Sacred Bones and the Vega Vault Project are reissuing the primary two solo data by late Suicide co-founder Alan Vega. Remastered from the unique tapes, 1980’s Alan Vega and 1981’s Collision Drive arrive January 23 on LP, 8-track, and, for the primary time, digital streaming platforms. A deluxe, 2xLP edition of the self-titled album may also be launched, that includes beforehand unheard demos. One track from every report is on the market to stream as we speak. Watch a brand new music video for “Ice Drummer,” directed by The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Douglas Hart, and take heed to “Outlaw” beneath.
“Alan’s music thrived on interpretation,” shared Liz Lamere, Vega’s widow and frequent collaborator, in a press assertion. “He believed the which means of his songs belonged to the listener. His lyrics painted emotional and conceptual landscapes however he resisted explaining them. He all the time needed the listener to carry their very own experiences, imaginations, and feelings into what listening to his music and phrases meant to them, and in the end that openness is a part of its energy.”
After Vega died in 2016, his associates and collaborators started gathering his remaining unreleased materials. His first posthumous album, IT, got here out in 2017 on the Fader Label. In 2021, Sacred Bones issued Mutator, an album of fabric recorded with Lamere between 1996 and 1998. Final 12 months noticed the discharge of Insurrection, the most recent archival Vega album to this point, through Within the Purple.
Revisit the 2016 characteristic “Infinity Punk: A Career-Spanning Interview With Suicide’s Alan Vega.”
Alan Vega (Deluxe Remastered Version):
01 Jukebox Babe
02 Kung Foo Cowboy
03 Fireball
04 Love Cry
05 Speedway
06 Ice Drummer
07 Bye Bye Bayou
08 Lonely
09 Ice Drummer (Demo)
10 Fireball (Demo)
11 Speedway (Demo)
12 Love Cry (Demo)
13 Kung Foo Cowboy (Demo)
14 Lonely (Demo)
15 Bye Bye Bayou (Demo)
Collision Drive (Remastered):
