VIDEO: Dave Gahan – Mother Of Earth

Mother Of Earth von Dave Gahan ist der Eröffnungssong von The Task Has Overwhelmed Us, dem lang erwarteten vierten Teil der The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project-Reihe.

Dieser eindringliche Klassiker vom The Gun Club-Album Miami wird als dreieinhalbminütige, mitreißende, gospelgetränkte und klaviergetriebene Hymne neu interpretiert, die von dem Depeche Mode-Frontmann geleitet und von der in Australien geborenen und in Brighton lebenden Sängerin und Gitarristin Suzie Stapleton produziert wurde.

The journey is long and we are only riders. Long ago we had committed to ourlittle endeavour and now the task has overwhelmed us, so that we have simplybecome axels and sockets in a growing menacing machine

Jeffrey Lee Pierce

Der Song erhält zusätzliche Resonanz durch Gahans kräftigen Bariton, der von seiner Leadgitarre, Suzies Klavier und Backing Vocals, der Violine von James Johnston (Gallon Drunk, The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey), Gavin Jay (Jim Jones Revue / All Stars) am Bass und Ian White (Gallon Drunk) am Schlagzeug stimmungsvoll garniert wird.

This started off with me tinkering on piano in my home studio. The lyrics are so beautiful and evocative and I wanted to see if I could take this song to a different place – a tricky endeavour when the original is so perfect.  When I invited Dave to take part in the project he was working on the Soulsavers covers record ‘Imposter’ and had been playing around with his own version of Mother of Earth which they didn’t end up recording. So I showed him my version, and he agreed to take part – It was very serendipitous.

Stapleton

The Task Has Overwhelmed Us wird am 29. September 2023 über Glitterhouse Records veröffentlicht (hier kaufen!) und beinhaltet auch Musik von Nick Cave, Debbie Harry, Mark Lanegan, Warren Ellis, Mick Harvey, Lydia Lunch, Cypress Grove, Mark Stewart, Jim Jones, Jim Jarmusch, Peter Hayes, The Coathangers, Duke Garwood & weiteren Künstler:innnen.

Tracklist

1. Mother Of Earth – Dave Gahan
2. La La Los Angeles – The Coathangers
3. Yellow Eyes – Jeffrey Lee Pierce (feat. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis)
4. Debbie By The Christmas Tree – The Amber Lights
5. Go Tell The Mountain – Mark Lanegan (feat. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis)
6. Going Down The Red River – Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind
7. The Stranger In Our Town – Peter Hayes, Leah Shapiro & Humanist
8. Secret Fires – Suzie Stapleton (feat. Duke Garwood)
9. Tiger Girl – Hugo Race
10. On The Other Side – Nick Cave & Debbie Harry
11. Idiot Waltz – Cypress Grove
12. Tiger Girl – The Amber Lights
13. From Death To Texas – Alejandro Escovedo
14. Vodou – Mark Stewart
15. Time Drains Away – Lydia Lunch, Jozef van Wissem, Jim Jarmusch
16. Lucky Jim – Chris Eckman & Chantal Acda
17. I Was Ashamed – Pam Hogg (feat. Warren Ellis & Youth)
18. Bad America – Sendelica (feat. Wonder & Dynamax Roberts)