Paul Draper - Spooky Action

MANSUN FRONTMAN RELEASES HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT SOLO ALBUM...his artistic flame has been fully reignited. 8.5/10 The Line Of Best FitAs the frontman and songwriter of one of the most iconic bands of the late '90s, the creative force that brought the classichit single Wide Open Space and the Number 1 album Attack Of The Grey Lantern with Mansun, Paul Draper's talentpreceeds him. Mansun's four albums launched the band in to a fervent cult following that has grown and holds an annualconvention in the UK in the band's name. 2016 saw Draper's triumphant return with two new EPs to set the Mansunfandom aflame, including industry gatekeepers Steve Lamacq and Chris Hawkins for BBC 6 Music. He was supportedfurther with playlisting on Radio X, a Q Magazine Track Of The Day, NME Track Of The Week, a feature from The LineOf Best Fit, and an exclusive remix from Public Service Broadcasting.Spooky Action will be released in early August, preceding a sold-out headline UK tour, featuring the glistening syntheticsoul single Things People Want and warped voodoo psych grat-track Don't Poke The Bear. Lyrically, it�s a biting andbrutally honest record � an autobiography set to captivating and addictive melodies.Taking its cue from the two EPs and recorded in collaboration with Catherine AD (The Anchoress) and long timeMansun collaborator P Dub, the record�s eleven tracks also veer through genres, from the warped, razored rock'n'rollin Grey House to the glorious widescreen analogue pop of Jealousy Is A Powerful Emotion. SpookyAction represents Draper's strongest, most consistent set of songs to date � a lifetime�s work condensed into just over anhour of perfectly formed music.The album will be released as a deluxe, 3-disc 48-page hardback book featuring the album on CD, a disc of bonusmaterial and a DVD containing the album in 5.1 surround sound and high-res surround sound stereo, and a shortdocumentary. The artwork is by Steve Stacey, whose previous work includes Calvin Harris, Manic StreetPreachers, Circa Waves and Lou Reed.