'Tracks from the Attic,' a rarities collection by David J of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets, penciled for May

David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) has a triple album Tracks From the Attic on digital, CD, colored vinyl LP and Super Deluxe Box Set Art Edition formats slated for May 3 via Independent Project Records. First single and video, “Oh No! Not Another Songwriter!”, are out now.

Hand-picked by David himself, the three-LP Tracks From the Attic was originally part of Record Store Day’s RSD Black Friday 2023 and features solo demos recorded on audio-cassette between 1984 and 2004.

On Tracks From the Attic, the Bauhaus and Love and Rockets co-founder sometimes made recordings on the road and mostly at home, with only a recorder and a lit candle. 

The Super Deluxe Box Set Art Edition of 70 copies is numbered, autographed and limited, and comes in translucent natural vinyl and features a new color scheme cover, plus a limited edition David J artwork. Each Super Deluxe Art Box Set Edition includes actual cassettes from David’s personal home archive, the very ones that were used to compile this career-spanning archival release. This version of Tracks From the Attic is only available from the IPR store. More details here.

“These recordings were never meant for commercial release,“ said David J. “They were merely a form of notation, quick audio sketches rendered to capture arresting ideas as they came to me. Butterflies caught in a jar, if you will…and now they are set free to fly!”

The demos on cassette have been unheard (aside from the ears of their creator and those of the exclusive members of the Patreon site of the same) for decades.

A West Coast Tour in support of Tracks From the Attic will begin on the release date, with a one-of-kind event at the Bodecker Foundation in Portland, OR titled Enter the Attic: an Evening with David J.

In celebration of the triple album’s commercial release, this will be a tiered ticketed event featuring an interview and Q&A with David and moderator Jeffrey Clark (Shiva Burlesque/IPR), a two-part live performance (solo acoustic and full band), a screening of music videos and an art gallery showing.

Ticketed live streaming will be available for 48 hours to allow fans from all over the world to take part in such a special event. A digital download of the live show will be provided to all in-person and virtual guests after the event. Tickets available here. Full tour dates and further details will be announced soon.

Track Listing:

1. Punishment by Roses

2. The Dream Collector
3. Blackmail
4. The Murders in the Rue Morgue
5. My Soul Was Still Shouting, ‘MORE!’
6. I Wish Those Spacemen Would Come
7. Badge of Lead (A Western)
8. Small Death Of a Broken Doll
9. She Calls the Morning Cruel
10. Lady Bureaux
11. Is There Anybody There?
12. The Wolf Knows
13. Castles of Limburg
14. If Muzak Be the Junk Food of Love
15. Homo Sapien Blues
16. This Town
17. Vincent In the Flames
18. They’ve Murdered Christ Again
19. Lucky Dog
20. Old Man in the Rain
21. Conspiracy of Shadows
22. The Long Ride Home
23. Cruel Britannia
24. All the Pilgrims
25. It’s Got to Be the Angels
26. I’ll Put Off Thinking About You for Awhile
27. Or Do I Speak Too Soon?
28. Oh No! Not Another Songwriter!
29. Diamonds, Black Eyes and Valentines Blues
30. The Most Beautiful Girls in the World
31. Before the Positive Was Negative
32. At Paradise
33. New Year’s Day
34. Leaning Towards the Falls
35. Dying Embers (Bonus Track – Digital Only)
36. The Rattler (Bonus Track – Digital Only)
37. The Wrecking Ball is Coming Down (Bonus Track – Digital Only)