Luxury Stranger

"...Top Quality Song-Writing And In Simon York Easily One Of The Finest Vocalists In The UK Right Now." Reflections Of Darkness Magazine "...We Have Nothing Against Editors Why Should We But These Three Brits Actually Are At Least As Good As Them." Luminous Dash Magazine "Think Of Early U2 When They Were Still Good. This Is Of That Calibre. " Pennyblack Magazine "Though The Scene Has Had A Feast Or Famine Existence Recently The City Nottingham 's Hard Working Luxury Stranger Has Done More Than Most To Keep The Flag Flying" Neil Anderson Vive Le Rock Magazine Issue 46 July 2017 "...Certainly A Thing Of Beauty... A Band That's Hard To Pigeon Hole And You Know That Their Influences Are As Extensive As They Are Eclectic And A Whole Range Of Influences Can Be Heard Throughout Their Music From The Chameleonic Bowie To The Anthemic Echo And The Bunnymen And Everything That’s Cool Inbetween – And They Do This Whilst Retaining Their Own Individuality And Style. Quite An Achievement." Lyric Lounge Review Magazine "Comparisons Are Great But You Have To Sample The Genuine Article. Go And See Luxury Stranger!" Andy Nixon LS Fan "Devoid Of Any Pretension And Heart Breakingly Sincere..." Left Lion Magazine “...One Of The UK's Standout Dark Alternative Acts". Sphere Webzine Luxury Stranger Is An English Band Built Up Around Founder Member Simon York "easily One Of The Finest Vocalists In The UK Right Now" Reflections Of Darkness Magazine . Luxury Stranger Is Based In Nottingham UK. Luxury Stranger Is A 'Jekyl And Hyde' Style Of Band - A Methodical Architect In The Studio And A Passionate Powerful Monster On The Stage. At It's Core Luxury Stranger Is Influenced By The Likes Of Depeche Mode David Bowie Joy Division Echo & The Bunnymen And Pearl Jam. Other Influences Have Entered The Pot During The History Of The Band Depending On Band Members And Where Simon Decides To Take Various Band Projects. ------------------- A History... Luxury Stranger Began Life In July 2006 As The Solo Project Of Simon York . Simon Recorded Over 60 Songs In Various Styles Using Different Instrumentation In Order To Find What He Wanted As The Starting Point For The Sound Of Luxury Stranger. From This Group Of Songs Came The Debut Album Desolation Which Was Solely Recorded And Performed By Simon. Shortly Afterward Simon Started To Look For Musicians For The Live Side Of Luxury Stranger. Luxury Stranger Played It's First Gig On Friday 5th September 2008 At Junktion 7 Nottingham. In December 2008 Luxury Stranger Signed With Major Digital An Off-Shoot Of Germany's Major Records . December Saw The Birth Of The 'A Funeral Party' Event Which Were Live Music And DJ Nights Curated By Members Of Luxury Stranger. In Mid-2009 Luxury Stranger Was Starting To Be Recognised As A 'band To Watch' By The UK Goth Scene. In December 2009 Luxury Stranger Made Its First Trip To Play In Germany. The Band Played With German Post-Punk Legends Die Art. Around This Time Luxury Stranger Started Work On The Second Album. In March 2010 Luxury Stranger Returned To Germany And Made Its First Trip To The Netherlands To Support Levinhurst Featuring Lol Tolhurst And Michael Dempsey - Both Founder Members Of The Cure . In April 2010 Luxury Stranger Plays At The Whitby Goth Festival Fringe Event 'The Other Side' With Nosferatu. In May 2010 Luxury Stranger Played In Hagen Germany And Then At The Wave Gotik Treffen Festival In Leipzig Germany. In September 2010 Luxury Stranger Played A Nottingham Show With The Gothic Band O Children. Luxury Stranger Released The Single 'Precious For Evermore' At This Show. In October 2010 Luxury Stranger Played A Very Special Show With Red Lorry Yellow Lorry. The Second Album 'Commitment And Discipline' Was Released On 31st December 2010. In 2011 Luxury Stranger Played European Dates With ChameleonsVox Ex-The Chameleons . Luxury Stranger Released The Nothing Holy/Ripple Single In November 2012. The Single Entered The European Alternative Music Singles Top 40 Chart At Number 4 In Week 51 Of 2012 17th December . In 2013 The Face EP Was Released. It Received Very Little Critical Acclaim Although Demo Versions Which Circulated Around The Time Of The EP Tracks Received A More Positive Response From Fans And Reviewers. 2014 Saw Simon York Continue To Write Material - He Released A Solo Instrumental EP Called Other Voices Which Was Released Through German Label Cold Insanity Music And Then He Self-Released His Debut Album Titled Nothing's Ever Quite What You Thought It Would Be . This Album Featured Very Commercial Sounding Songs Mixed In With Ambient Instrumentals And Near Avant-Garde Songs. Simon Played A Series Of Acoustic Solo Shows To Help Promote The Album Including A Support Show With The March Violets. In 2015 Simon Began Work On The Album Darkness Falls Upon The Light . The Album Was Recorded At Random Recording Studios In Nottingham And Engineered By Guy Elderfield. The Album Was Produced By Guy And Simon. Simon Felt That It Was A Very "collaborative Way Of Working" As Ideas Were Bounced Around Tried And Tested. The Album's Songs Were Deconstructed And Rebuilt - Keeping In-Key With Main LS Influence Depeche Mode - The Songs Started Simple With Very Synthetic Textures Soon Being Added Giving A Much Tighter Feel And Much More Depth To The Studio Versions Of The Songs. Real Drums Were Added On Top Of The Almost Complete Tracks - These Were Performed By Kevin Bales Who Has Played For Spiritulized Dave Gahn And The Soul Savers Julian Cope And More . A New Closing Track Was Added To The Track Listing - A Song Written In 2014 By Simon And Initially Set To Be Part Of His Solo Project - This Song Is Called Darkness Falls Upon The Light And Gives The Album A Nice Bookend - And Shows The Diversity Of Simon York's Songwriting. Piano On This Track Was Played By Robert Squirrell. While Listening Back Both Simon And Robert Independently Thought Robert Should Add Some Trumpet Robert Had It With Him For Another Appointment Later In The Day . Robert Added A Simple Phrase At The Close. In February 2016 Luxury Stranger Was Back To Playing Live Shows. In September Luxury Stranger Released The First Single From Darkness Falls Upon The Light . It Was A More Up Beat Version Of When The Lady Takes The Blame - Simon Felt It Necessary To Show The Full Depth Of This Song In Particular The Live Version Is Completely Different Too . A Video Was Also Made Using License Free Stock Footage Of A 1970s Pool Party. In November Simon Hosted An Album Playback Event For Press And VIPs. This Involved A Once-Through Playback Of The Album Through What Has Been Reported As The Best PA System In Nottingham. The Event Was Well Attended With A Lot Of Positive Comments And Attitudes Being Shown Towards The Up-Coming Third Album. In 2017 Work Leading To The Album Release Began. In February The First Of A Series Of Mini Promo Teaser Films Was Released Featuring Random Footage And Edited Clips Of A Particular Album Track. Darkness Falls Upon The Light Was Released In April 2017 And The Band Continued To Play Live Shows To Promote The Album Including A Fourth Return To The Annual Official UK David Bowie Convention. In 2018 A New Set Of Songs Were Demoed By Simon For What Would Be The Next Album - Take Me I'm Yours! - These Songs Were Rehearsed And Played Live During Ongoing Touring. In Dec 2019 The Band Announced They Would Be Playing Some Shows At The Start Of 2020 Before Heading Into The Studio To Record. However After The Shows Were Played The Pandemic Hit - This Put A Stop To Collaborative Work. In 2021 Simon York Released Another Solo Album Titled "Uh-Huh..." Through Earth-Two Records. The Intention Was To Enable The Fans To See Something Was Still Happening. During Writing For This Album Simon Began Writing A New Luxury Stranger Album Titled Above And Below. It Was Reported That This Collection Of Songs Reflected The Times And Feelings Going Around Post-Pandemic And So Take Me I'm Yours! Was Shelved And Above And Below To Scheduled For Rehearsals. In 2022 Luxury Stranger Played Some Live Shows Debuting Much Of The New Material. Recording Began In 2023 With Live Shows And Some Personal Problems Making Progress Slow - But Positive. In The Meantime Simon Continued To Write New Luxury Stranger Music And Has Reported On Social Media As Well As Posting Demoes Via Soundcloud That He Is Currently Writing The Ninth Luxury Stranger Album. Keep Checking The Official LS Facebook Page And Website Http //www.Luxurystranger.Net For Up-To-Date News And Gigs As Well As Merch. 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