{"product_id":"alabama-3-step-13-lp","title":"Alabama 3 - Step 13 [LP]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease date: 24 Aug 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormats: LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLabel: Submarine Cat Records\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue Number: 12SUBC31 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5065002142405\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Folk\/Americana\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSouth London genre-blending story tellers Alabama 3 are set to further add to their rich musical heritage with a new single ‘Whacked’, available April 30th via Submarine Cat Records, with an album to follow later in August.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Whacked’ is the first taste of fresh Alabama 3 material since the tragic passing of their beloved and unconventional frontman and songwriter Jake Black, aka The Very Reverend D. Wayne Love, in May of 2019. Jake had Addison’s disease and passed away several days after falling ill during a show at the Highest Point Festival in Lancashire at only 59 years old.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThen, with the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown upon the world, the band got creative and submerged themselves in their music, teaming up with producer Cam Blackwood (George Ezra, Jack Savoretti, Tom Walker, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes…) to focus their minds on something vital, new and fresh. This can clearly be heard in ‘Whacked’, a song which pays respect to the late co-writer of the song, Pete Dunne.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A product of old skool Brixton, the legendary Seven Kevin’s Pete Dunne threatened us with this song prior to his untimely death,” explains founding member Larry Love. “Despite the heavy manners we are proud to declare we rose to the challenge.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Whacked was made in the early weeks of the first UK lockdown in March 2020,” remembers producer Cam Blackwood. “I think the hedonistic spirit of the song was amplified a million times by the fact we were making the record remotely - with the musicians in the band recording their parts at home, sending them all to me to collate and arrange - then I would send the instrumental track to Larry to record vocals on. The energy was pretty insane - we were like caged animals desperate to get out.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“We managed to find time three months later (when the first lockdown ended in July 2020) to get together and put the finishing touches to the song,” continues Cam. “Being in the studio with a few beers seemed like a fitting way to finalise the tune and put the last 1% of energy into the recording. This song feels like classic Alabama 3 to me. It’s a banger!”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIndeed it is. A low-slung groove propelled by frontman Larry Love’s infamous throat rattle, with the addictive chorus refrain ‘everybody’s getting whacked on something, something that makes them feel good,’ ‘Whacked’ will loop around your brain like a recurring dream you can’t wake from. These are hedonistic conscious unconscious times.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“You can praise the Lord, you can pass the ammunition, you can be woke you can be wicked you can have the wisdom of Solomon but unless you are ready to get whacked with Alabama 3 there’s no point in dreaming,” states Larry. “Rearrange the rubble, paint your bomb shelters and make sure everybody in the neighbourhood feels good cos we feel like getting stooped and you need to get whacked.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlabama 3 are very much back. Time to get whacked.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTRACKLISTING:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Whacked\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Yolanda\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. The Lord Stepped In (Taking Back Control)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Petronella Says\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. Rise Up\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Tranquilize\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7. Ring The Bell\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8. Every Time I See A River\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9. William Faulkner\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10. That’s When I Need You\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBonus Tracks\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Lifted\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. They Shoot Horses\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. 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