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Vinyl Records London are on cloud nine, we are now spinning in a brand new copy in Blue Vinyl from Willy Mason 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 everyonersquos 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.ldquoAlready Dead is a spiritual state to aspire to it is freedom from the trappings and inhibitions of onersquos ego, culture, and mythology. It is freedom and love and freedom to love in the face of death,rdquo tells Willy of the philosophy behind the writing. ldquoItrsquos about the necessary destruction of onersquos mythology mythology of species, sex, race, nation, self. Itrsquos 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.rdquoSparkling opener and first single lsquoYouth On A Spitrsquo is one of Willyrsquos heaviest tracks to date ldquoI feel no pain Irsquove already bled You canrsquot kill me Irsquom already dead,rdquo 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. ldquoI 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,rdquo Willy says. ldquoAll the concern and care I have for people, fear, frustration and sadness, all came pouring out.Sparkling opener lsquoYouth On A Spitrsquo is one of Willyrsquos heaviest tracks to date ldquoI feel no pain Irsquove already bled You canrsquot kill me Irsquom already dead,rdquo 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 ldquoThe Truth is LoveThe Truth is LifeThe Truth is Sowing Paradise, whilst preparing for Hell, ldquoThings wersquod do to each otherIrsquom worried to discoverrdquo Gilded Lie. All the while pleading and appealing to onersquos nation as if to a wayward lover ldquooh my countryyou were bornas a branch from a tree of thornsof poison apple poison treeyoursquove fallen far but roots run deeprdquo Oh My Country. Even those considering themselves above suspicion cannot hide ldquoWilfully ignoranta false equivalencesmitten with shamea pawn in the gamerdquo 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 lsquoWorth Itrsquo and looks towards reaching a definitive destination after the soldiering on of early LPs Carry On 2012 and If the Ocean Gets Rough 2007 ldquoThe 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 Itrsquos Worth Itrdquo.After seeing the world on countless tours and supporting independent music communities, Willyrsquos next move looks to be even greater. ldquoAlready Dead captures the feeling of these times and Irsquom trying to give people encouragement, whatever that may be or look like,rdquo he says. Here lies unquestionable truth life might be uncertain, but to be Already Dead is just the beginning.