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Tom Lee-Richards invents a new Madness with Tony Espie (The Avalanches)

20 February 2017 - 0 Comments

After releasing the "deeply moving"* music video Madness, selected for a number of festivals including the Auckland International Film Festival and LA Awareness fest, NZ Alt-Pop artist Tom Lee-Richards is once again showing a completely different side with his hypnotic track What Could Otherwise Be Had.

Mixed by Tony Espie (The Avalanches), the track marks Tom's debut as a solo producer, completely re-inventing Madness, originally co-produced with Matt Neighbour (Courtney Barnett).

Capturing and building on Tom's live acapella looping What Could Otherwise Be Had has an understated, mouth-percussion based swagger that also gives a nod to 70's and 80's synth tones and assured D'Angelo famed bass lines. Taking only some of the evocative lyrics and melody of Madness it strikes out in bold new vocal directions that contrast with the dark nostalgic synth elements.

What Could Otherwise Be Had is out now on Spotify and Itunes among other stores.

With his Debut EP on the 2017 horizon, Tom Lee-Richards is hinting at a magnetic, highly textured musical world to come. 

Listen to What Could Otherwise Be Had

*Read the full TheMusic review on the original Madness Single and Video.

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