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Nearly ten years in the making, The Task Has Overwhelmed Us is the long-awaited fourth volume in <a href="spotify:artist:4BRdxSoghYizTVZ1j9PT62" data-name="The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project">The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project</a> series. Coming Sep 29 via Glitterhouse Records.
Conceived in 2006 by the late <a href="spotify:artist:3Un18X4NF1bpjgUk44lUzn" data-name="The Gun Club">The Gun Club</a> titan’s guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:7qoMNHx5R1H9kukmmZJXmm" data-name="Cypress Grove">Cypress Grove</a>, the Project has always aimed to highlight Pierce as one of America’s most fascinatingly influential singer-songwriters of the last century while propelling his outpourings into modern times by placing it in the hands of former collaborators, friends and fans.
Following 2009’s We Are Only Riders, 2012’s The Journey Is Long and 2014’s Axels and Sockets, The Task Has Overwhelmed Us presents stellar interpretations of tracks from Pierce’s Gun Club and solo canons along with fresh works constructed from rehearsal skeletons, previously unheard lyrics, songs only performed live. Taking song ideas without lyrics and words looking for musical settings gave rise to what Cypress Grove calls “Frankenstein songs”.
The stellar roll-call of contributors features <a href="spotify:artist:1RM5gp0RFfjpJhCYFPB30p" data-name="Nick Cave">Nick Cave</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7FxMjqH6DH056sdsstGeVl" data-name="Debbie Harry">Debbie Harry</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1fpXM23IoNckJ7NDAm8YJQ" data-name="Mark Lanegan">Mark Lanegan</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7hKXTmrq3ZppBx881yBbOr" data-name="Dave Gahan">Dave Gahan</a> and many more.
Conceived in 2006 by the late <a href="spotify:artist:3Un18X4NF1bpjgUk44lUzn" data-name="The Gun Club">The Gun Club</a> titan’s guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:7qoMNHx5R1H9kukmmZJXmm" data-name="Cypress Grove">Cypress Grove</a>, the Project has always aimed to highlight Pierce as one of America’s most fascinatingly influential singer-songwriters of the last century while propelling his outpourings into modern times by placing it in the hands of former collaborators, friends and fans.
Following 2009’s We Are Only Riders, 2012’s The Journey Is Long and 2014’s Axels and Sockets, The Task Has Overwhelmed Us presents stellar interpretations of tracks from Pierce’s Gun Club and solo canons along with fresh works constructed from rehearsal skeletons, previously unheard lyrics, songs only performed live. Taking song ideas without lyrics and words looking for musical settings gave rise to what Cypress Grove calls “Frankenstein songs”.
The stellar roll-call of contributors features <a href="spotify:artist:1RM5gp0RFfjpJhCYFPB30p" data-name="Nick Cave">Nick Cave</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7FxMjqH6DH056sdsstGeVl" data-name="Debbie Harry">Debbie Harry</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1fpXM23IoNckJ7NDAm8YJQ" data-name="Mark Lanegan">Mark Lanegan</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7hKXTmrq3ZppBx881yBbOr" data-name="Dave Gahan">Dave Gahan</a> and many more.
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