Ashley Reaks - Here's To The Good Life

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1.	Hate Me (And I’ll Hate You) 04:07	buy track
2.	Brother Joe 05:14	buy track
3.	Ghost Town In My Heart 04:34	buy track
4.	In The Rubbish Bin 02:23	buy track
5.	Monster Of Suburbia 04:09	buy track
6.	Serena 04:58	buy track
7.	Here’s To The Good Life 03:30	buy track
8.	Elizabeth’s Loneliness 04:30	buy track
9.	She Left Me For Dead 03:33	buy track
10.	Every Day Is A New Beginning 10:02	buy track

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SOUND ON SOUND
With such leftfield presentation, it's a surprise to find that Reaks has left obvious punk influences behind for slick AOR on this record. He and his band have the assured smoothness of seasoned musicians, with some very nice brass arrangements topping things off nicely. Yet Chris Rea this is not: Reaks' subversive lyrics carry more barbs than a well‑equipped fishing party, and his arrangements occasionally jolt the listener with unexpected deviations into ska or music‑hall — the skiffle‑tinted title track is a particular highlight. Excellent.

PLAY MUSIC
Studded with references to psychopaths and domestic violence, this is pretty bleak stuff, laid out over a disarmingly eclectic pop backdrop.'Ghost Town In My Heart' for example, sounds like The Specials reciting T.S Elliot's 'The Wasteland' over a backing track of Sade's 'Smooth Operator'. Weird. There is an obvious intelligence behind these tracks and the result is a compelling, if occasionally uncomfortable experience.

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released April 21, 2015

2015 Metal Postcard

Ashley Reaks - Vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards 

Frank Mizen - Guitars, pedal steel, banjo, ukulele, keyboards, vocals

 Rob Bentley - Acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals 

Simon Cooper, Drums, percussion 

Maria Jardardottir – Vocals 

Lucy Mizen – Vocals 

Dave Kemp - Saxophone, accordion 

Wayne Robinson – Saxophone 

Dan Webster - Trumpet

Recorded and mixed by Dan Mizen at Active Audio Studios, Harrogate in 2010

All songs written by Ashley Reaks

Artwork by Ashley Reaks

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