{"product_id":"pete-astor-time-on-earth-orange-lp","title":"PETE ASTOR - TIME ON EARTH [Orange LP]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP, Orange\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: TR511COL\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 4015698235081\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 07 Oct 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘The master of less is more’ – The Guardian\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn my 50s I realised that the past slowly becomes a bigger country than the future. As always,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe future is where I’m headed, but now the past and all that comes with it is stacked up\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebehind me. And, as time on earth passes, more and more of my contemporaries have started\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto disappear from the planet.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI’ve made 11 albums of new material since 1987. I realise that anything I’ve ever thought that\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emattered, that told the real story, is in those records. It’s been 5 years since my last album of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enew songs. Perhaps more than before, there’s been plenty of time over the last few years to think and reflect. Like every set of work, Time on Earth is an attempt to make sense of life by making work about it.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs erstwhile editor of the NME and Q, journalist Danny Kelly wrote recently while interviewing\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Loft: ‘a lifetime of listening to them has led me to believe that Pete Astor’s songs would have always found a way to reach an audience. If he’d been a Californian baby boomer, he’s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehave ended up in the Capitol Records building in Los Angeles, laying down late-night grooves with the Wrecking Crew for a largely-neglected, slightly gloomy, pop album that’d now be worth a fortune. If he’d been born into post-War Britain, earnest girls in sweaters would’ve\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efallen in love with him, and his songs, in Embassy-fogged folk clubs.’ Of course, I love this\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003equote. And I believe that Time on Earth is most of these things. But then I would say that,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewouldn’t I?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTime on Earth has songs which were written in direct response to loss and bereavement\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Undertaker, Fine and Dandy); songs striving for different kinds of belief (New Religion, Time on Earth, Miracle on the High Street); stories from either end of the cycles of life (Sixth Form Rock Boys, English Weather). And a few still searching for fulfilment of the heart. (Stay Lonely, Grey Garden, Soft Switch).\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI was lucky enough to be able to make the music with the help of multi-instrumentalist Ian Button\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Wreckless Eric, Death in Vegas, Papernut Cambridge) on the drums, bass maestro Andy Lewis (Spearmint, Paul Weller, and DJ at London’s legendary Blow Up Club and Soho Radio), long time guitarist Neil Scott (Everything But the Girl, Denim) and last but by no means least, Sean Read (Dexys, Edwyn Collins, Rockingbirds) who recorded and produced the album at his Famous Times Studios. As you would expect, I’m convinced it’s the best record I’ve made.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePete Astor is a musician, writer and educator. He led Creation Records’ groups The Loft and The\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWeather Prophets, writing songs and releasing records that helped define the sound of the label and the emerging Indie genre. He has gone on to a lengthy solo career since then; writing, recording and releasing music on a range of labels including Matador, Heavenly, Warp, EMI and Fortuna Pop. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe is Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Westminster. As well as touring extensively, he\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealso makes records with David Sheppard as Ellis Island Sound and releases his spoken word work as The Attendant on his label Faux Lux with the help of Ian Button. Since 2017 Astor has been signed to Tapete Records, home to Robert Forster, Lloyd Cole and Comet Gain among many estimable others.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1) New Religion 2) English Weather 3) Stay Lonely 4) Time On Earth 5) Miracle On The High Street\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e6) Sixth Form Rock Boys 7) Soft Switch 8) Grey Garden 9) Undertaker 10) Fine And Dandy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"Pete Astor - English Weather\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f2eVFpBPFlc\" height=\"286\" width=\"508\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f2eVFpBPFlc\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TAPETE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41750708191388,"sku":"TR511COL","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/image005_66373003-4063-497a-a913-cd3124bdc2ff.jpg?v=1657263142","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/pete-astor-time-on-earth-orange-lp","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}