Sunset Kids

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Sunset Kids
Sunset Kids album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Jesse Malin
ReleasedAugust 30, 2019
Genre Roots rock
Length49:27
Label Wicked Cool Records
Producer Lucinda Williams and Tom Overby
Jesse Malin chronology
Outsiders
(2015)		Sunset Kids
(2019)		Lust for Love
(2020)
Singles from Sunset Kids
  1. "Meet Me at the End of the World Again"
    Released: June 30, 2017 [1]
  2. "Room 13"
    Released: June 3, 2019 [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [3]
Review scores
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American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
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PopMatters (7/10) [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Sunset Kids is the eighth studio album by New York singer/songwriter Jesse Malin. It was released on August 30, 2019 by Wicked Cool Records and The Orchard. [9] The album was produced by Lucinda Williams and Tom Overby, and features performances by Lucinda Williams, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Joseph Arthur. [10]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jesse Malin, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Meet Me at the End of the World Again"Jesse Malin, Derek Cruz, Alejandro Escovedo 4:05
2."Room 13" (feat. Lucinda Williams)Jesse Malin, Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby3:56
3."When You're Young"Jesse Malin, Holly Ramos, Derek Cruz2:56
4."Chemical Heart"Jesse Malin, Holly Ramos2:31
5."Promises"Jesse Malin, David Bianco 3:45
6."Shining Down" 3:15
7."Shane" (feat. Lucinda Williams) 3:07
8."Strangers & Thieves" (feat. Billie Joe Armstrong) Billie Joe Armstrong, Jesse Malin3:16
9."Revelations" 2:45
10."Gray Skies Look so Blue" 2:47
11."Do You Really Wanna Know"Jesse Malin, Lucinda Williams, Derek Cruz3:21
12."Friends in Florida" 4:35
13."Dead On" (feat. Lucinda Williams)Jesse Malin, Lucinda Williams, Derek Cruz3:34
14."My Little Life" 3:04

Recording and production

Sunset Kids was produced by Lucinda Williams and engineered by David Bianco and Geoff Sanoff. The album was recorded on both coasts between the two artists' touring schedules. Two songs were co-written by Lucinda Williams including the first single, "Room 13." Other guests that appear on the album are Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, who co-wrote and sings on "Strangers and Thieves," and singer songwriter Joseph Arthur who appears on three tracks. [11]

Reception

Reviews for the album were mostly positive, gaining an 81 out of 100 score on review aggregating site Metacritic. [12] Rolling Stone called it "a celebration of survival that finds the New York City hardcore troubadour reflecting on life’s precious and fleeting moments." [13] American Songwriter said "each of these 14 tracks is an exquisitely constructed gem." [14] Americana UK said "(the songs) fit together here into a triumph a record which must rank among the best of Malin’s career and among the best of this year." [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Meet Me at the End of the World - EP by Jesse Malin". Apple iTunes . Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Room 13 - Single (feat. Lucinda Williams)". Apple iTunes . Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ Metacritic
  4. ↑ Allmusic review
  5. ↑ American Songwriter
  6. ↑ Americana UK
  7. ↑ PopMatters
  8. ↑ "Jesse Malin and Lucinda Williams Celebrate Hard-Fought Survival on 'Sunset Kids'". Rolling Stone . 2019-09-04. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30.
  9. ↑ Horowitz, Hal. "Jesse Malin: Sunset Kids". American Songwriter. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  10. ↑ Hudak, Joseph. "Jesse Malin and Lucinda Williams Celebrate Hard-Fought Survival on 'Sunset Kids'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Jesse Malin teams with Lucinda Williams for new album, 'Sunset Kids'". Grateful Web. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Sunset Kids". Metacritic.
  13. ↑ Overby, Tom. "Jesse Malin and Lucinda Williams Celebrate Hard-Fought Survival on 'Sunset Kids'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  14. ↑ Horowitz, Hal. "Jesse Malin: Sunset Kids". American Songwriter. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  15. ↑ Howlett, Steven. "Jesse Malin "Sunset Kids" (Wicked Cool Records, 2019)". Americana UK. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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