I had this riff for some time and kept in my files under the title 'electro' due to it's 'not quite rock' roots, I think I jammed it a couple of times with LiViD, but couldn't get it to take shape. Oddly it was the first track for the album that I got down, once  started the recording project. The solo was a first take and although not particularly flashy, I think it fits just right, I remember picking up the Gibson Joe Perry which I'd jut restrung for that one and that thick, warm Les Paul tone comes through.

Forsake Me

Title track from the forthcoming album War Stories, the first ballad i wrote for the album, it has my favourite solo and I'm still really pleased with the main riff on this one. Got a great clean tone for it out of the EVH 5150 and then used the Jet City (my latest amp) for the more heavier tones. 

War Stories

Arguably the heaviest track from the album and definitely one of the best riffs I've ever written. We used to gig this song back in the LiViD days, but I've reworked most of the parts from my original composition. It was intended for LiViDs second studio album, but we never got past recording the drum parts. This version I think is closer to what I originally intended the song to sound like. As always let me know what you think.

Suicide In The Rain

I honestly think this is my favourite track from the album, I think it's the smartest song I've written, but also the closest to my heart. I wrote all the lyrics on holiday in Egypt, drinking Johnnie Walker by the pool. Oddly when it came to the solo, I opted for a vocal solo rather than a guitar, once I got that hook, I thought it would be stronger than the standard guitar in the middle of the desert type solo and what i ended up with was a guitar solo that sits behind the vocal and actually interacts and accents some of the phrasing. I like it, hope you do too.

Path To The River

Due to the requests for another track and the high plays I've had for the first four tracks, I've put a bonus track up for stream only. Its not the album version, but a remix I've done specially. Basically I've ran the track through the famous Abbey Road J37 tape machine for that old school feel, but kept it quite tight and not gone down the low-fi route.
Album is on it's way, thanks for all the comments and questions on the website. Apologies it's just a case of getting it onto the right distributor so it's available on ITunes.
Thanks for listening, let me know what you think
Paris x

Paris of Aurellia

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