different colors of images (red or dark brown) on a brown kraft-colored shirt. Featuring the album's cover imagery, these shirts are silkscreen printed in four colors. Grab one or more while supplies last!

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1.	Punishment by Roses 04:10	buy track
2.	The Dream Collector 04:14	buy track
3.	Blackmail 03:11	buy track
4.	The Murders in the Rue Morgue 04:03	buy track
5.	My Soul Was Still Shouting, 'MORE!' 01:40	buy track
6.	I Wish Those Spacemen Would Come 03:13	buy track
7.	Badge of Lead (A Western) 03:32	buy track
8.	Small Death of a Broken Doll 04:49	buy track
9.	She Calls the Morning Cruel 02:46	buy track
10.	Lady Bureaux 04:12	buy track
11.	Is There Anybody There? 02:20	buy track
12.	The Wolf Knows 02:40	buy track
13.	Castles of Limburg 03:17	buy track
14.	If Muzak Be the Junk Food of Love 04:19	buy track
15.	Homo Sapien Blues 02:19	buy track
16.	This Town 03:58	buy track
17.	Vincent in the Flames 04:49	buy track
18.	They've Murdered Christ Again 02:41	buy track
19.	Lucky Dog 02:33	buy track
20.	Old Man in the Rain 05:26	buy track
21.	Conspiracy of Shadows 02:23	buy track
22.	The Long Ride Home 08:36	buy track
23.	Cruel Brittania 02:04	buy track
24.	All the Pilgrims 04:04	buy track
25.	It's Got to Be the Angels 04:48	buy track
26.	I'll Put Off Thinking About You for Awhile 03:12	buy track
27.	Or Do I Speak Too Soon? 02:53	buy track
28.	Oh No! Not Another Songwriter! 03:33 video	buy track
29.	Diamonds, Black Eyes and Valentines Blues 03:47	buy track
30.	The Most Beautiful Girls in the World 03:12	buy track
31.	Before the Positive Was Negative 03:32	buy track
32.	At Paradise 05:04	buy track
33.	New Year's Day 04:03	buy track
34.	Leaning Towards the Falls 04:10	buy track
35.	Dying Embers (Bonus Track) 07:17	buy track
36.	The Rattler (Bonus Track) 02:33	buy track
37.	The Wrecking Ball is Coming Down (Bonus Track) 03:55	buy track

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ALSO AVAILABLE - The Supreme Deluxe Vinyl Art Edition Box Set, which is only available on the IPR official web store in a limited quantity, is loaded with translucent vinyl, lyric sheets, bonus set of CDs, signed one-of-a-kind artwork, an original cassette tape used to record song demos from his personal shoebox stash, in a hard-shell box! Check it out here - www.independentprojectrecords.com/shop

Attics have always exerted an irresistible allure on David J’s imagination. They can unveil luminous jewels that time and dust have rendered all but lost. With Tracks From the Attic, the Bauhaus and Love and Rockets co-founder invites us to join him and climb up the ladder.

A most fascinating journey ensues: we’re looking through boxes of tapes, getting reacquainted with an artist we’ve known for a long time—yet, the intimate songs he recorded in solitude over three decades reveal new sides to him. Even while busy with his two legendary groups, David J was bursting with songs; this is a thrilling selection of recordings he made between 1984 and 2004, some on the road and most at home, with only the help of his Muse, a recorder and a lit candle.

Like all good attic finds, these songs were committed to tape and almost forgotten—it wasn’t until a fan-cum-friend suggested he’d offer his digitizing skills that David thought about revisiting them again. All, except for deep cut ‘This Town’, had never previously been heard. The fact that most of these tunes did not end up becoming beloved classics (something that, once you hit play, your ears will hardly come to terms with) is but a sign of David J’s ever prolific creative state. Mostly composed on acoustic guitar, they will offer unexpected revelations to long-time fans, as they bring to light facets of his musical self that could not be fully expressed in a band setting.

It is indeed fascinating to follow the evolution of David J’s art with songs through the decades, from the observational lyrical montages of the early days to a later, confident embrace of the deeply personal. At the same time, Tracks From the Attic can also be seen as a striking introduction for newcomers—it does feel like meeting one of the great British singer-songwriters for the first time. ‘Oh No! Not Another Songwriter!’, one of the triple album set’s highlights cheekily cries out. Well, this set is evidence that, this is not just any songwriter…

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released May 3, 2024

David J (All instruments/All tracks)

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Founding member of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets now flying solo with help from talented friends.

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