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Serotonin

by Lester Square

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    All songs written and performed by Lester Square
    except ‘Shaken Not Stirred’, ‘Blakes Dream’ and ‘50 Guitars’
    which were written and performed by Lester Square and Craig Gannon.

    Vocal on ‘Pachelbel’s Pistol’ by Jenny Besoin
    Sitar intro on Prime Time (Cowboys and Indians): Bobby Lightfoot
    Guest guitarists on ‘50 Guitars’: Jeremy Wilson, Andy Vaughan,
    Ian Evans, Jen Denitto, Ciaron Marlow, Andy Bushrod, Brian Nupp,
    Nate Stiles, Cliff Adams, Mark Ashe and Steve Thompson.

    Thanks to WebbFilmsUk, gorest, Veridiansunrise, staticpony1, TheMaxMan,
    betchkal, rakurka, Ty Ford, cedarstudios, juskiddink, Iamgeorgio, jmichelsen, Cornwallis89,
    julietteg, Omar Alvarado, mattpavone, Matt bronka, Mark Legend and askeseverin
    of the Freesound community for samples used on this collection.

    Many thanks to Simon Croft for his technical chops
    Back cover photo by Jo Gaskell


    Mastered by Craig Gannon

    All songs published by Cherry Red Songs
    except Shaken Not Stirred, Blake’s Dream and 50 Guitars,
    published by Cherry Red Songs/Fairwood Music


    Recorded at Liberal Elite Studios, Islington, 2018

    Dedicated to Harriet, Beatrice, Olivia and Jo


    www.facebook.com/lester.square.9

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1.
Cassini Godspeed 04:26
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2.
Blake's Dream 05:31
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3.
Serotonin 03:11
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4.
Privates on Parade 04:42
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5.
Pachelbel's Pistol 04:58
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6.
Prime Time (Cowboys and Indians) 04:11
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7.
Shaken Not Stirred 03:44
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8.
L'Olivarie 06:44
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9.
50 Guitars 08:12
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10.
White Christmas 02:09
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about

The new Lester Square (Adam and the Ants, The Monochrome Set) album, Serotonin, follows up last year's Carcass with yet more melodic soundscapes crammed with the kind of earworms and guitar hooks that were his Monochrome Set calling card.

He is joined by guests such as Craig Gannon (Aztec Camera, The Bluebells, The Smiths) and Andy Vaughan (Victory Through Sound) to produce a toe-tapping, fender bender of an opus, infused with a lush filmic sense of mood and everywhere the plangent sound of the guitar, in all its incarnations. From the space disco of Cassini Godspeed to the raga redux of Prime Time; from the 'Carry On' square bashing of Privates on Parade to the psychedelia of the title track; from the pastoral poignancy of L'Olivarie to the 'strum und drang' of Shaken Not Stirred; Serotonin is an album of infectious melody but with all the edge and verve you would expect from this mover and shaker of the Indy Sound.


So move over Duane Eddy; sling your hooks Tommy Garrett; thanks, but no thanks Hank. With this feel good album, Lester Square is now claiming the aural high ground.


Johnny Besoin

credits

released January 5, 2018

All songs written and performed by Lester Square
except ‘Shaken Not Stirred’, ‘Blakes Dream’ and ‘50 Guitars’
which were written and performed by Lester Square and Craig Gannon.

Vocal on ‘Pachelbel’s Pistol’ by Jenny Besoin
Sitar intro on Prime Time (Cowboys and Indians): Bobby Lightfoot
Guest guitarists on ‘50 Guitars’: Jeremy Wilson, Andy Vaughan,
Ian Evans, Jen Denitto, Ciaron Marlow, Andy Bushrod, Brian Nupp,
Nate Stiles, Cliff Adams, Mark Ashe and Steve Thompson.

Thanks to WebbFilmsUk, gorest, Veridiansunrise, staticpony1, TheMaxMan,
betchkal, rakurka, Ty Ford, cedarstudios, juskiddink, Iamgeorgio, jmichelsen, Cornwallis89,
julietteg, Omar Alvarado, mattpavone, Matt bronka, Mark Legend and askeseverin
of the Freesound community for samples used on this collection.

Many thanks to Simon Croft for his technical chops
Back cover photo by Jo Gaskell


Mastered by Craig Gannon

Cubist Records 02

All songs published by Cherry Red Songs
except Shaken Not Stirred, Blake’s Dream and 50 Guitars,
published by Cherry Red Songs/Fairwood Music


Recorded at Liberal Elite Studios, Islington, 2018

Dedicated to Harriet, Beatrice, Olivia and Jo


www.facebook.com/lester.square.9

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Lester Square London, UK

The original guitarist in Adam and the Ants before co-founding The Monochrome Set with whom he has recorded eleven studio albums.

"Guitarist Lester Square sprinkled sharp-edged fills into the sprawling melodic arches."
Die Welt

"Lester Square's guitar style influenced The Smiths, the Glasgow and Edinburgh Post Punk scenes, and then their successors, Franz Ferdinand."
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