Jesse Malin

From collaborations with <a href="spotify:artist:3eqjTLE0HfPfh78zjh6TqT" data-name="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1MrEurzLcL8ugfP1PrUPWG" data-name="Billie Joe Armstrong">Billie Joe Armstrong</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY" data-name="Green Day">Green Day</a>, to his early writing in <a href="spotify:artist:31qpG7j9WcUDUKzYRY7SVi" data-name="D Generation">D Generation</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6zKkaqMGGmaKLUSLTcsrls" data-name="Jesse Malin">Jesse Malin</a> fuses evocative lyrics with music that cross genres. His latest effort, <a href="spotify:album:6N2R02nDfEMAH1pRKMRezZ" data-name="Sad and Beautiful World">Sad and Beautiful World</a>, &#34;is for the survivors, the dreamers, the leavers and the believers,” says Jesse Malin.  “My music has always been about rebirth and redemption. This record is for those who pick up the pieces and find beauty in the madness.” The first double album of Malin’s career hits like a collection of heartfelt and eloquent short stories that never lose their dirt and swagger.  The phoenix bird could be the spiritual mascot of <a href="spotify:album:6N2R02nDfEMAH1pRKMRezZ" data-name="Sad and Beautiful World">Sad and Beautiful World</a>, out now on Wicked Cool Records.

This latest music is a natural progression of Malin’s previous work. <a href="spotify:artist:31qpG7j9WcUDUKzYRY7SVi" data-name="D Generation">D Generation</a> charged onto the scene with downtown swagger while &#39;<a href="spotify:album:1CIPJ0DUQZTSDQc5Eu3DNd" data-name="The Fine Art of Self-Destruction">The Fine Art of Self-Destruction</a>&#39;, his <a href="spotify:artist:2qc41rNTtdLK0tV3mJn2Pm" data-name="Ryan Adams">Ryan Adams</a>’s produced first solo album, combined this toughness with heart-rending lyrics reminiscent of <a href="spotify:artist:2UBTfUoLI07iRqGeUrwhZh" data-name="Steve Earle">Steve Earle</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:7x83XhcMbOTl1UdYsPTuZM" data-name="Tom Waits">Tom Waits</a>. Subsequent work refine rock in the vein <a href="spotify:artist:3qkZBMz5JgmRN9u5wwhRC6" data-name="The Hold Steady">The Hold Steady</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0epOFNiUfyON9EYx7Tpr6V" data-name="The Strokes">The Strokes</a> while cultivating a personal lyrical approach a la <a href="spotify:artist:2QoU3awHVdcHS8LrZEKvSM" data-name="Wilco">Wilco</a> or <a href="spotify:playlist:0bGUu14asgiJ3aEjrZwsBj" data-name="Elliott Smith">Elliott Smith</a>. The Lucinda Williams produced ‘<a href="spotify:album:3reeyGg4DWcl7xOZbdpyzp" data-name="Sunset Kids">Sunset Kids</a>,’ found Jesse reimagining broad swaths of American musical textures- invoking <a href="spotify:artist:42TFhl7WlMRXiNqzSrnzPL" data-name="Lou Reed">Lou Reed</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6v8FB84lnmJs434UJf2Mrm" data-name="Neil Young">Neil Young</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI" data-name="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a>. In <a href="spotify:album:6N2R02nDfEMAH1pRKMRezZ" data-name="Sad and Beautiful World">Sad and Beautiful World</a>, the genres and influences gel and Jesse Malin continues to step assuredly into the role of street-savvy, roots-minded songster.