1313 Mocking Bird Lane, by PAUL ROLAND

1313 Mocking Bird Lane

by PAUL ROLAND

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1.	Salon of the Senses 06:17	buy track
2.	In My Next Life (original version) 05:07	buy track
3.	When Chet Baker Sings 03:20	buy track
4.	Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? 02:34	buy track
5.	She's A Mind-Reader 04:09	buy track
6.	Ju Ju Man 03:53	buy track
7.	Joe Strummer Said 03:25	buy track
8.	Another Ingmar Bergman Interlude (original version) 04:43	buy track
9.	Little White Lies 03:39	buy track
10.	Won't Go Surfin' No More 03:56	buy track
11.	She's My Guru 04:08	buy track
12.	Summer of Love 03:06	buy track
13.	1313 Mocking Bird Lane 03:47	buy track
14.	Bonus track - Summer of Love (alternate mix) 03:07	buy track
15.	Bonus track - Little White Lies (acoustic mix) 03:37	buy track
16.	Bonus track - In My Next Life (alternate version) 05:16	buy track
17.	Another Ingmar Bergman Interlude (alternate version) 04:51	buy track

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Paul Roland goes to 1313 Mocking Bird Lane

Paul Roland’s 20th album 1313 Mocking Bird Lane finds him on a critical and musical high. Jason Barnard speaks to Paul to discuss how this LP fits into his 40 year musical journey.
‘1313 Mocking Bird Lane’ is one of your strongest sets of songs. How long does this material date back to – are some from your archives or are they all recently written?

I agree it’s one of my strongest albums, probably because I was in the mood to write short 3 minute psych-pop singles which means uptempo songs with quirky themes, strong hooks and short, memorable little licks and countermelodies in the instrumentation. It’s my sixties psychpop-surf album and was a lot of fun to write and record. Even the self-pitying ‘Another Ingmar Bergman Interlude’ and ‘In My Next Life’ are very tongue-in-cheek.

That’s why it was so frustrating to have it sitting on a shelf for about 4 years! I was persuaded to put it aside after recording ‘White Zombie’ in a state of the art studio in Italy because it sounded similar production-wise to ‘Bitter & Twisted’ which preceded it and the label thought it was too garage (which was intentional of course!). But after several abortive attempts to re-record it in Italy I listened to the original recordings again and told the label it was perfect as it was. I wouldn’t change anything. I told them ‘put it out, or I’ll release it’.

The only changes I made were substituting some of the weaker songs for 4 new songs recorded about a year and a half after the original album was finished and the last-minute addition of backing vocals by Anna Barbazza which does add a nice sheen to those tracks.
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'House of Prog' review January 2020
We have pop, psychedelia, Beatles, garage punk and surf all mixed together with Paul’s somewhat twisted and dark sense of humour, and the only thing to do is to sit down and settle in for what will undoubtedly be an incredibly interesting ride. I am sure the Clash frontman would be smiling if he could hear “Joe Strummer Said”, while my favourite has to be “Won’t Go Surfin’ No More” which has strummed acoustic guitar and picked electric guitar in a way very similar to many songs from the surf genre. Although his punk style sneering vocals are more Joey Ramone than Brian Wilson, and I am sure the Beach Boys never had a song as bleak as this. Here we have 13 songs which are a solid slab of Sixties nostalgia, but the far dirtier and menacing side. His use of organ as opposed to synthesisers along with over-driven and distorted guitars, makes this a garage classic which should have been released more than 50 years ago. Paul released his first album as long ago as 1980 and is showing no sign whatsoever of slowing down, and for fans of the genre this is well worth investigating.

Rating: 7/10

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released February 11, 2023

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Paul Roland England, UK

Formerly managed by June Bolan, Paul has been spinning supernatural and historical-themed tales against a backdrop of gothic rock, psych-pop and baroque strings, earning him the sobriquet, ‘The Male Kate Bush' (attributed to former label mate Robyn Hitchcock) ... more

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