 British
Classic Rock Icons Uriah Heep are pleased to announce the
upcoming release of their 25th studio album “Living the Dream”
on September 14th via Frontiers Music Srl.
Today the first single and video for the song “Grazed By Heaven”
has been released. It is available on all streaming services as
well as an instant download with digital pre-orders. Watch it
HERE
“Living The Dream” will be available in the following formats:
CD CD/DVD Collector's Box feat. CD/DVD + Exclusive T-Shirt
Standard Black Vinyl Blue Colored Vinyl - Exclusive to U.S.
Crystal Colored Vinyl - Exclusive to Frontiers EU Shop
For this album the band teamed up with renowned producer Jay
Ruston (Stone Sour, Anthrax, Steel Panther and more)
“Working with Jay was amazing! He totally understood what we
were going for on this album and he delivered big time. We
wanted a Heep album that the band and the fans would be proud
of, and with Jay at the helm, we have delivered that,” says Mick
Box.
When asked what people can expect from the new album Mick Box
says “There are rock songs, rock ballads, and a couple of prog
songs encompassing everything Heep.”
Vocalist Bernie Shaw adds that fans should also be ready for, “A
full blown ‘rockin’ Uriah Heep record. All the traits that made
Heep famous in the past are here on this new album. Passion,
power, harmony and substance. Heep trade marks from the first
riff.
Track Listing: 1. Grazed By Heaven 2. Living The Dream 3. Take
Away My Soul 4. Knocking At My Door 5. Rocks In The Road 6.
Waters Flowin’ 7. It’s All Been Said 8. Goodbye To Innocence 9.
Falling Under Your Spell 10. Dreams Of Yesteryear 11. Take Away
My Soul (alternate version) BONUS TRACK – CD/DVD Deluxe Ed.
Bonus DVD Track Listing: Grazed By Heaven Music Video Take Away
My Soul Music Video Making The Dream Documentary
Uriah Heep Lineup: Mick Box – Lead Guitar/Vocals Phil Lanzon –
Keyboards/Vocals Bernie Shaw – Lead Vocals Dave Rimmer – Bass
Guitar/Vocals Russell Gilbrook – Drums & Percussion
ABOUT URIAH HEEP: URIAH HEEP debuted in 1970 with the release of
one of hard rock’s milestones, “Very 'eavy... Very 'umble” and
have since sold in excess of 40 million albums worldwide. They
constantly tour the world, playing up to 125 shows a year to
500,000+ fans. The band’s live set features the classic tracks
from the '70s and is a musical journey from the band's
beginnings to the present day.
Along with Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, Uriah
Heep helped invent a decorative and uniquely British form of
heavy metal with their debut album, Very ‘Eavy, Very ‘Umble,
offered as a self-titled on American shores, but whatever the
titling, historically massive in the invention of a music format
that would rule the ‘70s and only intensify in the ‘80s.
Uriah Heep have been responsible for the most elevated and
intelligent use of vocals in a heavy metal context amongst the
major bands inventing the genre in the 1970s. It is for this
reason Heep were coined the Beach Boys of Heavy Metal, and their
influence is there for all to see in other bands including
‘Queen.’ They were also one of the forerunners of using the
Hammond organ along with Micks signature wah wah guitar and this
became the template for their sound.
Success has followed the forging of such an audacious formula.
Across 25 studio albums, along with myriad live releases and
compilations, Uriah Heep have managed to sell 40 million records
worldwide, four million of those in the US. Impressive American
numbers, but that leaves 36 million records to be sold in the
rest of the world, underscoring the fact that Uriah Heep have
become, through their relentless dedication to touring, a truly
global band, with particular success in Germany, Scandinavia,
Japan, Eastern Europe and Russia, where they were the first
Western rock band to play live in Moscow in December 1987 to
180,000 people.
Through their success as Rock n’ Roll pioneers this enabled
other bands to follow in their wake and Russia is now part of
every bands touring schedule.
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Phil Lanzon is
not exactly any one. Since 1986 he has been official
keyboard player for the Uriah Heep, and over the years
he has played with Sweet, Grand Prix, Mick Ronson and
John Lawton, just to name a few random names. One who
has taken away his satisfactions, in short. And, like
Cesare Ragazzi of the good old days, he put in his head
a wonderful idea, that of the solo record - however,
exquisitely self-produced.
He is surrounded by highly experienced rock musicians,
who have gone by names that shake their wrists (Alan
Parson Project, Pendragon, Arena, It Bites, Van
Morrison), and with the support of Richard Cottle who
has been involved with him of the arrangements, he
created this 'If You Think I'm Crazy'. A record that
already from the surreal - and well-kept - cover,
suggests the golden times of the British prog. But not
only because the sources of inspiration that appear in
the course of the album are different, even if the rock
/ progressive matrix remains constant, with some obvious
hard splashes.
Listening to “Mind Over Matter” opener it is impossible
not to think about the Magnums, or the more melodic Ten,
for the elegance and effectiveness of the melodic lines.
Elegance in particular that reveals the true theme of
the record, that we are talking about the airy rock of
“Kelly Gang” the pop / rock melodies of “I Knew I Was
Dreaming” or the acoustic feeling of “I Saw Two Englands
“- that is closer to Billy Joel than most of the things
you usually find on these pages.
There is so much substance on this record, which is all
but a parade of stars - Phil Lanzon himself always puts
his keys to the service of the songs, as do their fellow
adventurers, each at its highest level. Or, the prog
evolution of “Lover's Highway” the 'AOL' commercial of “Carolin”
the majestic chorus of “Forest” and the hard energy of
“The Bells” perhaps the only piece to have a distant
array Uriah Heep . If you notice, in the end we have
quoted almost all the songs, and it is basically
unavoidable, since everyone shows a different aspect of
a disk that has much in common with a mosaic of cards,
different but stuck to perfection. Speaking of surprise
is perhaps exaggerated, given the musicians involved,
but 'If You Think I'm Crazy' is a small masterpiece out
of time, a real gem that deserves to be discovered and
admired.
Loud and proud magazine
Phil Lanzon, keyboard player with Uriah Heep, steps out
from the band’s wing and delivers a consummate set of
keyboard driven progressive rock here. Produced by Simon
Hanhart and orchestrated by Richard Cottle gives this a
rich, multi-layered sound in a way you don’t hear so
often in these days of Pro-Tools.
This is what a solo album should be, it goes places his
other band doesn’t and you sense him having a go at
whatever tickles his fancy, no more so than the almost
nine-minute prog track “ The Forest” that closes the
album.
PowerPlay magazine
This is a collection of mixed genre tunes with a few
surprises thrown in. I just needed an opportunity to get
them recorded, and the opportunity came about in the
first half of this year, 2017.
I’ll say a huge thanks again to Simon and Rich for
smashing it all into shape, and all the musicians and
singers who helped me on this journey. In the early
stages I never imagined the project to grow to such a
stature - but it did, and you were all brilliant!
Phil
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Long known as the
keyboardist for Uriah Heep (since 1986), Phil Lanzon
possesses a range of artistic endeavors that includes
music, painting and writing, and he enjoys a solo career
as well as his work with the band. Lanzon will release a
new album, titled 48 Seconds, on July 15 (2019).
The title track is based on the famously destructive
earthquake that shook San Francisco in 1906. While
natural disasters are not the typical subject matter
found in rock songs, “48 Seconds” is an orchestral opus
that displays Lanzon’s deftness as a composer. Lanzon
explains how the song came about:
“I started to get into books at the age of about 10.
While sifting through my local library I came across a
book called The San Francisco Earthquake. The title
caught my attention as I had no idea about natural
disasters at the time. The book left a huge impression
on me and later I realized it was empathy for the people
who suffered and the wonder of the power of nature that
somehow gripped my sub-conscious.”
It wasn’t until many years later that the memory of the
story rose in his mind, creating the motivation to write
a song. After several attempts at demoing the song,
Lanzon said he wasn’t happy with the results and shelved
it. For years, the song, which had originally began to
take form in the late 70s, remained incomplete.
In 2017, he decided to take his creation out of draft
mode and finish it.
“It was a bit of a mountain to climb. I knew it was
going to work at some point because it had the right
feel and the right intention. I found it fascinating. I
never intended to go down this road originally but it
sort of grew into this thing. I think also it enlightens
people to realize that nature is going to have the last
word in the end. Regardless of what we think and what we
try to do, it’ll have us in the end. I think we ought to
just be aware of it in our daily life, and if we are it
would help us see things clearer and not be so blind to
what’s going on underneath our feet.”
After doing extensive research on the earthquake, Lanzon
had the lyrical makeup of “48 Seconds” to put to music.
The story, he says, has a lot of ups and downs. “It
starts optimistically. Then it becomes very sad. But it
ends optimistically, with a message.” The elaborate
composition, which is just under 10 minutes in length,
was recorded with a 23-piece orchestra along with
guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums, as well as a choir
of more than 60 people.
Currently, Uriah Heep is on tour with Judas Priest until
the end of June before heading off to festivals in
Europe. In addition to playing keyboards with the band
at night, he’s also handling the duties that come along
with the release of his solo album.
“I’m pretty busy, he says. “I can’t really stop. I don’t
know how to stop. (Laughs) That’s the truth.”
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