Thin Lizzy's The Acoustic Sessions EP releases on streaming platforms

Thin Lizzy have today announced the release of The Acoustic Sessions EP on streaming platforms.

The extended play comprises four stripped-down tracks from the band's bona-fide 1973 classic Vagabonds of the Western World. 

The Acoustic Sessions EP is now available featuring all four new acoustic versions of classic Lizzy songs, using the original studio recordings to create these epic new tracks. Stream Now.https://t.co/giPsMscXvW pic.twitter.com/nY5z0IJwDm

— Thin Lizzy (@ThinLizzy_) April 8, 2024

Within The Acoustic Sessions, evergreen Thin Lizzy classics are reborn. These renditions artfully peel away several layers of production, presenting the songs in their purest form. It displays how the band originally conceived and built upon these numbers.

Tracks include the magnetic jam of 'Slow Blues,' the swinging resplendence of 'Mama Nature Said,' an easygoing B-side to 'The Rocker' titled 'Here I Go Again' and the bittersweet comfort of 'A Song For While I'm Away.'

“The new versions came about whilst I was mixing the Vagabonds album in Atmos & 5.1," says Richard Whittaker, who mixed and produced the EP. "I noticed that the analogue multi-tracks for these four songs contained additional unused instrumentation which worked really nicely together. I presented some rough mix ideas an everyone loved them; they show a different side to Thin Lizzy.”

At their bare bones, the tracks become something of their own, full of renewed soundscapes and refreshingly new elements.

Teasing out the production, these musical elements seamlessly entwine, begetting the creation of captivating mix ideas that garnered widespread appreciation. The result is a rejuvenating perspective, unveiling a hitherto veiled aspect of Thin Lizzy and frontman Phil Lynott's artistic vision.

Listen below to The Acoustic Sessions EP, which will have you singing along to the classics that forever changed the landscape of Irish rock music.