Anderson, Laurie & Sexmob - Let X=X (Live)

This triple-LP/double-CD set was recorded live during a 2023 tour by Anderson and the jazz band, Sexmob – Steven Bernstein and Briggan Krauss on brass, Kenny Wollesen on percussion, Douglas Wieselman on winds and guitar, and Tony Scherr on bass.  Its cover and interior packaging feature paintings by Anderson.  The album features 23 songs, including many favourites from throughout Anderson’s career, performed in new arrangements – plus one by Lou Reed and Metallica, ‘Junior Dad’. 
 
The New York Times said Anderson and Sexmob’s concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) ‘wasn’t a historical recreation of past recordings; Sexmob’s sound is a beefier one than on Anderson’s albums. With musicians who can double on electric guitar and bass clarinet, its members offered a rich range of textural variation throughout the evening.’ 
 
Laurie Anderson is one of America’s most renowned – and daring – creative pioneers.  Her work, which encompasses music, visual art, poetry, film, and photography, has challenged and delighted audiences around the world for more than 40 years.

In a recent 60 Minutes profile, Anderson Cooper said she ‘is a pioneer of the avant-garde, but... that doesn’t begin to describe what she creates...  It’s experienced by audiences who come to see her perform: singing, telling stories, and playing strange violins of her own invention... she [blends] the beautiful and the bizarre, challenging audiences with homilies and humor.  She blurs boundaries across music, theater, dance, and film.’

The Washington Post has said she ‘doesn’t just tell stories; she draws out every word with a kind of physical pleasure, tasting its flavor as she probes the everyday mysteries of life.’