Self-confessed Petrol Head (album)

by John Zonn

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1) a copy of the lyrics to 'La Dame Dans Le Bois'.
2) a copy of each of the 4 inner sleeve images.
3) a copy of each of the 2 CD label images.
4) a copy of the inner (double-sided) cover.
5) a copy of the combined front and back cover images, with spine.

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Full Digital Discography

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Songs Of Truth And Freedom (26min album), Bound To Lose - unreddy (1 song), A New Normal (1 song), The Passage Of Time (compilation album), The Corona Suite (25 minute album), Electric £and (two song single), A Portrait Of Cary Grant (single with B side), Mystery Of The Universe/Back In The 80's (double-single), and 9 more. , and , .

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1.	Mothbox 04:32	info	buy track
2.	Pack Up, Go Out, Turn On 01:15	info	buy track
3.	Girls' Names 02:54	info	buy track
4.	La Dame Dans Le Bois 04:37	lyrics	buy track
available as a bonus item
5.	Slipaway 02:26	info	buy track
6.	We Are All Fighting 05:21	info	buy track
7.	Through The Wood 03:52	info	buy track
8.	If Everyone Was The Same 04:58	info	buy track
9.	A Nasty Piece Of Work 04:08	info	buy track
10.	Anything In My Memory 05:20	info	buy track
11.	The Service Station Of My Dreams 04:38	info	buy track
12.	One Step Closer To Heaven 05:06	info	buy track
13.	Turn Off, Go In, Wind Down 01:14	info	buy track
14.	The Big Scrap Car Dealer In The Sky 03:09	info	buy track

about

Self-confessed Petrol Head was digitally stereo-recorded alongside the rumbling road of revs and rotor arms; a kind of 'get-out-of-the-house' collage of in-car capers... as much at home with the serious singer-songwriter strum-fests of the seventies as with the comically-crushing timorous tumultitudes of the tennies!

Although, alliteration aside, it's a damn good yarn... blessed with a bunch of blinding ballads, suffused with some striking sound structures. Argh! It's impossible! I'm just having real problems not repeating the first letters of consecutive words: goddamn!

Basically, this album is 14 tracks of pure road-movie wonder and the original bespoke hand-crafted card and paper covers were a delight to the vision and touch. It's now available in regular plastic CD album format. Dare you buy one???

Jay Snelling says: "I think the playing and songwriting are John's best yet".

credits

released November 24, 2014

All songs written, performed, recorded and produced by John Zonn, with additional soundscape samples. The cover design and photos are by John Zonn.

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John Zonn Lewes, UK

For free-thinkers everywhere, John Zonn creates songs and music inspired by the environment and people around him, including through actual life experiences.

The latest album - Songs Of Truth And Freedom - explores the music of protest.

Some quotes: "…half stand-up, half poetry, half music… ", "John Zonn is a breath of fresh air in music", "I salute you over and over again". ... more

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