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Extract from "The Fly"
Catch “The Fly,” the exclusive Waits B-side to Boots On The Ground, Waits’ collaboration with Massive Attack featuring Waits’s trademark droll and sardonic spoken word.
Waits and Brennan are donating proceeds from the vinyl sales to local organizations funding essential mental health resources for veterans and vital legal advocacy for immigrant communities; NAMI and VIDAS.
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Waits and Brennan are donating proceeds from the vinyl sales to local organizations funding essential mental health resources for veterans and vital legal advocacy for immigrant communities; NAMI and VIDAS.
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Sadly for all, this song is never more urgent and timely. The song chronicles the madness and rabid abandonment of mankind to the commands of "The Masters of War”, as Dylan put it. It marks Massive Attack's first new music since 2020 and Waits’s first new recording since the 2011 album, Bad As Me.
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The song is available today on streaming platforms and will be followed by a 12" vinyl release. The 12” edition features "Boots on the Ground" on Side A, with an exclusively Waits B-side titled "The Fly” - a track featuring Waits’s trademark droll and sardonic spoken word.
Massive Attack is embracing an eco-conscious vinyl pressing and packaging process for this record to leave a smaller carbon footprint. This ‘EcoSonic’ edition will be 180g vinyl in colors, red, white, and blue, and will be packed at random.
"One day many years ago, I accepted an invitation from Massive Attack to collaborate. Their long release delay never worried me. Today, as in all of mankind's yesterdays, guarantees this type of song will never go out of style. Man's folly of fiascos is a feast for the flies. Hence, the B-side of Massive Attack’s upcoming 12 inch "The Fly" features my appreciation for the winged nuisance." – Tom Waits Read More
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The song is available today on streaming platforms and will be followed by a 12" vinyl release. The 12” edition features "Boots on the Ground" on Side A, with an exclusively Waits B-side titled "The Fly” - a track featuring Waits’s trademark droll and sardonic spoken word.
Massive Attack is embracing an eco-conscious vinyl pressing and packaging process for this record to leave a smaller carbon footprint. This ‘EcoSonic’ edition will be 180g vinyl in colors, red, white, and blue, and will be packed at random.
"One day many years ago, I accepted an invitation from Massive Attack to collaborate. Their long release delay never worried me. Today, as in all of mankind's yesterdays, guarantees this type of song will never go out of style. Man's folly of fiascos is a feast for the flies. Hence, the B-side of Massive Attack’s upcoming 12 inch "The Fly" features my appreciation for the winged nuisance." – Tom Waits Read More
Originally released in 2013, WAITS/CORBIJN ‘77-’11 is now back in print and will be re-issued in a smaller 8.1 x 11.4 inch format. This stunning, award-winning visual odyssey encapsulates the essence of Tom Waits’ enigmatic persona and Anton Corbijn's distinctive photographic style. The book is scheduled for a December 9 release in the US and an October 21 release date in Europe.
Spanning over three decades, this extraordinary book showcases the enduring collaboration between a legendary musician and a renowned Dutch photographer—a creative symbiosis that has produced some of the most memorable images in rock and roll history. In those first black and white photographs of Tom Waits taken by a young Anton Corbijn in Holland in 1977 are the seeds of these two intertwined careers, feeding off each other.
Structured chronologically, it traces Waits’ evolution as an artist alongside Corbijn’s development as a photographer whose starkly evocative images capture Waits in a multitude of settings, from gritty urban landscapes to intimate studio sessions. Waits’ own photography, collected here for the first time under the title “Curiosities,” gives a visual handle to the artistic intelligence millions of fans know only through his music. Read More
Spanning over three decades, this extraordinary book showcases the enduring collaboration between a legendary musician and a renowned Dutch photographer—a creative symbiosis that has produced some of the most memorable images in rock and roll history. In those first black and white photographs of Tom Waits taken by a young Anton Corbijn in Holland in 1977 are the seeds of these two intertwined careers, feeding off each other.
Structured chronologically, it traces Waits’ evolution as an artist alongside Corbijn’s development as a photographer whose starkly evocative images capture Waits in a multitude of settings, from gritty urban landscapes to intimate studio sessions. Waits’ own photography, collected here for the first time under the title “Curiosities,” gives a visual handle to the artistic intelligence millions of fans know only through his music. Read More
Tom Waits is releasing a third print edition of his poem, Seeds On Hard Ground, originally released in 2011 to raise awareness and funds for homeless services. The poem is a long lyrical ballad in the voices of those who walked, fell or were pushed to the margins of our communities. All proceeds from this printing will be donated to the following charities:
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• Redwood Empire Foodbank
• The Caritas Village Project - Catholic Charities
• The Society of St. Vincent De Paul
The new chapbook edition underscores the persistence of this condition. Waits appears in a recent episode of the Italian documentary series, The Human Factor, where his poem "Seeds on Hard Ground" provides a throughline to the stories of unhoused Americans living on the fringes of society.
Seeds On Hard Ground, 3rd Edition, will be limited to 2000 copies.
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• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• Redwood Empire Foodbank
• The Caritas Village Project - Catholic Charities
• The Society of St. Vincent De Paul
The new chapbook edition underscores the persistence of this condition. Waits appears in a recent episode of the Italian documentary series, The Human Factor, where his poem "Seeds on Hard Ground" provides a throughline to the stories of unhoused Americans living on the fringes of society.
Seeds On Hard Ground, 3rd Edition, will be limited to 2000 copies.
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This October marks the 50th anniversary of Tom Waits’ 1975 album ‘Nighthawks at the Diner.’ Taking its title from Edward Hopper’s painting, the record captures the singular spirit of Waits’ early live performances; intimate, theatrical evenings where inventive songwriting mingled with storytelling and sharp-witted asides.
Recorded over four sessions at Los Angeles’s Record Plant with a small invited audience, ‘Nighthawks’ stands as a rare artifact of this formative period, crystallizing the persona that would bridge ‘The Heart Of Saturday Night’ and his early opus, ‘Small Change,’ as well as feature some of his most iconic songs of the era like, “Eggs And Sausage,” “Warm Beer And Cold Women,” and the epic, rambling “Spare Parts.”
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Recorded over four sessions at Los Angeles’s Record Plant with a small invited audience, ‘Nighthawks’ stands as a rare artifact of this formative period, crystallizing the persona that would bridge ‘The Heart Of Saturday Night’ and his early opus, ‘Small Change,’ as well as feature some of his most iconic songs of the era like, “Eggs And Sausage,” “Warm Beer And Cold Women,” and the epic, rambling “Spare Parts.”
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