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Freedom is a beautiful thing. Take it from Abraham Lincoln, Sir William Wallace, Rage Against the Machine and nowSouthernCalifornia’s finest resurrected rock titans Lo-Pro. After a promising 2003 self-titled debut that yielded not only abona fide radiosmash in the crunching “Sunday”, but riveting acoustic gigs with Staind mainman Aaron Lewis, the quintetsunk into that all-too-familiar quagmire of label and cashflow malaise. Fast-forward several years, and Lo-Pro have liberatedthemselves with avengeance on the strength of long-anticipated sophomore full-length The Beautiful Sounds ...read more

Freedom is a beautiful thing. Take it from Abraham Lincoln, Sir William Wallace, Rage Against the Machine and nowSouthernCalifornia’s finest resurrected rock titans Lo-Pro. After a promising 2003 self-titled debut that yielded not only abona fide radiosmash in the crunching “Sunday”, but riveting acoustic gigs with Staind mainman Aaron Lewis, the quintetsunk into that all-too-familiar quagmire of label and cashflow malaise. Fast-forward several years, and Lo-Pro have liberatedthemselves with avengeance on the strength of long-anticipated sophomore full-length The Beautiful Sounds of Revenge,easily one of the mostaddictive and passionate mainstream rock records of the year. Lo-Pro’s climb has been steep but rewarding, and is reflected with brutal honesty in Revenge’s 14-song rollercoaster. Whilesomany modern rock crews wallow in unearned misery, frontman Pete Murray bluntly and unapologetically retraces hisband’s rockyroad, from the infectious gallop of “Texas” (“Maybe I did it all because I wanted to”) to the jarring chugs of“Early Morning Anger”(“Was I so out of line to think you’d be there?”) Yet, the quintet is just as adept at conjuring mid-tempo thunderclaps (“A LifeThat’s Just Begun,” “Wasting Away”) that boast Murray-favorite U2’s sprawling emotionalmajesty. This is an angry record, but it’sjust as confessional and introspective. “It’s been a challenge,” Murray laughs of his band’s layoff. “That was definitely helped by picking up yoga. I went through aperiodwhen I was pissed off, and some of those songs are on the record—but lyrically, the songs track a journey. It goesfrom finger-pointing to a way more hopeful vibe.”Little comes easy in the Lo-Pro universe, and that includes geography:guitarist Pete Riccilives in Massachusetts, and the rest of the band—Murray’s longtime Ultraspank writing partner, guitaristNeil Godfrey, drummerTommy Stewart (ex-Godsmack) and bassist Jerry Oliviera—are spread out through L.A., SantaBarbara and San Diego. Subtlechanges in approach have made Revenge easily their most accomplished work, withprincipal writers Murray and Godfreyremaining tight through both lean and boom times. http://lopromusic.com/bio « hide

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