Arthur Brown to Release Long Long Road on 80th Birthday
In an era where the word ‘legend’ is tossed around so casually, how on earth should one designate Arthur Brown? He is a legend, and more specifically, one of underground psychedelic rock, who helped shape the face of the original movement from whence modern incarnations thereof are invariably derived. He’s the kind of figure people don’t even realize they’ve been influenced by, but they have just the same, as across generations, his work has touched artists who’ve gone on to be influences in themselves. Such immeasurability of impact can rarely be traced to one figure, and I won’t take away from other participants in The Crazy World of Arthur Brown or anyone else who’s contributed to the path the man has walked, but you wouldn’t have psych like psych is now without him.
Long Long Road, which is to be released as Brown‘s label debut on Magnetic Eye and Prophecy Productions, is out June 24, the same day Brown turns 80. If you’d like to send your birthday wishes in advance, preorders are up now, and the title-track is streaming. It is likewise sweet and unexpected.
From the PR wire:
ARTHUR BROWN unveils first video single of the title track and details of his new album “Long Long Road”
Preorders: http://lnk.spkr.media/arthur-brown-long-long-road
ARTHUR BROWN is now premiering the animated video single of the balladesque title track taken from his forthcoming new full-length “Long Long Road”, which has been slated for release on the very day of Arthur’s 80th birthday, June 24. The album details of “Long Long Road” can be viewed below.
ARTHUR BROWN comments: “This album as well as this song were written in collaboration with Rik Patten, a good friend and a superb musician”, explains the beloved singer. “While we were working on ‘Long Long Road’, many disturbing things were going on around the globe – just as they are happening now. Rik and I felt like asking humankind to look back along the history of our planet and to notice, how dangerous and yet at the same time full of promise human life is. We are all travelling on what appears to be a long road but that is in truth a never-ending path. It seems that we all carry our darkness and light, and that at crucial moments some deep neural pathways of darkness arise to block out the light. ‘Long Long Road’ is a song of hope, a song of love, an anthem to remind us that we actually do have choices. We determine how we behave, the stories that we listen to and what we tell ourselves, and ultimately how we act and what kind of person we are. The question is, if we as humans can be, in the eternal moment, viewing all that is, as if for the first time, an independent living whole and joined together by love?”
Tracklist
1. Gas Tanks
2. Coffin Confession
3. Going Down
4. Once I Had Illusions (Part 1)
5. I Like Games
6. Shining Brightness
7. The Blues and Messing Round
8. Long Long Road
9. Once I Had Illusions (Part 2)
Release date: June 24, 2022
Available formats
“Long Long Road” is available as a box set including a 48-page hardcover 2CD artbook, a gatefold 180g orange marble vinyl-LP, a bonus 7″ vinyl single, a wall flag, 4 30×30 cm art prints, and a certificate of authenticity personally signed and hand-numbered by Arthur Brown. The 2CD artbook is also available separately and includes liner-notes by Arthur Brown, enhanced artwork and photography, and two exclusive studio recordings. “Long Long Road” is furthermore available on black 180g vinyl LP, on transparent red 180g vinyl LP, and as a Digipak CD.
Recording at Sonic Scoops Studios UK
Produced by Arthur Brown with Rik Patten
Arrangements by Arthur Brown and Rik Patten
Mix & engineering by Rik Patten
Mastering by Marc Urselli
Artwork by Laurie Avon
Photography and imagery by Harvey Waller
Layout & design by Jean Valnoir Simoulin
Line-up
Arthur Brown – vocals, guitars, piano
Rik Patten – multiple instruments
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