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Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham - I Deserve It

So, this is good news; The now out of print debut album by Luna’s Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham, L’Avventura, is set to be reissued this September.  I wasn’t aware of this, but apparently Jetset Records (former home of Luna, Mogwai, Arab Strap, Death By Chocolate, The Go-Betweens and plenty more) hasn’t been functioning for some time.  That’s really a shame.  When I was Music Director at WRFL in the early part of the decade I could always count on Jetset sending quality albums my way.

Fortunately, Dean & Britta have acquired the rights and will be releasing the album on their own label, Double Feature Records.  The fancy new package will feature three added tracks from the Sonic Souvenirs EP.

Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham - Night Nurse

You really can’t go wrong with this album, especially if you’re a Luna fan.  In my case, L’Avventura, was my introduction to Dean Wareham’s music.  I was vaguely familiar with Galaxie 500 and Luna but had never really had the chance to check them out.

Considering that L’Avventura is a collection of mostly covers that was released near the end of Luna’s existence, it would be fair to expect little of this side-project.  Perhaps it was the addition of producer Tony Visconti, or maybe Dean & Britta’s new romance inspired these sessions.  Either way, the end result was a keeper that stands along side any of Luna’s albums.  Welcome back, L’Avventura.

L’Avventura is available as a pre-order through NewburyComics.com and comes with an autographed CD booklet.  It will be available in stores and on iTunes on September 2nd.

TOUR DATES

THU AUG 21 - W/El May - The Zipper Factory - New York, New York
SAT SEPT 20 - The Zipper Factory - New York, New York
FRI OCT 24 - 13 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests - The Byham Theater - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SAT OCT 25 - 13 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests - The Byham Theater - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania