Black Light Burns - Cover Your Heart [2008]

- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Black Light Burns
Album: Cover Your Heart
Label: I AM Wolfpack Records
Playtime: 54:59 min
Genre: Rock
URL: http://myspace.com/blacklightburns
Rip date: 2008-06-24
Street date: 2008-08-05
Size: 86.02 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: VBR kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Those who thought musician and visual artist Wes Borland’s current band Black
Light Burns wouldn’t make it past its first release might want to reconsider
their view. Cover Your Heart and The Anvil Pants Odyssey, a CD and DVD
intended as an interim piece between Black Light Burns’ 2007 debut album
Cruel Melody and their yet-untitled second album, which is anticipated to be
released in early 2009, showcase both the progression of the group’s career
thus far and provide a detailed look into the inner workings of the
musicians’ creative process. Cover Your Heart, a 17-track collection of
inspired cover songs and instrumental b-sides and remixes from Cruel Melody,
reveals a new side of Black Light Burns, compiling a provocative list of
Borland’s most loved songs re-imagined by his band. “The musicians we covered
are people we all listen to pretty religiously,” Borland explains. “They’re
all bands that I’m a huge fan of and wanted to tell the world. It’s a
shortlist of everyone I love that people may or may not have heard of or may
or may not have thought that I would be into. They’re my desert island
songs.”
The ten included covers originated with Borland’s desire to cover The Jesus
Lizard’s “The Art of Self Defense” and spiraled into an amalgam of sonic
interpretations that range from an aggressive reworking of Fiona Apple’s “On
the Bound” to a compelling rendition of Sisters of Mercy’s “Lucretia My
Reflection”...- all of which the group recorded successively beginning on
late December of 2007. “Some of the songs are really similar, they’re just a
little more revved up,” Borland says. “It depends on the song. Some things
it’s good to just put a twist on and others, like the Fiona Apple song, are
completely changed. You think: What direction do I want to see this go? How
can I make this sound like my band’s doing it? The songs are already written,
so the hard part’s over with. It’s basically just messing around in the
studio until you strike gold. It’s the most fun I’ve ever had.”
The companion DVD, The Anvil Pants Odyssey, also spiraled into something
grander than originally planned, originated into some tour footage shot in
2007 by filmmaker Satchel Underwood. Once the band realized the footage was
in itself a full-length documentary feature, the DVD was born with the
addition of the group’s three music videos from Cruel Melody (“Lie,”
“Mesopotamia” and “4 Walls”) and a making-of feature from their video shoot
for “Lie.” The decision to pair it with the album was a no-brainer. “All
these projects had come to fruition at once, but not through any specific
plan,” says Borland, who also created all the artwork for the package. “They
just all started happening at the same time. All this stuff was destined to
be together in one package.”
The release of the CD and DVD duo also represents the solidifying of Black
Light Burns’ lineup, which was initially a rotating collection of musicians
and Borland when the band formed as Borland’s side project to Limp Bizkit in
2004. After leaving Limp Bizkit in 2005, Borland transformed Black Light
Burns into the full-fledged band it is today, penning and demoing
significantly heavier and more dynamic material than he had in his former
band and beginning to tour on the songs. That music eventually became the
engaging tracks on Cruel Melody, which was released in June of 2007 to great
acclaim from both fans and critics. Borland, who juggles the band with
numerous other projects, has much of the band’s second album completed and
has several European tour dates scheduled for August of 2008.
Because Borland is focused on adapting to the rapid-shifting music industry
both Cover Your Heart and The Anvil Pants Odyssey will be released in various
formats to ensure that fans have the option of getting the material as
cheaply and easily as possible. “Look at what NIN and Radiohead have done and
we’re doing the same,” Borland explains. “It’s genius what they’ve done and
it made me really happy to see that and see people have a choice in what form
they buy a record. It made me want to do it immediately. I like it. It’s
flexible. We’re following the leader.” Beyond that, the artist has a slightly
more selfish desire for the record. “I hope the original artists hear what we
have done and aren’t too upset,” he says. “That would be one of the goals for
this album. And maybe they will even be tickled or flattered because that
would be great to actually meet some of these people.”
Enjoy!
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01. Forkboy (Lard) ( 3:56)
02. So Alive (Love And Rockets) ( 3:19)
03. Hungry Like The Wolf (Duran Duran) ( 3:32)
04. Lucretia My Reflection (Sisters Of Mercy) ( 4:27)
05. Rid Of Me (PJ Harvery) ( 4:01)
06. The Art Of Self Defense (Jesus Lizard) ( 2:25)
07. On The Bound (Fiona Apple) ( 4:56)
08. I Am The Sun (Swans) ( 2:53)
09. Blood Red Head On Fire (Big Dumb Face) ( 3:43)
10. Search And Destroy (Iggy And The Stooges) ( 3:05)
11. Drowning Together, Dying Alone ( 5:10)
12. Failing ( 3:45)
13. Ribbons ( 1:20)
14. Zargon Morfoauf ( 1:03)
15. Vennisoun ( 1:36)
16. Zlitchufdux ( 1:16)
17. Giving In Again ( 4:32)
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