Alphabetland

X, one of the greatest Punk Rock bands in music history, releases Alphabetland.

The original foursome — Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebrake — continue to embody the same spirit they did when they began in 1977. “When your heart is broken you think every song is about that. These songs were written in the last 18 months & it blows my mind how timely they are,” explained John Doe.

Five songs were recorded over the course of two days with producer Rob Schnapf. The first of these new songs is the recorded version of an older X song, Delta 88 Nightmare, which previously was only available as a bonus track on the 2001 reissue of Los Angeles in demo form — never as a fully recorded and mixed track. The new version was released as a 7″ with the flip side being the newly recorded Cyrano de Berger’s Back, one of the earliest songs John wrote for the band that became X. This past January 2020 the band re-entered the studio to finish recording the album, again with Schnapf and seven more original tracks were recorded. The album cover art is an original painting by Wayne White, the Emmy Award-winning artist who was set designer on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse for many years. The painting was commissioned through the friendship Wayne has with the band members.

Tracklisting 

01. Alphabetland
02. Free
03. Water & Wine
04. Strange Life
05. I Gotta Fever
06. Delta 88 Nightmare
07. Star Chambered
08. Angel On The Road
09. Cyrano Deberger’s Back
10. Goodbye Year, Goodbye
11. All The Time In The World