Strange Kind of Paradise - LP - Black
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07/11/2025
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Limited to 1000 copies
Limited to 1000 copies.
UPC: 703513116724
How do you quantify a lost record? Strange Kind Of Paradise was almost two decades in the making. Many fans had long given up hope that it would ever see the light of day - but here we are, with the final recording that completes Red Lorry Yellow Lorry's storied body of work.
The band has matured, but they have lost none of their edge. Strange Kind Of Paradise still burns with the raw intensity that made Red Lorry Yellow Lorry so compelling in the first place. The album thrashes against the chaos of modern life, wrestling with themes of disillusionment, survival, and fleeting transcendence. Entropy and defiance collide here: guitars clash and twist like battle cries, the rhythms churn forward with grim determination, and Chris Reed's unmistakable voice - heavy with experience and hard-won truth - leads the charge.
Lyrically, the album captures a world spinning further out of control: broken promises, corrupt systems, and the stubborn search for meaning amid the wreckage. Yet, in true Lorries fashion, there is an undercurrent of fierce resilience - a refusal to surrender to despair. Strange Kind Of Paradise is not a retreat into nostalgia; it's a raw, urgent document of the times we live in, delivered with the band's signature stark beauty.
Formed in Leeds, England, in 1981, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry forged a sound that was uniquely their own - a fusion of pounding drums, searing guitar riffs, and Chris Reed's brooding, magnetic vocals. In a post - punk landscape often defined by gloom and detachment, the Lorries stood apart through their relentless drive and uncompromising emotional intensity.
Their early albums, Talk About The Weather (1985) a...