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"The moment the team heard his music in our listening sessions, we knew this was a songwriter we wanted to get behind. Neal’s music can be likened to Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen -  dark, gritty and sombre. His music is real and evokes a deep emotional response to the listener both through the sonics of his music but also through the sophisticated story telling in his lyrics. We couldn’t be more thrilled to represent and be an advocate for such a talented songwriter"
- Jessica Holmick, Creative Director, 66 Music

“There's a film a few years ago, which I absolutely adored called 'Hell or High Water'. The soundtrack to that was written by Nick Cave and there is elements of that soundtrack in this. When it starts you can easily picture yourself on a desert highway with tumble weeds and sand blasting. He has hit the mark with what it was going for.”
- YHHTMP

"Beautiful songwriting"
- BBC Introducing

"Neo-dystopian darkness"
- Wud Records

“Love the tempo and riffs.....R.E.M meets Tom Petty”
-Randy Skaggs, Q108

"If you like Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Howe Gelb, Calexico, Iron & Wine, Dr John, Johnny Cash et al, then you will love this album. Neal Sawyer's debut offering stands shoulder to shoulder with anything these established artists have produced. He has a passion for music that is difficult to measure and the care and love he's poured into every single song, is evident from the very first note of the first track."
- Alan Rutherford

The debut solo album BALLADS OF THE MORTAL. Out Now.....
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BOX is pure Rock. Powerful when needed, subtle when it feels like it.

Il progetto Puls_-R nasce per mano mia, poiché sono autore e arrangiatore di tutto il primo disco. Da un tentativo iniziale di creare una band sbattendomi tra Milano e Bergamo alla ricerca di musicisti, nel frattempo comincio a registrare le prime chitarre. Tuttavia trovare musicisti che condividano il genere particolare non è affatto cosa semplice, per cui alla ricerca  affianco sessioni di registrazione, e alla fine il materiale diventa piuttosto corposo. Alle chitarre si affiancano quindi gli arrangiamenti di basso, voci e batteria. La scelta delle linee vocali e dei testi riveste senza dubbio la parte più complessa nella scrittura del disco. Trovare delle linee vocali che siano quanto più distanti dalla banalità costituisce un lavoro estenuante e logorante, e la scrittura e la riscrittura dei testi rende il lavoro faticoso. Quello che ne viene fuori è un trio noise-rock senza fronzoli, forte e dal suono spigoloso e diretto. Il progetto si caratterizza quindi per i suoi testi lontani da ogni compromesso, espliciti, che trattano con crudo realismo il disinteresse e l'indifferenza propria dei nostri tempi. Gli arrangiamenti sono ricchi e dinamici, il suono volutamente grezzo, acerbo ed essenziale per mantenere il carico emotivo e diretto proprio dell'intero disco. I riferimenti musicali spaziano dai Melvins ai Jesus Lizard passando per realtà italiane di tutto rispetto come gli One Dimensional Man o il Teatro Degli orrori. L'obiettivo è creare un suono granitico, che non scendesse a compromessi, diretto. Le voci non sono mai armonizzate e i suoni mantengono una coerenza e una continuità dal primo all'ultimo pezzo. Il progetto nasce con l'idea di non voler accontentare nessuno, consapevole di non essere gradito alla massa. Spinto da una forte necessità comunicativa ed espressiva, il primo album "Le cose che finiscono (tutte)" ha avuto una gestazione prolungata (circa due anni). Ma alla fine è venuto fuori "di corpo", senza badare troppo alla forma.

Singer/songwriter and lover of good music. Influences from the likes of The Beatles, Paul Heaton, Paul Weller, Elvis. Brit pop to Country. No band ... just me making it up as I go along. Thank you for giving it a listen

Baby of the 80s, teen of the 90s, obsessed with the 60s and 70s; an FM wannabe in a Youtube world. I guess I just wasn't made for these times. I like songwriting in the Gershwin, Tin Pan Alley, Lennon/McCartney tradition. I prefer records to singles. I prefer three minutes to ten.

According to my mama, I was whistling before I learned to talk. I played organ in the Memphis garage rock scene between 2000 and 2016. I've done a lot of studio work, adding keys to records by songwriters that I really admire.

I'm now focused on recording my own songs. I have a minimal home recording set up with a laptop, microphones, cheap guitars, drums, piano, and a grab bag of other toys. All my lyrics rhyme with the truth, or at least I think they do. 

Life is short and there are more good songs then there are raindrops. Which is to say: thank you very much for lending me your ears.

Rock 'n' roll is dead, long live rock 'n' roll.
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A few of my influences, in no particular order, are:

Sly and the Family Stone 
The Mamas and Papas
Beck
Big Star
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Smokey Robinson 
Bob Dylan
Buddy Holly
Jack Oblivian
James Brown
Beaulah
Elliot Smith
Hank Williams
Otis Redding
Steve Martin
10CC
Joe Jackson
Frank Ocean
Billie Holiday
Dave Fridman
Joni Mitchell
Tyler, The Creator
The Dirt Bombs
The Cocteau Twins
George Gershwin
Ben Folds
Cornelius
Bjork
Donny Hathaway
The Drifters
Ennio Morricone
Moby Grape
Prince
The Breeders
The Monkees 
Caetano Veloso
Kendrick Lamar
Nina Simone
Pink Floyd
Waylon Jennings
Del Shannon
Booker T and the MG's 
Mott the Hoople
Grandaddy
The Hombres
Philip Glass
Huey Lewis
My Bloody Valentine
David Bowie
David Byrne 
The Pixies
Thin Lizzy
The Clash
Broadcast
Willie Mitchell
Billy Joel
Wilco
Cat Power
Pusha T
Blonde Redhead
Os Mutantes
Al Green
The Kinks
The Animals
Spiritualized
The Zombies
Carol Kaye
Them
Led Zeppelin
The Beta Band
Loudon Wainwright
Leadbelly
Lou Reed
Tom Petty
Tom Waits
Shuggie Otis
The Impressions
Weird Al
Van Dyke Parks
Roy Orbison
Nino Rota
Jack White
Don Covay
Sir Douglas Quintet
Chet Baker
Chicago
Buffy Sainte Marie
Miles Davis
Elvis Costello
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Harlan T Bobo
Nick Lowe
Earth Wind and Fire
Chopin
William S Burroughs
Nina Simone
Ray Charles
Ravel
Electric Light Orchestra
M.O.T.O.
Steely Dan
Willie Nelson
Phish
Charles Mingus
The Grateful Dead
The Cars
Lee Hazelwood
REM
The Replacements
Pavement
Kurt Cobain
Isaac Hayes
Jerry Lee Lewis
Ike & Tina
The Vaselines
Lenoard Cohen
Gilberto Gil 
Air
Alejandro Escovedo
Fats Domino
Little Richard
Buddy Holly
The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Groovies
Janis Jolpin
Scott Joplin
John Coltrane
Willie Nelson
Todd Rundgren
They MIght Be Giants 
The Drifters
The Coasters 
Django
Marvin Gaye
Belle and Sebastian
The Delgados
Animal Collective
Curtis Mayfiled
Harry Nilsson
Warren Zevon
Steve Miller
Randy Newman
Carole King
The Isley Brothers
JJ Cale
Nat King Cole
Frank Zappa
The Rolling Stones
The Compulsive Gamblers
Greg Cartwright
The Reigning Sound
Jeff Pope
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Dr. John
Ray Manzarek
Paul Simon
Dan Penn
The Byrds
Badfinger
The Band
Stephen Sondheim
Andrew Lloyd Weber
Stephen Schwartz
The Police
Richard Thompson
Dean Martin
Chuck Berry
Syd Barrett
Rita Lee
Gal Costa
The Specials
2 Pac
Weezer
Squeeze
The Violent Femmes
Wanda Jackson
The Andrew Sisters
The Memphis Horns
The Memphis Jug Band
The Oblivians 
Cole Porter 
Johnny Mercer
Black Sheep
Harold Arlen
The Everly Borthers
The Faces
Neil Young
Charlie Rich
Oscar Peterson
Stevie Wonder
Phineas Newborn
M. Ward
The Lyres
The Troggs
The Velvet Underground
Funkadelic
Donovan
The Doors
Meat Puppets
Brian Eno
The Hollies
Radiohead
Frank Sinatra
? and the Mysterians
Tommy James
Madness
The Seeds 
The Lovin' Spoonful
Carl Perkins
Howlin' Wolf
The 13th Floor Elevators
Yo La Tengo
Love
A Giant Dog
Sparks
Courtney Barnett
Kate Tempest
T. Rex
Outkast
Irving Berlin
The Who
The Searchers
Fleetwood Mac
Allen Toussaint

…and a few others

THE CON take thier sound from the best rock n roll, 60s sounds, punk and indie. Fronted by the Withers brothers The Con deliver tunes for the times we're living in!

" Against the back drop of an economy in free fall, & anyone under 25 feeling neglected , unemployed and angry will connect with these snarling straight talking tunes! "
 " confident excitable swagger that's not to be unheard"    
                                                   Jackson Cooper, Rivera FM                                                                                                                                                                       

"The Con, a great mix of punk & indie rock, and hailing from Kingsbridge Devon, they bring the sound of The Jam & Oasis to the 2000's, making it sound fresh and new, with joint vocals from brothers Adam & Dan, and great songs like Riot Kids & Sorrow Sweet, this is a band to watch in 2012"
 Antony Evershed (South Devon Sound Radio)
 

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