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Sleeping Dogs 04:36
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Deer 03:30
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Delightful 03:54
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Maskquerade (Mr. Right) 03:14
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Inn Daydreams 03:24
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Deaf to the Sound 03:38
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Beautiful One 02:45
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Sensation Vibration 03:19
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April 04:40
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Takes the Edge Off 04:15
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| Life Love Misery - Debut Release |

Vocal stylings ala Murphy/Bowie/Manson, the new band Life Love Misery looks to move you with songs via an Alt-Rock Trio + String Quartet.
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released 06 July 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE
For more info, please contact:
Christopher Buttner, President
PRThatRocks.com
Tel: 415-233-7350
Chris@prthatrocks.com

Life Live Misery: An Emotionally Poignant and Dynamic Musical Tour-de-Force from Bay Area Songwriter/Producer Todd Tate

Marin, California – Life Love Misery, the new ten-track debut CD from Bay Area singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and producer Todd Tate, is an emotionally poignant and dynamic musical tour-de-force. Life Love Misery is “a lesson in extraordinary songwriting, arranging, and audio production perfection,” according to Steffen Franz, President of the Independent Distribution Collective.

Captivating and compelling lyrics reinforce the Life Love Misery’s riff-driven melodies, vocal harmonies and multilayered guitars. Taking inspiration from numerous genres, from classic to modern to alternative rock, Tate’s songs are destined to hook listeners clamoring for a greater depth and intensity of musical heart and soul. Whether it’s the throbbing opening number and single, “Sleeping Dogs” - the video for which was commissioned by Brian Zisk, founder of the SF MusicTech Summit, and produced by Oakland’s “Project Brainchild” - the whimsical love song, “Delightful,” the dark and slinky rocker, “Beautiful One,” to the fade out of the driving closing track, “Takes The Edge Off,” Life Love Misery delivers compelling substance, as well as style, from the opening note, through each-and-every diverse and eccentric lyrical hook and captivating melody.

A rock player with a jazz background, who studied Jazz Composition and Arranging and Audio Production at San Jose State University, Tate is a rare breed of artist of diverse music compositional and songwriting skills and a studio tactician with incomparable production chops. Life Love Misery features Todd Tate on vocals, guitar, and keyboards, Kenny Stavropoulos, former ‘Starship’ drummer on all percussion, and Mario Previti on bass guitar and keyboards. All are seasoned studio professionals, producers and engineers, and all were integral to the project’s production.

The trio is joined by a gifted string section lead by orchestrator and violinist Graham Pellettieri, who refined Todd’s hand-scored calligraphy into the professionally etched string arrangements heard on eight of the disc’s ten tracks. The string sections add dynamism and vitality to each of the tracks - musical production and compositional assets usually not found in contemporary recordings of recent memory. The uniqueness of the string arrangements adds a shimmering contrast to Tate’s Peter Murphy-meets-David Bowie-meets-Marilyn Manson vocals and full-frontal guitar attitude. Bassist Previti and drummer Stavropoulos are an unparalleled rhythm team that serves up each track as hot, thick, and tasty as a New York pizza fresh from the oven.

Throughout the 1990’s and to the present day, Tate developed a keen ear for the song and eye for the live show having played with Bay Area favorites Truman Peyote, One Light Out, Resin, King Money Shot, The Deep Sounds of Bobby Peru, and his Dobro playing alter-ego Sayla Dobro. No stranger to the limelight, Tate and his bandmates expect to perform locally throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Diego in the remaining months of 2009 and into 2010.

For more information about Life Love Misery, tour dates, or to purchase the CD or tracks, check out: www.lifelovemisery.com, on Facebook: www.facebook.com/lifelovemisery, MySpace: www.myspace.com/lifelovemisery , and on Twitter: @lifelovemisery. Life Love Misery is also available at iTunes, Amazon.com, CD Baby, and leading music stores and chains near you.

To receive a review copy of Life Love Misery or to request an interview with Todd Tate, please contact Christopher Buttner at PRThatRocks.com, at 415-233-7350 or email: chris@prthatrocks.com

For Radio enquiries please contact Brian Gerhard at Rocket Shop Promotions at telephone: 303-258-6806 or via email at brian@rocketshoppromotions.com.

For US distribution enquiries, please contact Steffen Franz or Ben Lang at Independent Distribution Collective, telephone: 415-292-7007 or via e-mail at sales@independentdistro.com
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Track Name: Sleeping Dogs
Let Sleeping Dogs lie
Dont ever ask me why
Let Sleeping Dogs lie
Dont ever tell tales why

So tempted to wake it darlin
An throw it a Bone
Dont walk the Dog now sugar
Jus leave it alone
Jus leave it alone
just leave it alone

Let Sleeping Dogs lie
Dont ever ask me why
Let Sleeping Dogs lie
Dont ever tell tales why

So tempted to wake it darlin
An throw it a Bone
Dont walk the Dog now sugar
Jus leave it alone
Jus leave it alone
just leave it alone

Grab the tail
Just watch the teeth
Give it a kick
and run

Let Sleeping Dogs lie
Dont ever ask me why
Let Sleeping Dogs lie
Dont ever tell tales why

So tempted to wake it darlin
An throw it a Bone
Dont walk the Dog now sugar
Jus leave it alone
Jus leave it alone
Just leave it alone

#lifelovemisery
Track Name: Deer
Hit sun in the morning
Hit the sun in the eve
Sit out under the maple tree
and a see what you mean to me
cuz your a

Deer in the morning
Deer in the morning
Deer in the morning
Ahh lovin me
O can you believe?

Oh can you belive me
Oh oh o

Ya got me me in the evening
Ya got me in the morning
Ya got me under the maple tree
wont ya feed me sweet cherries
got me

Deer in the morning
Deer in the morning
Deer in the morning
Ahh lovin me
O can you believe?

#lifelovemisery
Track Name: Delightful
Absolutely delightful
Absolutely free
Absolutely delightful
Absolutely beautiful

You and me
Under the trees you see
Under the stars in the night
Don’t you see?
Don’t you see?

Absolutely delightful
Absolutely free
Absolutely delightful
Absolutely beautiful

You and me
Under the trees you see
Under the stars in the night
Don’t you see?
Don’t you see?

Love comes and goes
Love comes and goes
Sa la vi l’amore ( misery )
Love come and goes
Love comes and goes
Sa La Vie LoaMore

You and me
Under the trees you see
Under the stars in the night
Don’t you see?
Don’t you see?

#lifelovemisery
Track Name: Maskquerade (Mr. Right)
Put on your best masquerade
Don’t you know who you might meet today?
Could it be Mr. Right?

Put on your best lingerie
Don’t you know what he’s gonna say?
Ahhh ho Mr. Right

Put on your lucky charm my friend
Don’t you know the road is paved with diamonds and fools gold?

Put on your best masquerade
Tonight’s the night that you go insane
Put on your best masquerade
Tonight’s the night that you go insane
Put on your best dancing shoes
Tonight’s the night and you aint gonna lose

Your feet don’t touch the ground
Your heart the only only sound
Oh Mr. Right!
Don’t ya feel a tad bit stoned?
Elevated by testosterone?
Oh must right!

Put on your best masquerade
Tonight’s the night that you go insane
Put on your best masquerade
Tonight’s the night that you go insane
Put on your best dancing shoes
Tonight’s the night and you aint gonna lose

#lifelovemisery
Track Name: Inn Daydreams
Fade to black
The end
No it’s just another day
The light disappears in many ways

Where did the day go?
Thinking so fondly of you Inn Daydreams
Inn Daydreams

I awake to the night once again
Cold sweat confusion the end
What will become of my friend?
Is it the end?

Don’t wake me I’m in a daydream
Touchin me touchin you touchin me again
Don’t wake me I’m in a daydream
Touchin me touchin you touchin me again

Where did the days go?
Thinking so fondly of you Inn Daydreams
Inn Daydreams

Daydreams are so ever after
Daydreams are when I feel the laughter
Daydreams inn the afternoon
Pennies rollin song that tune

Yeah

Ow whoa whoa whoa whoa wha-a-o
Ow whoa whoa whoa
Ow whoa whoa whoa whoa wha-a-o
Ow whoa whoa whoa

Don’t wake me I’m in a daydream
Touchin me touchin you touchin me again
Don’t wake me I’m in a daydream
Touchin me touchin you touchin me again

Where did the years go?
Thinking so fondly of you Inn Daydreams
Inn Daydreams

Fade to black
The end
No it’s just another day
The light disappears in many ways
Where did the day go?
Thinking so fondly of you
Inn Daydreams
Inn Daydreams

#lifelovemisery
Track Name: Deaf to the Sound
You cut yourself with a knife
You can’t feel it, you can’t feel it at all
It cuts you down to the bone
You can’t feel it, you can’t feel it at all

Cuz ya gone so numb to the love of a clown
All the flowers turn brown
Yes you’re deaf to the sound all the flowers turn brown
Yes you’re deaf to the sound of pain

You burn yourelf with a flame
You can’t feel it, you can’t feel it at all

It burns red and bubbles up
You can’t feel it, you can’t feel it at all

Cuz ya gone so numb to the love of a clown
All the flowers turn brown
Yes you’re deaf to the sound all the flowers turn brown
Yes you’re deaf to the sound of pain

Now it’s time to feel
Now it’s times to feel yeah
Come up out of your well
I’ve had enough of the cave life

Ya hurt yourself with a word
You can’t feel it, you can’t feel it at all
It fucks you up and breaks your heart
You can’t feel it, you can’t feel it at all

Cuz ya gone so numb to the love of a clown
All the flowers turn brown
Yes you’re deaf to the sound all the flowers turn brown
Yes you’re deaf to the sound of pain

Yeah you’re deaf to the sound
Yeah you’re deaf to the sound
Of pain.

Yeah you’re deaf to the sound

#lifelovemisery
Track Name: Beautiful One
O o o oh mmmm

Mirror mirror on the wall
Who’s the fairest of them all?
Is she in the room right now?
Don’t ya wish ya could run your fingers through her hair?

Beautiful one
Beautiful one
Beautiful one
Beautiful one

Mirror mirror on the wall
Who’s the fairest of them all?
Is she in the room right now?
Don’t ya wish ya could run your fingers through her hair?

Beautiful one
Beautiful one
Beautiful one
Beautiful one

Don’t ya know your head is spinnin
And your talking about it yeah
Don’t ya know it’s time to get away

Don’t ya know the world is spinnin
And they’re talking about you
Don’t ya know it’s time to run away
Run run run

Mirror mirror on the wall
Who’s the fairest of them all?
Tried an true an just an straight
She’s the one the players hate

Beautiful one
Beautiful one
Beautiful one
Beautiful one

O

#lifelovemisery
Track Name: Sensation Vibration
Beautiful lies
Ly in renaissance
Future sleeping in warm
Afterthoughts

It doesn’t matter what you’ve done
Anyway revolutions come

Feeling rhythm takes me back
It takes me back
The sound of your voice makes me fly, fly

Sensation vibration
Between you and me girl
Sensation vibration
Between you and me

Beautiful lies
Ly in renaissance
Future sleeping in warm
Afterthoughts

It doesn’t matter what you’ve done
Anyway revolutions come

Feeling your heart beat
Next to
Mine
I star into your deep sky eyes
Eyes

Sensation vibration
Between you and me girl
Sensation vibration
Between you and me

#lifelovemisery
Track Name: April
Marchin’ towards the sunshine
February’s still too cold
January what brings New Year, new life
December so tired, but I’ve made it through another year
November I remember how you touched me
October mask of Halloween, memories of summer haunt me
September blues will never rain on me again

August the heat of loneliness is unbearable
July strange cold night
June so confusing
May I ask you a question?

April
Loh where do you go?
O uh oh April, loh whoa your so fine
O uh oh April, loh see ya next year!

Marchin’ towards the sunshine
February’s still too cold
January what brings New Year, new life
December so tired, but I’ve made it through another year
November I remember how you touched me
October mask of Halloween, memories of summer haunt me
September blues will never rain on me again

No

August the heat of loneliness is unbearable
July strange cold night
June so confusing
May I ask you a question?

April
Loh where do you go?
O uh oh April, loh whoa your so fine
O uh oh April, loh see ya next year!

Yo see ya next year
Loh see ya next year
Loh o o April
Loh o o o April
Loh see ya next year!
See ya next year!

#lifelovemisery
Track Name: Takes the Edge Off
It takes the edge off it takes the edge off
When I put the bottle to my lips
Pull my woman to my hips
Stop the car
Before it hits the wall

It takes the edge off it takes the edge off
When I inhale, catch the breeze to sail
Things aren’t always what they seem

Better than a cigarette
Better than Tina and all her friends
Better than an ice cold beer huh
Uh oh baby don’t you know you’re the one
Living having so much fun yeah

It takes the edge off it takes the edge off
When ya put your arms around me
Sing that song about me
Put your head back, watch it hit the wall

Better than a cigarette
Better than Tina and cocaine
Better than an ice cold beer huh
Uh oh baby don’t you know you’re the one
Living having so much fun yeah

It takes the edge off it takes the edge off
It takes the edge off
Your touch
Takes the edge off

#lifelovemisery