Cult Leader Tactics

PAUL DRAPER RETURNS WITH HIS NEW ALBUM - 'CULT LEADER TACTICS' STRICTLY LIMITED DELUXE 4 DISC 60-PAGE BOOK EDITION FEATURING EXCLUSIVE EXTRACTS FROM THE SATIRICAL SELF-HELP MANUAL 'CULT LEADER TACTICS'

Former Mansun frontman, Paul Draper, returns with a collection of his finest songwriting since the bands' imperial phase. 'Cult Leader Tactics' is a self-help manual on how to become a complete cult in the music industry & is his first solo album since 2017's much-lauded 'Spooky Action'.

'Cult Leader Tactics' offers a satirical analysis of the self-help manual genre. A guide on how you can get to the top of your chosen profession, or ahead in life & in affairs of the heart, by acting in a Machiavellian manner, employing dirty tricks or 'Cult Leader Tactics' to achieve your life goals. After experiencing these types of human behaviours & themes, the album arrives at the conclusion that the only true answer in life is love.

Paul plays most of the instruments on the album, including lead vocals, guitar & various Moogs & synthesisers. An album produced with long-time collaborator & acclaimed producer Paul 'P-Dub' Walton (Massive Attack, The Cure, Bjork) at Loft Studios, it also includes guest appearances from Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson & Gam of the band 'Sweat' as well as featuring a 288-person C.L.T. Lockdown Choir.

This strictly limited 60-page, 4-disc set includes 24 chapters of exclusive extracts from the book 'Cult Leader Tactics' written by Paul Draper & only available exclusively as part of this deluxe set. The book is a satirical look at how to make it in your chosen profession by deploying the Machiavellian tactics outlined in the book.

The 4 discs include: Disc 1 'Cult Leader Tactics' album, Disc 2 Outtakes, demos & bloopers from the 'Cult Leader Tactics' sessions. Disc 3 - DVD of 'Cult Leader Tactics' in full 5.1 Surround sound & Hi-resolution audio. Disc 4 - Acoustic & stripped-down versions of 'Cult Leader Tactics' songs & exclusive live stripped down Paul Draper & Mansun songs from the live O Nest performance, Tokyo, 2019, performed by Paul Draper & Ben Sink.

'Cult Leader Tactics' offers a selection of Paul's most focused & ambitious work so far, a brilliantly dark commentary on an industry he is all too aware of. On tour across the UK from 27th February to 23rd March 2022. 'Cult Leader Tactics' will be available via Kscope.

Disc 1
1: Cult Leader Tactics
2: Internationalle
3: Dirty Trix
4: Cult Leader Tactics in E-flat Minor
5: You've Got No Life Skills, Baby!
6: U Killed My Fish
7: Everyone Becomes a Problem Eventually
8: Annie
9: Talkin' Behind My Back
10: Omega Man
11: Lyin' Bout Who U Sleep With

Disc 2
1: Annie (Stripped Back Version)
2: Dirty Trix (Acoustic)
3: Don't Poke the Bear (Live at the O-Nest, Tokyo, 2019)
4: Cult Leader Tactics (Acoustic)
5: Negative (Live at the O-Nest, Tokyo, 2019)
6: U Killed My Fish (Acoustic)
7: The Silence Is Deafening (Live at the O-Nest, Tokyo, 2019)
8: Lyin' Bout Who U Sleep With (Acoustic)
9: Keep Telling Myself (Live at the O-Nest, Tokyo, 2019)
10: You've Got No Life Skills, Baby! (Acoustic)
11: Friends Make the Worst Enemies (Live at the O-Nest, Tokyo, 2019)

Disc 3
1: Cult Leader Tactics (Writing Session)
2: Everyone Becomes a Problem Eventually (Writing Session)
3: The Lockdown Choir
4: Annie (Writing Demo)
5: You've Got No Life Skills, Baby! (Melody Writing Home Sketch)
6: U Killed My Fish (Writing Session)
7: Annie (Alt. Demo)
8: Dirty Trix (Writing Session)
9: Album Ending String Demo (Unused)
10: Unused Strings Segway
11: Talkin' Behind My Back (Take 11)
12: Various Recording Outtakes
13: Dirty Trix (Outtake)
14: Lyin' Bout Who U Sleep With (Bloopers)

Disc 4
1: Cult Leader Tactics
2: Internationalle
3: Dirty Trix
4: Cult Leader Tactics in E-flat Minor
5: You've Got No Life Skills, Baby!
6: U Killed My Fish
7: Everyone Becomes a Problem Eventually
8: Annie
9: Talkin' Behind My Back
10: Omega Man
11: Lyin' Bout Who You Sleep With

Number of Discs: 4

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