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of us know James McNew as the guy without the purse or penchant for Arthur
Lyman from the Boston band Christmas, or perhaps as the snare-drum bassist
for Yo La Tengo, or if you attended the Jodeci after party with that bitch-ass
mutherfucker you been sweating on of late, you are probably more familiar
with him as the auteur of his one-man band Dump. McNew has released a series
of records, CDs and cassettes over the last decade for various labels, but
has made Shrimper Dump's permanent home away from home, starting with the
all-Prince-covers That Skinny Motherfucker With the High Voice cassette
(reissued on CD with bonus tracks), followed by the Women in Rock CDEP,
through, for the first time in half a decade, a new full length album. Take
a seat please. A Grown-Ass Man includes ten new cuts penned by McNew, three covers (The Isley Bros.' "Mr. Too Damn Good," Thin Lizzy's "Cowboy Song," and a duet with Sue Garner on Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells' "Once Upon a Time"). Between tours with Yo La Tengo, James will tour the coasts on his own by harvest time. |
Bring some Kleenex, emo kingpin, cuz these songs are going to have you growing streams of tears. |
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