Good Lieutenant

I think a prayer I sent towards the sky in 2006 has been answered. And I’m still ecstatic about it:

For those who mourned the final break up of New Order in 2007 and still cling nostalgically to Joy Division’s final album Closer, a new source of solace can now be turned to. A collaboration among the members of the two bands, along with Blur’s Alex James, has spawned a project called Bad Lieutenant.

Bad Lieutenant lineup includes lead singer Bernard Sumner and drummer Stephen Morris of Joy Division/New Order, guitarist Phil Cunningham of New Order and bassist James of Blur, according to the BBC. The band already has an album recorded that is set to be released in October, accompanied by a tour and numerous music festival stops.

This is an accoustic version of what I am sure will have some electric flavor. I wonder if James will try to emulate Peter Hook’s signature high bass, which helped make the Joy Division/New Order sound. Imagine Ceremony or Age of Consent without it.

By the way, contrast that video of Bernard Sumner from his Joy Division and New Order days. Maybe that’s why Ian Curtis is such a tall legend — we never had to see him as an aged mortal.