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Available with Vinyl records London. Picture Disc Vinyl Records Picture Disc Paul Draper Strictly Limited Picture Disc edition of Cult Leader Tactics.Track Listing A.1 Cult Leader Tactics A.2 Internationalle A.3 Dirty Trix A.4 Cult Leader Tactics In EFlat Minor A.5 Youve Got No Life Skills, Baby A.6 U Killed My Fish B.1 Everyone Becomes A Problem Eventually B.2 Annie B.3 Talkin Behind My Back B.4 Omega Man feat. Steven Wilson B.5 Lyin Bout Who U Sleep With “Meaty artrock, austere orchestral interludes and driving future pop” Classic Rock – 810 “Cult Leader Tactics is sleek and smart, full of melody, humour and flair” Record Collector – 4Former Mansun frontman, Paul Draper, returned in early 2022 with a collection of his finest songwriting since the bands’ imperial phase. Cult Leader Tactics, is a selfhelp manual on how to become a complete cult in the music industry and is his first solo album since 2017’s muchlauded Spooky Action. Cult Leader Tactics offers a satirical analysis of the selfhelp manual genre. A guide on how you can get to the top of your chosen profession, or ahead in life and in affairs of the heart, by acting in a Machiavellian manner, employing dirty tricks or ‘Cult Leader Tactics’ to achieve your life goals. After experiencing these types of human behaviours and themes, the album arrives at the conclusion that the only true answer in life is love.Paul plays the majority of the instruments on the album, including lead vocals, guitar and various Moogs and synthesisers. An album produced with longtime collaborator and acclaimed producer Paul ‘PDub’ Walton Massive Attack, The Cure, Bjork at Loft Studios, it also includes guest appearances from Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson and Gam of the band Sweat as well as featuring a 288person C.L.T. Lockdown Choir. Cult Leader Tactics offers a selection of Paul’s most focused and ambitious work so far, a brilliantly dark commentary on an industry he is all too aware of.
