Summertime Records Press Release

Aberdare Singer/Songwriter Leon Evans (who performs under the artist name 'Leon Live') is releasing his début EP entitled 'Childhood E.P.' on the 22nd December 2008.

Best described as 'Acoustic Rock' the EP combines rock sensibilities with an acoustic based sound scape with beautiful melodies and harmonies and incredibly infectious and hook laden choruses and lyrics.

The EP is available from 22nd December on CD (£3 + P&P) from the official Leon Live website –
www.leonlive.co.uk
The EP will soon be available digitally on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, eMusic and Napster.
It will also be available at all Leon Live performances.

The entire EP was created by Leon in his small flat in the town of Aberdare. Leon wrote, performed, produced, mixed and recorded all the material for the EP (and the upcoming album slated for release in Q2 2009) by himself. He also created the logo's and printed all the artwork for the CD. Chris Summerill of Summertime Records helped achieve a retail release by releasing under his Summertime Records label.

The 'Childhood E.P.' consists of 5 songs taken from the 14 that will appear on the full album next year. Each song(except 'Blinded') is a diary entry in Leon's life from May to October 2008 as he struggled to come to terms with an abusive and neglected childhood and the unfortunate emotional damage that left him with
as an adult.
Each songs lyrics were written in one day as a diary entry about the emotion and feelings he felt on that very day. These words are unedited, they are not revised or changed to 'improve' them as some form of song writing exercise. They are the honest, raw emotional content of one man's journey of self discovery.

Leon currently has work in progress mixes of all 14 songs from the album available on his website as free mp3 downloads so that listeners and fans can get a taste of the songs this talented songwriter is to release next year. It also gives Leon the opportunity to gain valuable feedback on his music from a worldwide audience.
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Additional Info
Leon Evans is a 34yr old who has been playing guitar and writing his own songs since the age of 16. He joined his first band and started performing live at the age of 17.

Originally from the Fernhill Estate in Mountain Ash, Leon's disjointed and unsettled childhood saw him move 7 times (along with stays with other families at various times) until the age of 16 when he was unsympathetically kicked out by his mother.

He bought his first guitar for £40 from a second hand shop in Aberdare (a pink Honer stratocaster) and learnt to play from magazines and guitar tab books and a few lessons from a local Aberdare guitarist John Jones.

Music was the norm during his childhood and was a bigger part of his home environment than television. Raised on 70's rock such as Journey, Led Zeppelin, Supertramp, Pink Floyd and AC/DC.
He then developed his own musical identity from the age of 11 onwards with his first musical purchase, Iron Maidens Live After Death double cassette.
Along with Maiden came Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and a multitude of classic 80's metal, along with a more classic rock side with bands like Cinderella, Danger Danger, Firehouse, Tesla.

Leon cites his 4 most influential albums as:
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds
Pink Floyd – The Wall
Journey – Escape
Tesla – Five Man Acoustic Jam.

Tesla's 'Five Man Acoustic Jam' introduced him to the 'unplugged' sound. Many people find it strange and almost contradictory that a man so entrenched in metal and heavy rock can write acoustically with such subtlety and melody.