What Are people saying about the album Beautiful Car Wreck?
" 8/10 This is an independent release from a Hertfordshire-based singer/songwriter that caught my attention as soon as it started. It is the culmination of two years of hard work, originally conceived as an acoustic album. The result is a very well crafted album of 11 personal songs of pain and hope. The title track is a confident and well realised pop song; in contrast "Holding Out" is a great funk/rock track with a nifty little acoustic solo and showcases an impressive vocal range. The style is gentle acoustic rock, not a challenging listen but also it never descends into bedroom muse predictability though... Richard has a striking voice and is a talented guitarist, making this an album that I know will grow and grow on me." Paul Kerslake @ CrossRhythms.co.uk
"It seems fatefully perfect that the debut album from Richard Lee should arrive in the mail during a string of much needed sunny days. A seasonal gift for the summer, an extra layer for a cool lighter evening. The striking acoustic style has been developed over a relatively short time, incredibly well seasoned for such an unfashioned and gifted singer / songwriter. Lyrically very human and vocally very honest.
Hands up, we're guilty of the first degree regarding the amount of exposure we give to solo artists. You have got to be tough as nails to produce an predominately acoustic project, no hiding behind multi-tracks and samples, you are ultimately laid bear and unfolded for world to see. One of life's labours of love, that's coming from me, a failed guitarist who has only managed to learn eleven basic chords.
Richard is playing live over the coming months, have a nose at his website and show a sense of support, there's a full listing of future shows." MOJOPHENIA
- Mind Over Music
"Well what can I say. Fantastic. You have really hit the spot for me. I think you have a great voice and your songs are extremely poetic. I had a listen and I had the old goose bumps while listening to Beautiful Car Wreck..." Al Barrow - Bassist from MAGNUM
"I got this album last summer and didn't listen to it, I don't know why as it's really rather good" Andy Vale @ GU2 Radio
- BIOGRAPHY -
Born in Windsor and force fed Cliff Richard and Dire Straits on ridiculously long car journey’s with his parents and 4 siblings on their yearly holidays in a clapped out old Citroen it wasn’t until Richards’ early teens that he picked up the guitar for the first time with the intention of impressing girls.
The impressing girls never quite happened and the longer he spent on the guitar the more his fingers hurt but the better the songs got. Failed piano lessons behind him, and a career in his church’s junior choir cut short by his voice breaking, Richard had found his place behind an acoustic guitar.
Initially cutting his teeth on Open Mic nights, and later forays into the London music scene, through to playing anywhere and everywhere, the funds were raised to record the studio album Beautiful Car Wreck.
From the opening track Beautiful Car Wreck, a song about a failed relationship and it’s similarities to a car wreck, through to the closing track of My Town, it’s an album of catchy choruses, hook filled harmonies, genuine lyrics, and a voice that has a warmth and intimacy that makes these songs uniquely compelling. This can be heard in any of Richard’s live performances with the songs making you sit up and listen even in the loudest of venues.
Summer 2009 see's Richard playing at 4 UK music festivals with plans underway for a late 2009/early 2010 EP release.
Richard's Debut Studio Album is available NOW from:
www.richleemusic.com
www.cdbaby.com
and NOW on iTunes