Sunset Kids by Jesse Malin

Sunset Kids, Jesse Malin's eighth studio album, came out on August 30, 2019, through Wicked Cool Records and The Orchard, and for this one the New York songwriter handed the producer's chair to Lucinda Williams, working alongside Tom Overby. Williams performs on it too, and Billie Joe Armstrong and Joseph Arthur drop by.

It's a long way from where Malin started, fronting the hardcore band Heart Attack at 12 and later singing for D Generation before going solo in 2000. The roots rock here is weathered and warm, a street kid's scrappiness steadied by an unhurried, dusty touch. "Room 13" is the song that turned up on the countdowns.

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