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Artist......: Liz Lawrence
Album.......: Pity Party
Label.......: Second Breakfast
Genre.......: Indie
Catnr.......: SB004CD
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2019-11-12
Str.date....: 2019-10-25
Quality.....: 820kbps / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://twitter.com/lizmusic
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1. Love Came Looking 1:32
2. But Love 3:22
3. Navigator 3:19
4. None Of My Friends 2:45
5. USP 2:49
6. Shoes 2:16
7. Want 3:11
8. Life Again 2:35
9. What People Do 2:54
10. 10 Breaths 4:03
11. Rivers 3:19
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,: Rejection isn't easy to take - especially when you're a scarcely :,
: out of your teens, finding your way in the music industry. After :
:' being dropped by her label ahead of the release of the debut ':
,: album 'Bedroom Hero', Liz Lawrence has had the time and space to :,
: find herself. :
:' ':
,: Her second album 'Pity Party' embraces her lo-fi folk past but :,
: also brings it into the here and now with satisfying pop :
:' elements. It's also a bit of a 'fuck you' to those who said she ':
,: wasn't good enough. Here she tells us about how rejection :,
: eventually enabled her to blossom and why this moment feels so :
:' significant. ':
,: :,
: >You must be thrilled with the album and being at this point :
:' after your journey so far? ':
,: :,
: "I'm massively excited - you always get to this point where :
:' you've looked at it for a long time and now people get to hear ':
,: the record in its entirety. I'm quite old fashioned, streaming :,
: and stuff is great but I do like the idea that someone is going :
:' to get the full picture, that's really cool. I've never seen ':
,: one of my releases in a record shop before so I'm really excited :,
: to go down to a shop and find one. You've got to right? You've :
:' got to go and hunt out your record." ':
,: :,
: >How did being dropped by a major label influence this record? :
:' ':
,: "I think it was the most vital thing that ever happened. I think :,
: there is a lot of stigma around that, people don't like to talk :
:' about being dropped but I think I've left three labels now in ':
,: various ways, it's all part of the course. I had just turned :,
: twenty when EMI broke down and I got dropped, you think it's the :
:' end of the world but then when you realise it isn't it makes ':
,: you very resilient and brave. :,
: :
:' You realise that you don't really need the systems in place and ':
,: then suddenly you can do what you like. In that respect, it :,
: really lit a fire in my belly to just keep doing what I want to :
:' do with or without the help of the main route. I think it's ':
,: important that people don't feel like you only get one chance of :,
: doing music, I think that's a myth that holds people back. I'd :
:' like to think I can become a living example of why that isn't ':
,: true. :,
: :
:' 'USP' was massively about that. I have various images of when I ':
,: was younger and first getting picked up by management. No matter :,
: how brave and confident you think you are, you're massively :
:' vulnerable in that position. If you don't know what a ':
,: production deal is and suddenly you're being asked to sign one, :,
: even if you've got a lawyer there, it's all in that world and I :
:' had nobody inside of that world to give me guidance. That song ':
,: is trying to retrospectively connect with that younger person in :,
: me. You've got to stand your ground a bit and trust your :
:' instincts because they're going to be right." ':
,: :,
: >This record is very much all about honesty, tell us a little :
:' bit about the concept of 'Pity Party'? ':
,: :,
: "Obviously it's a phrase that I've heard people use. I was in a :
:' particularly self-indulgent move and someone said, 'I'm a bit ':
,: bored I'm going to leave your pity party'. I thought that was :,
: perfect because it sums up that tension and pull between serious :
:' aggravation and obstacles in your life and also how you ':
,: approach them and how much you indulge your feelings towards it. :,
: Also, it's just funny, I was quite keen to be a little bit :
:' humorous with this record. It has some weighty issues but I ':
,: hoped to approach it with at least a bit of warmth and humour." :,
: :
:' >So it's about a tangle of your own emotions? ':
,: :,
: "Yeah, I think the central track where that really came together :
:' for me was 'None Of My Friends'. It was based on a single day ':
,: where I had like five phone conversations with friends. It was :,
: like, fuck, everyone is having these big domestic dramas, but at :
:' the same time they weren't serious enough to merit the ':
,: attention. They feel majorly serious but they were light dramas :,
: that passed. I was like, how do we approach this and how do we :
:' start to untangle where we're at? At the time we were in our ':
,: mid-twenties which is quite an interesting time where things :,
: start to change, you can't let things go so easily then. So that :
:' was the pivotal moment." ':
,: :,
: >Do you hope for the melodrama of 'Pity Party' to be a bit of :
:' escapism in the world today? ':
,: :,
: "It would be great for it to be seen this way. I don't think :
:' it's overtly political but I do think it's very personal. We're ':
,: in this age where we have this idea of being part of a bigger :,
: identity politics as well as a real movement of :
:' self-evolutionary politics. I think that's what the records ':
,: talking about more, that line of 'who am I and where am I :,
: going?', it's more of a small self-evaluation than anything :
:' based on broader political or social constructs. I'm interested ':
,: in how we've become very obsessed and focussed with identity and :,
: who we are." :
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