Later this fall, the previous drummers of two massively necessary bands, together with a big-name producer, will get collectively to launch an album filled with visitors. Lol Tolhurst was the founding drummer of the Treatment, and he was a key member of that band till 1989. Peter “Budgie” Clark wasn’t the unique drummer of Siouxsie And The Banshes — he joined that band in 1979 — however he was with that band till they broke up in 1996. (He’s additionally Siouxsie Sioux’s ex-husband.) Tolhurst and Budgie have a post-punk podcast referred to as Curious Creatures, and now they’ve additionally gotten along with U2/R.E.M. producer Jacknife Lee to make the brand new album Los Angeles.

Los Angeles contains a ton of big-name contributors, together with U2’s Edge, Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, and IDLES’ Mark Bowen. We’ve already posted the LP’s title monitor, a collaboration with LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy. Right this moment, the trio has shared one other new music, and it’s one in all their three collaborations with Primal Scream chief Bobby Gillespie. The driving’ roiling “Ghosted At House” makes use of Gillespie’s slithery presence, as he howls a couple of poisonous relationship in phrases that solely a British rock star may get away with: “She’s my dependancy! Like crucifixion!”

In a press launch, Budgie says:

In life, it’s uncommon to listen to somebody telling their story and for us to acknowledge it as our personal. It’s rarer nonetheless when that story pertains to a posh, harmful, and psychologically damaging relationship. To induce this sense of empathy is maybe the reward and ability of an ideal lyricist and author. Bobby Gillespie is a type of writers.

Lol Tolhurst, Budgie, and Jacknife Lee filmed the ominous “Ghosted At House” video with director Julian Gabriel Bendaña on doorbell cameras. Test it out under.

Los Angeles is out 11/3 on Play It Once more Sam. Additionally, Lol Tolhurst’s new e book Goth: A Historical past is out 9/26 by way of Hachette Books.