Missive To An Angel From The Halls Of Infamy And Allure

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1.	Mosaic 05:47	buy track
2.	Blue Eyes In The Green Room 04:28	buy track
3.	Baudelaire 06:09	buy track
4.	(I Don't Want to Destroy) Our Beautiful Thing 04:26	buy track
5.	Lovelorn 02:59	buy track
6.	Clandestine Valentine 05:35	buy track
7.	Of Purgatory And Perfume 04:48	buy track
8.	Migena And The Frozen Roses 02:58	buy track
9.	No Floods Can Drown 02:51	buy track
10.	Pre-Existing Condition 02:48	buy track
11.	Copper Level 7 04:48	buy track
12.	(I Walked Away From) The Girl in Yellow 04:38	buy track
13.	Best Western Blues 04:36	buy track
14.	Missive To An Angel 04:13	buy track
15.	The Auteur 05:54	buy track
16.	I Hear Only Silence Now 03:11	buy track

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‘Missive To An Angel From The Halls Of Infamy And Allure’, the forthcoming double solo album by David J is an intensely personal, self deprecating, confessional song cycle which details a period of profound transition. It is intended as a cyclic swan-song, the last track, ‘I Hear Only Silence Now’ being a new version of the song which was the first on J’s 1983 solo debut, ‘Etiquette Of Violence’. The new album was recorded in Prague, Berlin and Los Angeles as well as Wellingborough, England when J revisited Beck Studios where his former highly influential band, Bauhaus cut their seminal classic, ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ back in 1979.

The new album features contributions from Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre), Toby Dammit (Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds), Paul Wallfisch (Swans), Sean Eden (Luna), Rose McGowan, Asia Argento, Emily Jane White, Annabel (lee) and the great Czech violinist,
Karel Holas amongst others.

J sees the album as the culmination of 36 years of solo /collaborative work. It is also a ‘coming home’ of sorts as the label behind the release is the London based Glass Modern which is in fact the newly reactivated Glass Records which originally released some of J’s earliest critically acclaimed works. The album will be available on vinyl and CD as well as a download.
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released October 18, 2019

Produced by David J except track 8: David J and Anton Newcombe,
track 15: David J and Paul Wallfisch, track 11: David J and Richard E

Album mastered by Ian Kelosky at First Floor Studio, Prague
All songs by David J except ‘Baudelaire (Peter Laughner) and
‘Migena And The Frozen Roses’ (David J, Asia Argento, Anton Newcombe)
Publisher - Urbane Music except ‘Baudelaire’ - Copyright Control

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released May 11, 2020

Produced by David J except track 8: David J and Anton Newcombe, track 15: David J and Paul Wallfisch, track 11: David J and Richard E
Tracks 1, 2, 5, 16 Engineered by Tony Green at Ear Gallery Music Studio, Los Angeles
Track 1 Additional enginnering by Richard E
Tracks 3, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 Engineered by Ian Kelosky at First Floor Studio, Prague Track 4 Engineered by Tim Newman and Thomas Yearsley, mixed by Tim Newman Track 8 Engineered by Anton Newcombe at Cobra Studio, Berlin
(Track 9 Recorded on iPhone on Moonlight Beach, Encinitas)
Track 10 engineered by Nick Fox at Faust, Prague
Track 11 Engineered by Andrew Jaimez at The Compound, LA. Addtional engineering by Rob Kaechele. Mixed by Richard E
Track 12 Engineered by Dave Smith at Beck Studios, Wellingborough
Track 15 Engineered and mixed by Paul Wallfisch, additional engineering by Tony Green
Album mastered by Ian Kelosky at First Floor Studio, Prague
All songs by David J except ‘Baudelaire (Peter Laughner) and ‘Migena And The Frozen Roses’ ( David J, Asia Argento, Anton Newcombe)
Publisher - Urbane Music except ‘Baudelaire’ (Published by
Front cover painting by Roger Gonzalez
Back cover photograph - Kevin Haskins
Colour photograph of David J - Mark Gemini Thwaite B & W photograph of David J - Adam De Ville
Inner Sleeve photography - David J Sleeve concept - David J
Graphic design / layout - David Barker
Special thanks to Darwin Meiners, David Barker, Karel Holas, Scott Saw, Robert Kaechele, Blanka Maderova, Paul Wallfisvh, Zachary Gene Betz, Alan Deem, Rose McGowan

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

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