Lone Wolf began life in 2009 in various dusty rooms and tape studios around Sweden where Paul Marshall pulled his songs and ideas slowly together. After a month of various field recordings, sneaking into concert halls late at night to use the piano, setting up gear in small village churches, and other surreptitious places, the basic album tracks were done. The resulting body of work: The Devil And I, Lone Wolf’s (Paul Marshall’s musical moniker) debut, was released on Bella Union in mid-2010.

Lone Wolf's second album, The Lovers (It Never Rains Records) uses powerful percussion, with Paul’s skilled playing of 6-string (electric) guitar and the soaring backing vocals of XL Recordings’ Blue Roses. During the album’s conception, Paul was called to appear - twice - upon a Talk Talk tribute charity compilation, Spirit of Talk Talk, alongside Recoil (Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode), Joan as Police Woman, King Creosote, and Richard Reed Parry (of Arcade Fire).

The Lovers showcases a truly modern yet timeless sound, epic in sonic and song writing ambition. Marshall shares an affinity with contemporaries such as Wild Beasts, The Invisible and Radiohead (having toured with Phil Selway previously). His true sound is that of an unwillingness to compromise in face of increasingly rigid structures, musically and economically, hemming proper free expressive creativity. The Lovers has the kind of conceptual and song writing bravery you turn to in the albums of yesteryear to relive, free of easy categorisation and pigeonholing - and all the stronger for it.

There is also an unreleased '10th track' from the album, entitled 'All Clear'. As Paul expains, "Everyone else was in bed and I was up by myself, extremely drunk. I just sat at the piano, pressed record on my iphone and this song came out. The next afternoon I remembered I had recorded something the night before and I played it to album producer, James Kenosha, and he insisted we immediately record a proper version of it, and here it is. The only reason it didn't make it onto the album was because of the fact that it was piano driven, unlike any of the other tracks on the album. Also, lyrically it was supposed to be me reflecting on the mess that has just happened in my mind throughout the course of the record, and we agreed it was better to end the album in distress rather than comfort. Still I love the track all the same and it has a life of it's own, with a very simple repeating lyric."

Listen to 'All Clear' HERE

http://soundcloud.com/lw-tl/lone-wolf-all-clear

Catch Lone Wolf on one of their rare outings at the beginning of 2013.

• 19th January - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club /with support from Post War Glamour Girls
• 20th January - London, The Lexington support TBC + Anna Prior from Metronomy DJ

Lone Wolf and Leeds based Revolutions Brewing Co have teamed up to brew a beer specifically for these shows. It will be made to Paul's specific recipe and it's going to be a powerful single hop, double IPA coming in at 6.9% (a reference to The Lovers ie 69)!