Polonsky, Jonny
Fresh Flesh
Musical polymath Jonny Polonsky is back with Fresh Flesh, an ambitious collection of mesmerizing songs that push the boundaries of ambient rock n' roll. Imposing limits of simplicity on the song structures helped his band to create vibrant first takes on songs about love, sex, death and power, according to Polonsky. Influences like Joy Division, the Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees collided with glam, 90s rock and punk; the sounds on the album are a synthesis of the same, without sounding exactly like any of them. Recorded in two days at Rick Rubin's Shangri La Studios in Malibu CA with contributions from Mark Lanegan (Queens of the Stone Age, Screaming Trees) and Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets).