Lone Justice - first new album in 37 years

Maria McKee and others already posted about this as the project was coming together, as far back as two years ago, but it's still a surprise. I'm not sure if these are '80s recordings that have been finished or a full-out reunion decades after the fact (and before Don Heffington died), but it's the lineup that recorded their best material.

I've always liked this band, and I originally got to know them through the well-reviewed 1999 compilation This World Is Not My Home and their debut album which was usually found in budget bins at places like Best Buy. I didn't think there'd ever be growing interest in their work so I was surprised when beginning in 2014 Omnivore released a few classy CD's of their earliest studio and live recordings, pre-dating their ill-fated time at Geffen. I didn't think they reached their full potential but I'll check this out and hope for the best.

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More info here.

That "through the advent of technoloy" comment makes me think at least some of this are repurposed previous recordings. I'm sure more details will emerge.

I would be very interested if these new recordings captured the fire that made them live sensations. Rarely has a hyped debut arrived with such a clunk as Lone Justice’s. Thanks for the tip on the Omnivore releases, belfast, I should check those out.

And in other LA cow-punk news:

-new X album now out!

-when the missus and I saw the rip-roaring Mavericks/Dwight Yoakum show last week, Dwight welcomed to the stage…Post Malone? Who contributed negligible backing vox and acoustic guitar for a few songs. There is apparently a collaboration of some sort in the works.

> Rarely has a hyped debut arrived with
> such a clunk as Lone Justice’s.

I suppose I was lucky, then: the hype never made its way to me. I heard Lone Justice thanks to a girl I was dating at the time. From start to finish, that album still hits fine and true. No hype involved. If anything, Shelter was the letdown.