Powder Burns is the fourth album by Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli

-Biography:Greg Dulli was born and brought up in the working-class city of Hamilton, Ohio. Although he was raised a Catholic, he is now agnostic. Dulli first came to public attention in the late 1980s with The Afghan Whigs when he joined D.C. transplant bassist John Curley and Louisville, Kentucky,...

's The Twilight Singers

The Twilight Singers

The Twilight Singers is an American indie rock band. The group was initially formed as a side project of The Afghan Whigs leader Greg Dulli in 1997...

 (not counting Dulli's solo album Amber Headlights

Greg Dulli's Amber Headlights

Amber Headlights is an album by Greg Dulli. In 2001, Dulli started to work on the follow-up to The Twilight Singers' debut album Twilight as Played by The Twilight Singers. However, the death of his close friend Ted Demme in January 2002 led him to decide to start a new project in tribute to Demme...

. It was released on May 16, 2006 via One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records is a London-based independent record label that rose from the ashes of punk record company Spiderleg Records. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarchist punk bands, and managed by ex-Flux of Pink Indians Derek Birkett. The first success came with A.R. Kane and...

 on CD and double 12" vinyl. During the recordings in 2005, Greg Dulli was aided by Manual Agnelli, who co-wrote "My Time (Has Come)" and "The Conversation." "My Time (Has Come)" was first released in 2005 as "White Widow" on Afterhours' Ballads for Little Hyenas, which in turn was co-produced by Dulli. Other collaborators on this album are Joseph Arthur

Joseph Arthur

Joseph Arthur is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. Combining poetic lyrics with a layered sonic palette, Arthur has built his reputation over the years through critically acclaimed releases and constant touring; his unique solo live performances incorporate the use of a...

, Jeff Klein

Jeff Klein

Jeffrey Lawrence "Jeff" Klein is an American singer/songwriter from Newburgh, New York, who plays keyboards and guitar. He has released three critically acclaimed albums.-Biography:...

 and Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, poet, and songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums, and is widely considered a feminist icon.-Biography:...

. The same recording sessions yielded the follow-up EP A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time (EP)

A Stitch in Time is the second EP released by The Twilight Singers. The five song EP was first released on iTunes on October 10, 2006. Hard copies were then released in the UK on December 4, 2006 and in the US on January 23, 2007. A Stitch in Time features guest appearances by Mark Lanegan and...

, released in December 2006.

Powder Burns was partly recorded with extra power generators in a deserted New Orleans just after the floods caused by Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...

.

It was released to extremely positive reviews, and actor/comedian Denis Leary

Denis Leary

Denis Colin Leary is an Irish-American actor, comedian, writer and director. Leary is known for his biting, fast paced comedic style and chain smoking...

 called it "one of the best rock albums I've heard in 10 years," also putting the song "Bonnie Brae" in Rescue Me

Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show...

, his Emmy nominated TV series. In addition to that the song "There's Been an Accident" featured on the film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk

Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk is an American transgressional fiction novelist and freelance journalist. He is best known for the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was later made into a film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter...

's novel, Choke.

The Twilight Singers made their live television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on January 3, 2007, performing "Forty Dollars" and "Sublime" (which did not air).

A cover version of the song "I'm Ready" featured in the HBO series True Blood, in the episode "I Don't Wanna Know."

CD

1. "Toward the Waves" – 0:49
2. "I'm Ready" – 3:04
3. "There's Been an Accident" – 5:17
4. "Bonnie Brae" – 4:46
5. "Forty Dollars" – 3:51
6. "Candy Cane Crawl" – 4:27
7. "Underneath the Waves" – 4:28
8. "My Time (Has Come)" – 4:23
9. "Dead to Rights" – 4:25
10. "The Conversation" – 3:04
11. "Powder Burns" – 5:52
12. "I Wish I Was" – 4:20

Double 12" vinyl

Side 1 ("Once I count the numbers down"):

1. "Toward the Waves" – 0:49
2. "I'm Ready" – 3:04
3. "There's Been an Accident" – 5:17
4. "Bonnie Brae" – 4:46

Side 2 ("To the end or there around"):

1. "Forty Dollars" – 3:51
2. "Candy Cane Crawl" – 4:27
3. "Underneath the Waves" – 4:28

Side 3 ("Free, or thus, forever bound"):

1. "My Time (Has Come)" – 4:23
2. "Dead to Rights" – 4:25
3. "The Conversation" – 3:04

Side 4 ("For forever's coming down"):

1. "Powder Burns" – 5:52
2. "I Wish I Was" – 4:20

Singles

• "There's Been an Accident" (May 15, 2006) (digital download
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  and promo CD only)
• "I'm Ready" (July 10, 2006) (CD & 7" vinyl)
  • "I'm Ready" (radio edit) b/w: "I'm Ready" (Lo-Fidelity Allstars Remix)