Zac Lawrence

Released today (10th November) DEADLETTER frontman Zac Lawrence shares stripped-back solo effort 'Man Overboard' and announces debut album The Hate - set for release on 1st December 2023.

Inspired by classic American singer-songwriters of 60s/70s like Towns Van Zandt and Bob Dylan, 'Man Overboard' serves up intimate blend of delicate harmonies and  acoustic guitars - Lawrence's distinctive gravelly vocal softened here by considered melodic reflections, and literary inspirations, as the singer himself explains:

“I’d been re-reading the Grapes Of Wrath when writing this (hence the Steinbeck name check) and used the setting of depression-era America to emphasise the despair and abandonment that a drinking problem prompts.”

Recorded and mixed by Lawrence himself during 2020 and 2021, the 10 songs that span debut solo effort The Hate embrace themes of love, vigilantism, isolation and self-destruction. While maintaining the characteristic social commentary familar from his work with DEADLETTER - and featuring band members Poppy Richler (Saxophone) and Alfie Husband (drums) on it's recording - Lawrence's solo work presents an altogether more home-spun musical palette: 

"If DEADLETTER is me howling at the moon in a far away valley, then this is me making small talk with a lamp in my bedroom.”

Credits:  Zac Lawrence - (lead vocals, backing vocals, bass, guitar, 12-string guitar, keys, strings, percussion), Misty Miller (backing vocals), Poppy Richler (saxophone) and Alfie Husband (drums).