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Before the Fire (Demos and Rarities 1998​-​2010)

by Wu Lyf

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about

A collection of homemade demos and experiments 1998-2010

"Joe and Evans dug up all these demos from god knows where, I hadn't heard them for a good 10 years, forgot most of them even existed! they are mostly demos recorded in Joe's basement before WU LYF became a "thing"

I particularly like this one called Tru Blu, I am told the body of the recording is 'Hannah Mort, Sam Tillyer and Craig Langton blowing into tuned beer/wine bottles and Ryan Doyle using cutlery to hit plates as percussion with Tom on guitar. Recorded in Tom's bedroom at 76 Conyngham road in Rusholme, the same house with the basement where 'Heavy Pop' was born (the recording of which is available as "Heavy Pop (improvised first jam)" on this very Bandcamp).'

I then took the recording home, and some how whilst experimenting with over dubbing keys and vocals came up with the melody that became LYF& the opening to Go tell fire to the Mountain!

I do recall that particular moment of Genesis; my grandma had recently died and her funeral had really effected me, the publicly wept tears of my family members, I recall holding this sadness of grief as I played this strings melody over and over to myself one evening at home...

of course being an unsentimentally profane 18/19 year old I then decided what the piece needed was a Wu Tang acapella plonked on top, to heighten the emotional intensity? or sabotaging the sacred potency with irony!?

anyway the melody stuck, and in the rehearsal room we developed it into the cult classic anthem of the LYF"

- a reflection from Ellery.

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released December 2, 2022

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