Stream: Elvis Costello’s Momofuku

By Alex Young on May 6th, 2008

Elvis Costello And The Imposters officially released their new album, Momofuku, on Lost Highway Records today. The 12-track album, which features the likes of Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis, is Costello’s first release since 2006’s The River in Reverse and his first work with The Imposters since The Delivery Man in 2004.

The album is currently available as a stream. While listening, check out some of the particularly enlightening album notes…

This record actually came about because of an invitation I received from Jenny Lewis to sing on her upcoming record. Davey Faragher had been playing bass on some of the sessions, so it didn’t seem like too much of a stretch to call Pete Thomas to complete the Imposters’ rhythm section…

I’d been telling people that I was done with recording and believed it myself. This record date reminded me that it wasn’t making music in the studio that made me miserable but the nonsense that predictably follows in what we laughingly call the “music business”. So I decided to change it and my mind. That’s what I do.

In support of the album, Costello recently embarked on a world tour with The Police.

Momofuku Tracklist:
1. “No Hiding Place” [Listen]
2. “American Gangster Time” [Listen]
3. “Turpentine” [Listen]
4. “Harry Worth”
5. “Drum and Bone”
6. “Flutter and Wow” [Listen]
7. “Stella Hurt”
8. “Mr. Feathers”
9. “My Three Sons”
10. “Song With Rose”
11. “Pardon Me Madam, My Name Is Eve”
12. “Go Away” [Listen]