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The Len Price 3 -Pictures
“Rock and Roll doesn’t need saving, the cure’s right here.” - David Fricke, Rolling Stone
Ladies and Gentlemen…the return of The Len Price 3…
Tightly wound and stripped to the bone - from the adrenalin surge of Chinese Burn, their 2005 debut, its incredible 2007 follow-up Rentacrowd, and now the tour de force that is Pictures, The Len Price 3 have consistently delivered an abundance of three-minute thrills, overflowing with frenetic energy and indelible hooks. By turns gritty and punchy, their delivery is sweetened by impossible to forget melodies, Beatlesque harmonies and the innovative spirit of The Who, The Creation, and The Kinks at their peak.
On Pictures, The Len Price 3 further develop their mastery of melody and harmony, combining the crackling electricity of their live shows with more ambitious arrangements, instrumentation and deceptively mature songwriting.
Wicked Cool Chairman Stevie Van Zandt calls Pictures “the band’s best album yet, and that’s saying a lot. The title track demonstrates why people compare the band favorably to the early Who.”
In true Len Price 3 style, Glenn Page (vocals, guitar), Neil Fromow (drums, backing vocals) and Steve Huggins (bass), again recorded on analogue to capture the vintage, earthy sound that only tape can provide. Pictures is produced by The Len Price 3, Jim Riley, Graham Day, and Kris Harris with insight from Wicked Cool Records founder Stevie Van Zandt.
Picturesis an unforgettable set of quick-fire musical snapshots, about people the band have encountered, filled with observations, light and dark, of the world today.Here are a few of highlights from Glenn Page, in his own words:
“Pictures”– “This track is one of my favorites and it seemed to lend itself perfectly to the album title. This song is heavily influenced by The Who. Musically it has a lot in common with Keith Moon’s drums and the noisy feedback breakdowns you get in tunes like ‘The Kids Are Alright’ and ‘Anywhere, Anyhow, Anyway’. Lyrically it has a humorous but dark edge to it a la ‘Pictures of Lilly, ‘I’m a Boy’ or ‘Happy Jack’.”
“The Girl Who Became a Machine”– “The biggest inspirations for this song were the Kinks and the Prisoners. It’s got a Kinks feel to the verse with some Prisoner type flourishes of Hammond organ throughout.”
“I Don’t Believe You” – “The song is one of our ‘Who’ like numbers with an acoustic guitar driving the riff like Substitute and falsetto harmonies on the chorus like the final section of ‘A Quick One’ The verse features a ridiculous but catchy ‘Ba, ba, ba’ refrain that has a touch of kids TV show theme tune about it.”
“Mr. Grey”– “A man who becomes so obsessed with his career that he forgets about the things that are really important like your family and having fun. It’s based upon observations I made of a former next door neighbour and his family.
Stylistically, this is my attempt at writing something that’s a cross between the Kinks and the Beatles. It’s a strummy, very English sounding song like Dedicated Follower of Fashion or Dandy, with a chorus and harmonies that are vaguely reminiscent of ‘Help’ period Beatles.”
Pictureswill be released on CD and vinyl LP - in the Wicked Cool tradition, the vinyl album will also include a bonus CD with three ADDITIONAL tracks not available ANYWHERE else (sixteen tracks in total), offering a fantastic bonus for vinyl aficionados and record collectors alike.
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Press Contact: Geraint Jones, G Promo PR, GPromo@btinternet.com , Phone: + 44 (0) 1584 873211
