Musical Lethem

Jonathan Lethem takes a break from writing novels about music to write...lyrics for music:

"You Are All My People," which comes out today on Bloodshot Records, is the first album by I'm Not Jim, a collaboration featuring the vocals and guitar of Walter Salas-Humara, more widely known as the front man of the Silos, a highly literate and slyly humorous rock act that also happens to be a favorite of Mr. Lethem. The writer penned most of the lyrics for the unusual assortment of songs and spoken-word interludes that appear on the new record, but he doesn't actually sing or otherwise perform — unlike some of his peers.

"Rick [Moody] is a musician; he can play," Mr. Lethem, sitting at a table in a coffee shop around the corner from his Boerum Hill home, said recently. "I'm at pains to make it clear that I'm not pretending to be that."

You can read more about the collaboration and order the album at Bloodshot Records.

And because I'm in a good mood, for now, here's a song to sample.

+ I'm Not Jim--"Drink Til I'm Sober"

Comments

[BillB]

this sounds san francisco. ala, "Spirit" "Jefferson airlpne" neo-psychedelic and like the vocals-music kind-a hypnotic and not that interesting, but the ending is killer. I give it an 8 Dick!