New York Before The War

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Jesse Malin returns with a brand new album, New York Before The War.

Arriving almost five years on from his last record (2010s Love It To Life), Jesses artistic ambitions for New York Before The War were high: he knew he had to make it count. I wanted to make a record that encompassed everything Ive done, since I started with my hardcore band, Heart Attack, when I was twelve or thirteen through bands like D Generation and then my solo career, but I also wanted to challenge the listeners who have been with me and challenge myself.

Pared down from close to forty songs, New York Before The War album more than matches that ambition a soundtrack to a life lived with meaning. This is an era when music is so disposable, Malin worries. People talk about the death of the album and even the death of rock & roll. But this is not just a shuffle of songs. There is a cinematic thread, a story.