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  Double Vinyl

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One Little Indian

Jesse Malin

Fine Art of Self-Destruction

Double LP 'The Fine Art of Self Destruction' is Jesse Malin's debut solo album Released on December 24 2002 in the UK and was produced by Ryan Adams Jesse Malin segued from a decade as frontman for NYC's D Generation a band whose glammetal pose was as ironic as it was misunderstood to this reincarnation as shrewd strippeddown Gotham singersongwriter Comparisons to Bruce Springsteen have already been floated but Malin's sensibilities here are as subtly shaded and introspective as the Boss's are broad and declamatory Midwifed by producer exWhiskeytown frontman Ryan Adams Malin's affection for the likes of Bob Dylan Neil Young and Steve Earle is obvious but filtered through a savory popconscious melange of musical textures that evoke everything from Motown to TexMex Malin's lyrical sense is no less evocative with simple lines conjuring up worlds of possibilities It's a debut whose heartfelt countrybywayofDelanceyStreet songs may bolster notions that irony is indeed dead in the post911 world but also one whose honesty of voice and purpose ensures the wake will be brief

Tracklist

• 1. Queen of the Underworld
  2. TKO
  3. Wendy
  4. Downliner
  5. Brooklyn
  6. The Fine Art of Self-Destruction
  7. Riding on the Subway
  8. High Lonesome
  9. Solitaire
  10. Almost Grown
  11. Xmas
  12. Cigarettes and Violets
  13. Brooklyn