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It’s out today and features Baz. Pretty bloody good it is as well!
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Is it called "Is Vic Dead?"


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From the press release:

“When we demoed the track we knew it would be a bit special, and to match the reflective nature of the lyric we wanted to evoke the wistful kinda vibe that The Stranglers achieved on their classic “Relentless”. With that in mind, there was only one man to ask to add some ‘mood’ guitar. After hearing the track, Baz immediately agreed and sent something like 10 different guitar parts over the next couple of days. His playing definitely lifted the track even further.”

Single is called So Far Away if anyone is interested.
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It sounds quite good.
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I always thought the keyboard especially the outro in Is Vic There? Reminded me of the outro to Raven.
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