{"product_id":"let_x_x","title":"Let X = X","description":"\u003cp\u003eLet X=X is a live album by Laurie Anderson with Sexmob, released on May 8, 2026 through Nonesuch Records as a triple-LP \/ double-CD set. The album was recorded during Anderson's 2023 tour of the same name — a show that took the title from the track \"Let X=X\" on her landmark 1982 debut Big Science — and features performances captured across multiple dates with the New York jazz ensemble Sexmob: Steven Bernstein on brass, Kenny Wollesen on drums and percussion, Douglas Wieselman on winds and guitar, Briggan Krauss on saxophone and guitar, and Tony Scherr on bass. Spanning 23 songs and nearly 94 minutes, the album draws from across Anderson's entire career and includes new arrangements of favorites like \"O Superman,\" \"From the Air,\" \"Sharkey's Day,\" and \"Language Is a Virus,\" alongside a performance of Lou Reed and Metallica's \"Junior Dad.\" BAM described the collaboration as \"visually breathtaking and sonically spectacular,\" offering \"a glimpse into her singular sensory world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat distinguishes the album from a straightforward career retrospective is the depth of transformation Sexmob brings to the material. As Rockdelux noted, this is not a recreation of historical recordings — Sexmob's sound is considerably more potent and textured than the original studio backings, with musicians capable of moving fluidly between electric guitar, bass clarinet, brass, and woodwinds, providing a rich layering of timbres that reframes Anderson's compositions in entirely new light. The Czech cultural magazine Magazín Uni observed that Sexmob fully subordinated their typical improvisatory instincts to serve Anderson's vision, becoming \"an inventive accompanying band\" that remained extraordinarily sensitive to the character of her repertoire. The result is a document of a live show that functions simultaneously as a career retrospective, an act of artistic reinvention, and — in Anderson's own framing — a meditation on language, loss, and storytelling that has only deepened with time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"CD \/ 2CD","offer_id":53593909068090,"sku":"38362","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Vinyl \/ 3LP","offer_id":53593909100858,"sku":"38363","price":74.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-11_at_5.28.07_PM.jpeg?v=1781213495","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/let_x_x","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}