JESSE MALIN & THE ST. MARKS SOCIAL Love It To Life (2010 UK CD album - After three critically acclaimed solo records, dozens of world tours and TV appearances, Jesse Malin found himself back in New York City questioning his next move. When asked by a Hollywood screenwriter to pen songs for a film about author JD Salinger, Malin [a fan of 'Catcher In The Rye' and other Salinger works] travelled to Cornish, NH hoping to speak to the famous recluse. Although he never met Salinger, due tovarious mishaps, Malin made the most of the experience by writing 'The Archer' and 'Lonely At Heart', two songs that would make him want to work again and become the basis for his new album. Malin, with impresario Don DiLego, drummer Randy Schrager, guitarist Matt Hogan, and bassist / DJ Tommy USA, worked with his newly formed band to bash out an album's worth of gritty anthems, and The St. Marks Social was born. A solid band, but one with an open door to Malin's community of musician friends - longtime partner in crime Ryan Adams, pop singer Mandy Moore, fellow label mate Brian Fallon, and former bandmates from D Generation Howie Pyro and Danny Sage. When Jesse met producer Ted Hutt [Lucero, Flogging Molly, The Gaslight Anthem] one drunken night at a local bar, their talk of making a record fast, loose, and raw, was the beginning of Hutt's quest to create a record that would encompass Malin's roots and evolution - from hardcore thrasher to punk/folk singer-songwriter. More details to follow!)