Lee Ranaldo Releases Acoustic Session of "Thrown Over the Wall"; Electric Trim Out September 15

LEE RANALDO RELEASES ACOUSTIC SESSION OF “THROWN OVER THE WALL” NEW ALBUM ELECTRIC TRIM OUT SEPTEMBER 15

Photo: Alex Rademakers

“We smuggle facts inside a magazine Interpret sadness as shame We swung a hammer to teach them to believe Bury the lede behind the frame” LEE RANALDO has shared an acoustic session version of “Thrown Over The Wall,” the third track to be taken from his brand new album, Electric Trim, out on September 15, 2017. Ranaldo explains, “This is a song for the resistance: We use a telescope to measure great distances, a micrometer or microscope to explore minutia. The scale is vast, from infinite to infinitesimal; we humans but a momentary blip on the cosmic timeline. Last of your kind? RESIST / Eyes Ahead / Inclusion not Exclusion / RESIST.”  The acoustic version of “Thrown Over The Wall” was recorded in Prague and Rome during Ranaldo’s 2016 tour, and edited by Lee Ranaldo. Lyrics for the track were written by the author Jonathan Lethem and Lee Ranaldo. Watch the session video here. Electric Trim was recorded in New York City and Barcelona in collaboration with producer Raül ‘Refree’ Fernandez and extends the work of Ranaldo's solo canon, the most recent being his 2013 album, Last Night On Earth. Through his collaboration with Fernandez, Ranaldo moves into some rich new sonic territories and production techniques, experimenting with electronic beats and samples alongside live players. Ranaldo is a co-founder of Sonic Youth, a visual artist, producer and writer. In addition to Fernandez, he worked with several special guests on Electric Trim, including Sharon Van Etten who sings on six of the tracks and duets on “Last Looks” and Kid Millions (aka Man Forever) as well as longtime friend and collaborator Nels Cline (Wilco). In addition, the album features Ranaldo’s band The Dust (fellow Sonic Youth member Steve Shelley, guitarist Alan Licht, and bassist Tim Luntzel). Ranaldo collaborated with award winning New York author Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn/The Fortress of Solitude) for lyrics on six of the songs and the American artist Richard Prince, who previously painted the sleeve for Sonic Youth’s 2004 album Sonic Nurse, created the artwork for the album. A feature length documentary, HELLO HELLO HELLO : LEE RANALDO : ELECTRIC TRIM, on the year-long making of the album by filmmakers Fred Riedel and Jerry Fried will be touring select film festivals in Europe and the US in 2017. Confirmed festivals include the New Jersey Film Festival on album release day, September 15, Fonomo Music and Film Festival in Poland and Gig Harbor Film Festival in Seattle in October and London Doc ‘n Roll festival in November. Further details to follow. Watch the trailer for Hello Hello Hello here.   LEE RANALDO NORTH AMERICAN TOUR: October 24 – Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon October 25 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel Cotober 27 – Portland, OR – Bunk Bar October 28 – Seattle, WA – Barboza October 29 – Vancouver, BC – The Cobalt November 1 – Burlington, VT – ArtsRiot November 2 – Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa November 3 – Toronto, ON – Great Hall November 4 – Detroit, MI – El Club November 5 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean November 6 – Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups November 8 – Boston, MA – ONCE Ballroom November 9 – Brooklyn, NY – Bell House November 10 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda's November 11 – Washington, DC – Black Cat