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Magic, miracles, ghosts, world leaders these days it seems there is little left to believe in. Lies outweigh truth and even truth can be dangerous. Raising everyones spirits Already Dead ndash the fourth album and the first for nine years from Willy Mason explores honesty and deception, anonymity in the digital age, good intentions with unexpected consequences, freedom, colonialism, love, god, and purpose because, its storyteller says, now is the time to restore some muchneeded faith. Already Dead is a spiritual state to aspire to it is freedom from the trappings and inhibitions of ones ego, culture, and mythology. It is freedom and love and freedom to love in the face of death, tells Willy of the philosophy behind the writing. Its about the necessary destruction of ones mythology mythology of species, sex, race, nation, self. Its about the pain and tragedy that comes with such destruction, but also about the freedom, possibility and opportunity for reconciliation reconciliation with the natural world and with each other. Sparkling opener and first single Youth On A Spit is one of Willys heaviest tracks to date I feel no pain Ive already bled You cant kill me Im already dead, he taunts, through doublesided declaration of invincibility before embarking upon a biting, bold, and caring tour through the purgatory of life in 21st century North America. Voyaging across the cracks of a bleak and crumbling landscape, beauty begins to blossom as Already Dead casts new shades of meaning when applied to a society and culture teetering on the edge between reinvention and dissolution.Already Dead arrives at a time when certain words must be said. It is a quest for love in a society which fears and discourages it for truth and justice in a society which prioritises convenience and profit. I ended up diving so deeply into this record because it felt at the time, like the only way I could hope to do some good for somebody, Willy says. All the concern and care I have for people, fear, frustration and sadness, all came pouring out.Sparkling opener Youth On A Spit is one of Willys heaviest tracks to date I feel no pain Ive already bled You cant kill me Im already dead, he taunts, through doublesided declaration of invincibility before embarking upon a biting, bold, and caring tour through the purgatory of life in 21st century North America reaching for Heaven The Truth is LoveThe Truth is LifeThe Truth is Sowing Paradise, whilst preparing for Hell, Things wed do to each otherIm worried to discover Gilded Lie. All the while pleading and appealing to ones nation as if to a wayward lover oh my countryyou were bornas a branch from a tree of thornsof poison apple poison treeyouve fallen far but roots run deep Oh My Country. Even those considering themselves above suspicion cannot hide Wilfully ignoranta false equivalencesmitten with shamea pawn in the game One Of The Good Ones.Voyaging across the cracks of a bleak and crumbling landscape, beauty begins to blossom as Already Dead casts new shades of meaning when applied to a society and culture teetering on the edge between reinvention and dissolution. Hope, without promise, develops into its own suspended resolution with ripping album closer Worth It and looks towards reaching a definitive destination after the soldiering on of early LPs Carry On 2012 and If the Ocean Gets Rough 2007 The seed and the sowingthe need and the growingthe hope and the hatredthe faith and the sacredthe thief and the servantthe fazed and the ferventI Know Its Worth It .After seeing the world on countless tours and supporting independent music communities, Willys next move looks to be even greater. Already Dead captures the feeling of these times and Im trying to give people encouragement, whatever that may be or look like, he says. Here lies unquestionable truth life might be uncertain, but to be Already Dead is just the beginning. Willy Mason Vinyl is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £22 +P&P