Johnny Lloyd Announces New Solo Record: ‘La La La’ + Unveils Laid-Back Lead Single: ‘2367’

Hot on the heels of his stately soundtrack for the ‘Rare Beasts’ feature-film, JOHNNY LLOYD is announcing details of a new solo album this Summer.

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Simply titled, ‘La La La’, Johnny’s third official album under his own name is confirmed for release on 16th July 2021, via Xtra Mile Recordings. The album follows 2019’s ‘Next Episode Starts In 15 Seconds’ and 2020’s ‘Cheap Medication’, finding the Tribes frontman and film composer on track with his pledge to continue writing an album a year.

On typically prolific form, ‘La La La’ features 14 brand new tracks, produced by Max Clilverd, Johnny and Nathan Coen (with whom he co-wrote the ‘Rare Beasts’ OST) and further mixed and mastered by Frank Turner. With the songs predominantly dating back to a songwriting purple-patch between ‘Next Episode...’ and ‘Cheap Medication’, the album was finalised by Johnny during sessions at his Dorset home earlier this year.

Though written during the darkest of winter days in January 2021, you’ll hear no-such bleakness in the arrangements of this latest collection; especially so in the case of its summer-y, sun-kissed lead single: ‘2367’.

Shedding light on the track, Johnny says: “I’ve had this riff for a long time. The song (‘2367’) was lyrically more abstract, musically more complicated and it goes down that slightly seventies groove-based sound... it didn’t sound like anything else I’ve ever done before. It really pops.”

Offering a more situational and less personal style of songwriting than in previous releases, ‘La La La’ is a record that finds Lloyd more comfortable in his own skin than ever and in inquisitive form. Alongside fine examples of the kind of tender acoustic ballads that Lloyd does so well (‘Night Guard’, ‘Don’t Swim Stoned’), there’s dashes of electronica (‘Joypolis’) and pepperings of Nashville-preened country (such as on the harmonica-driven ‘Beautiful World’, or the pedal-steel arranged ‘It’s On You’); Cure-esque new wave (‘Perfect Body’) to stripped-back ukulele folk songs (‘Moments On Earth’), and much, much more.

Closing the set is the retro-styled rock jam of ‘God Bless Ronnie Wood’, a track that signs off ‘La La La’ with a rousing homage to the iconic Stones axeman. As Johnny praises:

“Ronnie Wood is my ultimate hero. He’s the ultimate kind of guitarist in that he plays for the band. In the seventies when everyone in the Stones was trying to play up front, he just really slotted in perfectly. I just love him, so I wrote this song about him... It’s about keeping your chin-up and carrying on, which I think Ronnie would always represent. He keeps the mood upbeat and carries on and has a laugh doing it.”

Since bursting onto the scene in 2010 as frontman of indie-rock outfit Tribes, Johnny Lloyd has gone on to establish himself as a prolific solo artist and esteemed film composer. Alongside his solo studio output (‘Next Episode Starts in 15 Seconds’, ‘Cheap Medication’, plus a pair of rarities collections entitled ‘Low Fidelity’ Volumes 1 & 2 ), Johnny has also contributed music for numerous TV & Film productions including ‘Frank of Ireland’, ‘Sex Education’, ‘Legacy of Lies’, ‘After Life’, plus the Sky Atlantic series ‘I Hate Suzie’. Releasing the official motion picture soundtrack for Billie Piper’s critically acclaimed ‘Rare Beasts’ film earlier this year, Lloyd is also planning new material and shows with the recently reactivated Tribes, with a date fixed at the Kentish Town O2 Forum on 4 December (tickets).

Not a man to rest on his laurels, Johnny Lloyd will release his accomplished third solo album: ‘La La La’ in just a few weeks time. Evidence of an artist continuing to push himself musically, creatively and positively, the record will be released on all platforms from 16th July 2021.

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