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Pagan Wanderer Lu

I don't need you to fight my battles for me

About Me

Video for 'The Tree of Knowledge' single released 29th October
About PWL
A solo artist and songwriter gigging under the PWL brand name since 2000. PWL has recorded and self released 12 EPs and two albums. The most recent of which have been released/reissued by Brainlove Records. He currently lives in Cardiff and recently formed a backing band called the Volunteers.
Records
Perfection R.I.P.
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The Tree of Knowledge
**Released 29th October**
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'The Independent Scrutineer' - Out Now on Brainlove Records
or download from eMusic , Music Gremlin , or iTunes.


'Build Library Here (or else!)'
**Re-released 3rd September 2007**
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Articles
'DiScover' feature on Drowned in Sound
Interview feature in Maps Magazine.
Live review on Artrocker.
Interview on Subba Cultcha
Interview with Blue Jumpers.
What the papers say
'Whether its Nintendo-folk, folktronica or Casio-coustic, it sounds like someone gleefully hammering together two pieces of a jigsaw that arent supposed to fit.' - Drowned In Sound 'Picks for 2006'
'A warped genius, like Hans Christian Andersen as sung by Mark E Smith.'
'A man with a musical brain quite unlike any other'
- Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales
'Like Britpop Dismantled' - eMusic
'If, like us, you've got a soft spot for a bit of satirical genius backed by a damn good pop song, look no further.' - This Is Fake DIY
'Taking the art school dramatic of TV On The Radio and giving it a death march stomp, Pagan Wanderer Lu again astounds us with his vision, promise and sonic ability - never has something so miserable sounded so vital… ' - Subba Cultcha
'In a parallel universe somewhere (where there is less war and more wonky electronic pop), Repetition 2 has been number 1 for 8 weeks.' - Single of The Year - The Console
'The stinging guitar, crashing keyboards and freaky, mutated effects, all sound like the product of a number of wide eyed, e-number ridden children re-writing some mouthy folk songs.' - MapsMagazine.co.uk
'Like Graham Coxon's earlier and stranger solo material as covered by the Aphex Twin using only stuff he's found at car boot sales' - ManchesterMusic.co.uk
'Electro-tinged folk with a heavy pop heart at its core, with each beat another heart is broken.' - Subba Cultcha
'Wryly seething lyrics are married to lo-fi keyboards that smash up pop melodies and attempt to wire them back together in a skewiff fashion.' - Sweeping The Nation

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/9/2005
Band Website: paganwandererlu.co.uk
Band Members: p.w.l. - singing, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, various keyboards, synths, grooveboxes, samplers, drums, bells, harmonica, wrench, ebow, omnichord, accordion, laptop, ocarina, marimba, tapes, ukelele, auto accomp, glockenspiel.
Influences: The Fiery Furnaces, Pulp, Belle & Sebastian, Kurt Vonnegut, Aphex Twin, Bright Eyes, Bill Drummond, Pavement, Will Oldham, The Velvet Underground, Talking Heads, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, The Magnetic Fields, Neutral Milk Hotel, Daniel Johnston.
This is what I've listened to recently:

My 'Top Weekly Artists':

Sounds Like: Strongly worded letters from a road safety fascist set to bedroom electro indie pop tunes.
Record Label: Brainlove Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Gigs (london/manchester/leeds/brighton/oxford) & Album

Hello all,Here's the latest on PWL gigs from now until the end of summer. There's loads of mini Brainlove-organised festivals happening around the place featuring the usual Brainlove posse and lots of...
Posted by Pagan Wanderer Lu on Fri, 23 May 2008 10:03:00 PST

PWL on TV now on YouTube

Hi All,My TV debut on ITV Wales’ ’Unsigned’ (yeah I know) programme can now be seen online here: Includes the tree of knowledge video (which must be worth watching again) an...
Posted by Pagan Wanderer Lu on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:18:00 PST

Stephen Green

Go fuck yourself you sad little man. I considered writing a song about you but you don't deserve any more of my time.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7289306.stmp.w.l....
Posted by Pagan Wanderer Lu on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:15:00 PST

Interview with Kruger Magazine

As part of their 'One Man Band Month' I did a Q&A with Kruger Magazine. Learn about my extraordinary lifestyle here:http://www.krugermagazine.com/content/view/1419/10994/A lso here's another one I did ...
Posted by Pagan Wanderer Lu on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:21:00 PST

People who read Q magazine should have their CD players confiscated

Q magazine have just posted their list of the 50 best British albums EVAR. and it is, frankly, depressing. Both in its predictability and the fact that it has clearly been voted for by people who prob...
Posted by Pagan Wanderer Lu on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:58:00 PST

Live tracks on last.fm

Hello,I did a gig last weekend at the Old Blue Last for Last.fm. They recorded the whole thing and the recording is now online here.There are two new/old but unplayed for ages songs on there too.enjoy...
Posted by Pagan Wanderer Lu on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:43:00 PST

Facebook group

Is this interesting? I've made a facebook group for PWL fans:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7808723039I kind of promised myself I was never going to do this but everyone else seems to have one ...
Posted by Pagan Wanderer Lu on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:44:00 PST

Public Service Broadcast 9 compilation

Hello fans,Happy new year and all that shite. Looks suspiciously like last year to me, anyway...My song 'Perfection or a Simple Life' is currently to be found gracing the Small Town America Records 'P...
Posted by Pagan Wanderer Lu on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:17:00 PST

Kind Words from Huw Stephens and others

Huw Stephens wrote thusly in the Western Mail."EVERY week on my Radio 1 show we celebrate a DIY label of the week. There's more than plenty to choose from."Recently, the featured label was Brainlove r...
Posted by Pagan Wanderer Lu on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:43:00 PST

Tree of Knowledge single - available now

Dear Followers,I am delighted to announce that my new single 'The Tree of Knowledge' is released today from Brainlove Records.It's available to download from iTunes and eMusic and other download sites...
Posted by Pagan Wanderer Lu on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:24:00 PST