Video Game Review: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Platforms: Xbox Live Arcade (reviewed), Playstation Network, and PC

I’d have thought you crazy if you were to tell me that the same studio responsible for The Darkness and Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay was going to make a game that would affect me emotionally more than any other game released this year. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is, as I mentioned on this episode of my podcast, is one of those “indie darling” games that gets the press all abuzz. After finishing it, if it asked me to put $5.75 in my pocket, grasp a cup of Kool-Aid in hand, and put white Nike Decades on, I’d do so without much second guessing.

Brothers is journey of two brothers on a quest to get a cure for their father’s mysterious ailment. While the premise seems like it’s been done before, you find yourself in a different situation than you’d think you’d end up. The brothers don’t take up arms to defend themselves and slay any evil that gets in their way. Instead, they do what most young boys would do – head out with only their wits and one another to depend on. It’s a fairly simple distinction from other games of its ilk, but it’s something that truly sets it apart.

Having nothing to rely on but one another, the two brothers head out on their journey for a cure for their father. Making their way out the village, you’re given more time to acclimate yourself with the control scheme. You control the older brother with left stick and the younger brother with the right stick. Now you might be thinking how difficult it would be to make the brothers do anything, given that your thumbs are occupied by controlling their movements. The simple, and slightly brilliant, workaround is that the corresponding triggers handle all of the interactions the brothers have.

While the control scheme is simple, it’s something that does take some adjustment to an otherwise-conditioned brain. When it syncs up, the choice to go this route is marvelous, although just how often that actually happens is likely to vary considerably from person to person. There are some people that it just clicks for, and once it does, they never have an issue with it again. I fall into the category of it working for a time, realizing that it’s working, trying to concentrate on it as to not break the flow, only to have just that happen. It was only a slight a hindrance for me as Brothers never really requires any sort of dexterous thumb work.

Any of the puzzles in the game that impede your progress are fairly simple and will rarely take more than a few minutes to figure out. There’s also not an overabundance of them, making the ones that are there fit smoothly into the world. They also never really stick to one particular thing for very long, introducing you to one type of mechanic and then moving on well before it wears out its welcome. A favorite of mine involved something resembling a gigantic hamster wheel, which seemed absurd for a moment until I thought about why it’s there and what purpose it would serve. Little things like that help sell the realism of a world that looks and feels like a fairytale come to life, similar to Fable (sans the chicken kicking and the rampant flatulence humor that Fable is known for).

Both the whimsical sense of wonder and the sometimes darker narratives of those fairytales are present throughout your journey. Never having a decipherable language in Brothers adds to that feeling as you use your imagination to fill in the blanks. There’s some amazing setpieces that the two brothers don’t themselves understand, making you feel more a part of their journey than you might otherwise. I was left dying to know just what was going on in many of the areas, but you move so briskly from area to area, that you never really get the chance to ponder too long on any one scene.

It’s a short journey through, taking around three hours if you don’t spend any time exploring as you go. Those that spend the time to poke their noses around, something I highly recommend, will find the most rewarding experience Brothers can offer. While none of the sidetracking affects the game’s outcome, the more you explore, the more of the enriched you’re going to find your time spent in the game. Interacting with things with each brother separately will often net you a different result. One of my favorite moments is coming across a house with a harp on the porch. Interact with the younger brother and you find that you might have a musical protégé attached to your right stick, while you find the older isn’t anywhere near as competent with the instrument. The villager sitting in front of the harp will also react differently to each brother’s attempt at playing it.

Such wonderful little experiences like that are a testament as to just how much care was given to the single button interactions. There are a few moments in the game that made me realize just how much weight is given to this simple mechanic, one nearly bringing me to tears and another, after realizing its use, bringing such a sense of elation that it nearly brought me to tears again (or I’m just a big sissy).

Brothers is one of those games that has people buzzing about it for good reason. With a truly unique control scheme, a beautiful aesthetic, and one of few stories that ever brought about real emotion for me, you’d be fairly foolish to not play it. The moments when the control scheme might not work for you can be a bit frustrating, but even falling on the extreme side of the negative of it, it never hindered my love for the tale it was telling or my desire to see everything the world had to offer me.

9 out of 10 silently crying game reviewers

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Jimmy Kimmel Had It Right About Kanye. Sorry, Slate

by Kari Tervo

So Kanye West is having a Twitter tantrum because Jimmy Kimmel ran a parody skit depicting him in his recent BBC interview as a child. And this guy, Forrest Wickman from Slate, is stepping up to defend him, calling Kimmel's sketch "ignorant and stupid." 

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Film Reviews - Fantastic Fest Round Up - Day 8

By Adam Ruhl

Well the end has finally come, Fantastic Fest 2013 went out with a phenomenal closing film, Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem. It was touch and go for most of the day, but with a little luck I was able to secure entrance to this amazing film. I have written a special review for it and encourage everyone to see this film. I hope you have enjoyed our Fantastic Fest coverage and I look forward to sharing the festival with you all again in 2014.

The Zero Theorem

Opinion about Terry Gilliam films tends to be fairly polarized. Myself, the type of folks who read our site, and lovers of genre films the world over largely consider him a genius and master filmmaker. Others, who prefer more conventional films or simply don’t like his style, have a decidedly more mixed reaction. Zero Theorem is not likely to reconcile these two sides anytime soon. If anything, Terry Gilliam has continued to evolve and push his storytelling into even deeper realms than his earlier films. I’ve seen this new movie once, but I feel like I will need time and several more viewings before its messages become clear to me. That’s not to say that the film is convoluted, it’s actually very straight forward, but on reflection I feel like Terry Gilliam is encoding deeper meaning under the plot.

The Zero Theorem is a story about Qohen (Christoph Waltz), an office worker who wishes to work from home because he is expecting a phone call which will tell him the meaning of his life. His wish is granted when he is assigned a project to work on solving the The Zero Theorem, an equation to show that the entire universe is meaningless. The screenplay was written by Pat Rushin (who attended the closing screening but was not available for Q&A) and he composes some fascinating characters; similar to those in earlier Gilliam films, but with more brooding and melancholy. Terry Gilliam stated that, like Brazil, this was commentary on the business world of an era. I heard someone refer to it as the “spiritual successor’ of Brazil and I can see how someone would draw that parallel to a point. Zero points a lot of the same fun at corporate structures and authority, but takes its own road when considering modern motivations and how technology has shaped our world.

The Zero Theorem has just started on the festival rounds and it may be some time before we see a domestic US release. When it does become available I recommend seeing it a number of times, I know I’m going to catch more in later viewings.  As with all his films it’s so visually busy that it’s easy to miss important details. The Zero Theorem is a brilliant film and a stunning achievement for Gilliam and Waltz. Ultimately I think this film will place high in the list of the director’s best works.

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Film Review - Don Jon

When watching those TV spots for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's new film, Don Jon, you forget it has anything to do with pornography like the original trailer suggested.  Those 30 second ads play it off like a typical love story, a romantic comedy about a tough guy playing hard to read and a tough girl playing hard to get.

The film written and directed by Gordon-Levitt does not forget.  At all.  Pornography is front and center the entire running time.  That's not saying it's a porno, just the topic of pornography works as a motif that mirrors the world Gordon-Levitt created for his characters and story.  It's a strong message that one doesn't expect a first time writer-director to convey so eloquently and so entertainingly, but Gordon-Levitt does it as smooth as Don Jon's slick back hair.

Don Jon centers around Jon Martello (Gordon-Levitt), who has been branded the nickname Don Jon by his boys due to his ability to score a chick every weekend.  He's a simple person.  He only cares about a few things in his life: his body, his pad, his ride, his family, his church, his boys, his girls, and...his porn.  Nothing compares to his porn.  That is until he meets Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson), a beautiful, smart, old fashioned girl who might be the one if they can find a mutual understanding.

Gordon-Levitt commands the screen as Don Jon, a character that we've never seen him embody, and it's refreshing to see him continue to take risks in his acting career even after transcending into the mainstream.  His transformation into this big-headed, East Jersey, Italian American, oozes of machismo, but manages to keep it from becoming a parody of what could have been a one-note character.  Scarlett Johansson is also unrecognizable as Barbara Sugarman, looking more like Jessica Alba or JLo (or maybe its just the accent and incessant gum chewing) and manages to imbue every word in a veil of sexuality.

These aren't your typical characters in a romantic comedy.  Jon has a porn addiction.  Barbara has control issues.  In both cases, both have these expectations of what a relationship should entail and because of these expectations, it is doomed to fail.  Gordon-Levitt rips a page from Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving and dissects everything that goes into relationships, love, and gender roles in a society that has all those defined for us in his first script.  The screenplay works on many levels and never knocks you over the head with its observations and comparisons to society.

The supporting cast consisting of Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, and Brie Larson to just name a few are also great, clocking in some memorable performances with characters that are just as dynamic as the main ones.

But all these great performances aren't just by accident.  One can see that Gordon-Levitt knows how to hone in on those great performances due to understanding the actor's process and the mindset it entails.  He manages to capture those intimate moments that might not even be evident to more established directors.  Even though I would like to see him direct something that he hasn't written, Don Jon is a great launching pad for his directing career.  If Ben Affleck stole Batman from Gordon-Levitt, then maybe Gordon-Levitt can take away some Affleck's directing chops. So far, so good.

Overall, it's a very light-hearted film that has a lot to say.  Hopefully, it will get the recognition it deserves regardless of its taboo subject and not disappear among all the serious fare that have less to say during awards season.  Definitely a must see.

10 of 10 Hail Mary's

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Highlights and Horrors of Watching Twilight

by Kari Tervo

I just finished watching part four of the Twilight saga, Breaking Dawn, Part I.

In my earlier post on Twilight (here), I was in the middle of Eclipse, the third one. I wrote, "I’m just hoping the birthing scene involves sunlight and sparkles. And I hope none of you who have seen it are laughing at that."

Ummm. . .ha ha ha! The birthing scene alone was so intense and tragic, I had to watch from that point to the end in three separate sittings. Oh, how I long for the blissful ignorance of my youth (last Monday).

So, about this baby vampire (or whatever it is; I guess I have to watch Breaking Dawn, Part II to figure that out): Renesmee? Really? C'mon, Stephenie Meyer. Bella is the anti-lame. I don't think she would really get so sentimental or obvious as to make some horrid hybrid of her mother's name (Renee) and Edward's mother's name (Esme). Probably her high school friend Jessica would do that. I don't know, maybe motherhood changes you. They say there's something about baby brain. But I really think Stephenie Meyer was like, screw it! Who cares about its name when there's a grand possibility Jacob is going to eat it? At least Alice spoke for all of us when she strongly advised against Renesmee. She could see it coming that we wouldn't like it. Would that we all had such informative visions.

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Movie Trailer: The Avengers: Age of Ultron SDCC Teaser Trailer

Marvel has finally released the Comic-Con teaser trailer they showed for Avengers 2. There isn't any footage or anything so it's basically just a title announcement but still worth a look!

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How Lena Dunham Can Rock Her Next Red Carpet

by Kari Tervo

I don't really care that much about fashion. And I'm delighted that, as I get older and more comfortable with myself and how to dress this odd body of mine, I care even less about fashion. I'm on my own terms. I generally live in athletic skirts and tank tops, but when it's time to clean up, I know the go-to cuts that will help me feel my best.

It took me a long time to learn how to dress my curvy 5'0" frame. Note to critics: It could be a lot worse! The best way to describe my body is "Marilyn Monroe, by Picasso." I know how hard it is to dress a curvy body, especially when clothes are primarily designed for stick-thin women. That's the designers' fault, not the fault of women who don't have stick-thin bodies.

Women in Hollywood have it especially hard. If you want to make it to the red carpet, you have to have a red carpet look. It might be a little easier to shop with a stylist and a lot more pin money (that was my inner 50s sock hop girl speaking), but searching for the perfect curvy-girl dress can still be a snipe hunt.

Case in point: Here is Lena Dunham in her 2013 Emmys dress.

Image via eoline.com

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Film Reviews - Fantastic Fest Round Up - Day 7

By Adam Ruhl

Fantastic Fest is starting to wind down. Today was the last full day, but I have a few odds and ends reviews to share with you. Tomorrow is the closing film, Terry Gilliam's new picture Zero Theorem. I currently am going to have to fight for entrance, but hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with a review of the film. Wish me luck and on with the reviews.

Gatchaman

Full disclosure, I have not seen the anime series that this live action version is based on. The film Gatchaman is a massively entertaining CGI laden action film. The plot is a pretty standard ‘alien invasion and only the G-Force can stop them’ type of film, but for me it was better constructed than any of the Transformers movies. There’s a certain amount of camp to it, the costumes, fights, and bad guys often remind me of old episodes of Power Rangers but the much higher budget and fun factor offset most of the giggles.

 

Mood Indigo

This is the newest film from Michel Gondry and it is a wholly unique picture. It is a story told in much surreal, visual craziness, but the story itself is a clear narrative of love and loss. I would describe it as being like Amelie meets Wrong meets Beaches. Audrey Tautou shines in the lead, her smile brightening even the grimmest moments of the film. It’s hard to express the visual candy that is Mood Indigo, it really needs to be experienced and I think in spite of being hectic and a very unorthodox movie most audiences will find something to love in it.

 

Kid’s Police

The Special Investigations Department has been turning into children by the nefarious Red Venus organization. However, they are not going to let that stop them, they’re still on the job. They have to hurry though because their minds are slowly becoming like children’s as well. Kid’s Police is the feature film continuation of a TV show from Japan and it feels like you’re coming into the middle of the story. It’s funny but in a kids programming sort of way with lots of physical humor and kids taking on adults in a fight.

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Blu-ray Review: Homeland - The Complete Second Season

Showtime's Emmy Award winning drama Homeland arrives on blu-ray this week with the release of the complete second season.

Season Two of this brilliant show was a bit shakier than the amazing season one.  It had a few missteps at the start (not including the incredible premiere) but by midpoint through the end, it was nail-bittingly awesome.

If you missed the season on Showtime, this blu-ray set is a great way to catch up before the premiere this weekend.  The show looks gorgeous on Blu-ray and it has some nice features to boot including some deleted seasons and featurettes.

Claire Danes is really worth the price of admission alone.  She's simply astonishing in this show and her chemistry with both Lewis and Patinkin (who is also amazing) is perfection.

Homeland returns on September 29 so you have a few days to plow through the 12 episodes contained in this set.  Plenty of time!

Homeland: The Complete Second Season is available now!

Homeland: The Complete Second Season

8/10 Bombs!

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CONTEST: Win How I Met Your Mother Season 8 on DVD!

How I Met Your Mother just kicked off it's ninth and final season this week and the season eight DVD set releases on Tuesday.  Yeah maybe poor timing there.

Anyway, we have a copy to giveaway!

You want it?

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Film Reviews - Fantastic Fest Round Up - Day 6

By Adam Ruhl

Borgman

This is a new Dutch release that has been picked up by Drafthouse Films. It’s a mystery story that really held my attention and I could really get into the characters. The plot follows a homeless man who invites himself into a family’s home for a shower and decides to stay, slowly growing more involved with their lives. The key to this film is its dark; its like an evil ‘What About Bob’ meets ‘Pacific Heights’ and a little ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ thrown in. The film has a lot of intrigue and each twist just pulls you further along in the mystery of who Borgman is and what he wants.

 

Hentai Kemen: Forbidden Super Hero

When I reviewed Greatful Dead yesterday I noted it was the festival ‘over-the-top’ entry from Japan and today I realized I completely overlooked this Hentai Kamen. In my defense, I was tired and Hentai is sexual and violent in a completely different way from Dead. Hentai Kamen is actually very similar to the Spiderman movies, the principal difference being that instead of being powered by a radioactive spider, Hentai Kamen is power by continuously sniffing used panties. I think that indicates what kind of parody this this film is and it is a parody right down to the spoofing Marvel Studios logo at the opening. It is immensely over the top juvenile gags that will appeal to the fans of movies like Robogeisha (which in the interest of disclosure I am one).

 

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

The latest offering from Writer-Director Stephen Chow is a fascinating piece of Chinese mythology. It follows a demon hunter as he hunts a powerful pig demon through ancient China. The film has a lot of great special effects in the form of the demons; they appear as giant animals with impressive design and execution. Chow who’s also known for Sholin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle brings his famous brand of cartoony humor. All in all it’s a great journey and worth seeing if you get the opportunity.

 

Afflicted

The ‘found footage’ horror film is a genre I feel is just about played out. We’ve seen people running away from monsters, witches, aliens, all type of creatures while making an excuse for still holding the camera. Afflicted follows a lot of the formula conventions pretty closely, but it does have an element that makes it stand out. That comes in the form of the Writer, Directors, and stars Clif Prowse and Derek Lee. They’ve written and performed fictionalized versions of themselves and their natural and real friendship makes the characters much more believable on the screen. That dynamic goes a long way in selling the ‘found footage’ aspect of this movie where other films often fall flat.

 

Chanthaly

Chan has a heart condition that leaves her in fragile health and her controlling father keeps her a shut in. She begins to have visions of her mother who supposedly died of the same heart condition and its clear she’s trying to send a message. The film has a good atmosphere and great use of natural sound. It’s a ghost story so there is a very slow build of the plot and a lot of tension building. Chanthaly also has the distinction of being the first feature directed by a woman (Mattie Do) in its native country of Laos and the first horror film for the nation.

 

 

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There Is A Movie Called Big Ass Spider And It Looks AWESOME.

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DVD Review: The League Season 4

It's that time of year again, Football season! My favorite part is sitting down and watching The League.

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Film Reviews - Fantastic Fest Round Up - Day 5

By Adam Ruhl

In the second half of Fantastic Fest the tone changes a little bit. There are a few secret screenings that pop up, the other films get their second showings, and the crowd migrates from industry folks to more fan based. I use the second half to pick up odd films that I missed in the first half and have good word of mouth. I also caught a secret screening so let's start with that.

The Green Inferno

After a six year hiatus Eli Roth is back with another gory feature romp, this time through the Amazon rainforest. This was a secret screening at Fantastic Fest with Eli himself in attendance. The film is beautiful with some of the best rainforest photography I’ve seen since Medicine Man. In some respects I found the story to be an extension of the earlier Hostel films. Again we have a group of young twenty-something’s that run afoul in a foreign land with bloody results. There is plenty of mayhem to watch and overall I would call this film Roth’s best since Cabin Fever.

 

 

 

Greatful Dead

Every year Fantastic Fest needs at least one really good, over the top, sexual, violent, funny film from Japan. This year the film with the best show of all those elements is Greatful Dead. The movie is about a young woman who is ignored throughout her whole childhood so she resorts to some rather extreme measures to get attention. The female lead has a great presence and personality that helps carry the movie. It sounds like Dead is pretty early in its festival run, it’s a small budget film that’s not even opening in Japan until next year. There may be quite a wait for a US release but it is definitely worth seeing.

 

Ragnarok

Ragnarok is great fun for a couple reasons. First off it addresses a lot of Viking history and mythology. Second, the popular sentiment around the festival was that this film was reminiscent of early Spielberg films and it’s true. You can see a lot of great action-adventure elements and at times has a  Jurassic Park vibe. Finally, among the festival films it is a rare picture that is family friendly. There’s not a bunch of language or on screen violence and the story is interesting enough not to bore adults. This is a great film to watch with the kids, still have a good time, and for them to start learning Norwegian.

 

Septic Man

Jack (Jason David Brown) is the titular Septic man who starts out as just a regular plumber. When the town’s water becomes polluted to the point of needing to evacuate the populace; Jack is hired to find and correct the cause. When he does find the source of the problem he inadvertently becomes trapped in the city’s septic system. Thus starts the story that is correctly being described as ‘Buried’ meets ‘The Toxic Avenger’, only a lot gooier. This movie definitely requires a strong stomach as it attempts to answer what happens to a man trapped in a feces tank and what objects will accidently land in his mouth before the film is done.

 

 The Congress

This was an interesting little bittersweet sci-fi satire worth seeing a couple of times. Robin Wright plays a fictional version of herself who receives an offer by the studio to be scanned into a computer. The studio will make movies with her digital self and she is free to do anything but act. What follows is a spectacular and slightly terrifying vision of a future that while fantastic may hold a few accurate prophecies. This movie is so warm and the leads are amazing, both Robin Wright, Jon Hamm, and Harvey Keitel give stunning performances. The Congress is an animated wonder from Ari Folman, director of Waltz with Bashir.

 

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Twilight vs. Team Feminist. Part One: Hermione's Shadow

By Kari Tervo

I just started watching the Twilight saga, five years after the first movie came out. I had known the basics of the plot forever, because the franchise is larger than life. I think Twilight has had more covers of Entertainment Weekly than the Entertainment Weekly logo. I decided to give it a sit-down and see what I’d been missing. 

I’m on the third movie now, Eclipse, and I’m enjoying the series. It’s a timeless story with modern (and monster) flourishes. The special effects are cool, and the cinematography is magical (that’s the kind of stuff we say out here in Hollywood). I admit I’m having a little trouble even looking at creepy, pasty-faced Edward (I do not see what that girl sees in him). That’s the primary reason I’m leaning Team Jacob, but I’m hoping that kid can learn to control his aggro a little. Maybe put him on a light dose of anti-psychotic. But another thing keeps creeping into my mind, like Edward stalking Bella in her room while she’s sleeping: All the feminist critiques I’ve seen floating around about Twilight.


A lot of feminists hate Twilight. If you Google “Twilight” and “anti-feminist,” you get around 30,000 results. I started watching the series fully expecting to cringe frequently from a feminist perspective. Instead, I’m left scratching my head. I just don’t see how Twilight is so anti-feminist. I’m here to defend Twilight from a feminist perspective. Over a few posts, I’ll cover just a few areas of criticism and explain why I think they have it wrong. Here’s the first one:

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Paul McCartney reveals NEW album artwork and deluxe tracklisting

Paul McCartney reveals NEW album artwork and deluxe tracklisting

October 15^th will see the release of Paul’s first album of brand NEW solo material in six years.

Today, Monday 23^rd September, Paul reveals NEW artwork as well as tracklisting for the deluxe version.

The deluxe package will include two additional brand new studio recordings.

Standard and deluxe both include:

1.     Save Us (produced by Paul Epworth)

2.     Alligator (produced by Mark Ronson)

3.     On My Way To Work (produced by Giles Martin)

4.     Queenie Eye (produced by Paul Epworth)

5.     Early Days (produced by Ethan Johns)

6.     New (produced by Mark Ronson with additional production by Giles Martin)

7.     Appreciate (produced by Giles Martin)

8.     Everybody Out There (produced by Giles Martin)

9.     Hosanna (produced by Ethan Johns)

10.  I Can Bet (produced by Giles Martin)

11.  Looking At Her (produced by Giles Martin)

12.  Road (produced by Paul Epworth)

Deluxe includes bonus tracks:

13.  Turned Out (produced by Ethan Johns with additional production by Giles Martin)

14.  Get Me Out Of Here (produced by Giles Martin)

Executive Producers: Paul McCartney and Giles Martin               Mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent

Deluxe edition total Running Time: 52:15

This weekend saw Paul perform NEW material live for the first time in Las Vegas at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. In an eight song set Paul premiered ‘Save Us’, New’ and ‘Everybody Out There’.

Talking about the album, Paul said: “It's funny, when I play people the album they’re surprised it’s me. A lot of the tracks are quite varied and not necessarily in a style you'd recognise as mine. I didn't want it to all sound the same. I really enjoyed making this album.  It's always great to get a chance to get into the studio with a bunch of new songs and I was lucky to work with some very cool producers.  We had a lot of fun.”

Paul worked on the album with producers Paul Epworth, Mark Ronson, Ethan Johns and Giles Martin.

The album was recorded at Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles; Avatar Studios, New York; Abbey Road Studios, London; Air Studios, London; Wolf Tone Studios, London and Hog Hill Mill, East Sussex.

Artwork information:

NEW album cover inspired by Dan Flavin with special thanks to Stephen Flavin

Logo and cover concept: Rebecca and Mike

Consultancy and design: YES

Cover Image: Ben Ib 

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Tour News: CHER!

There is only one Cher and you can see her on tour this coming summer.  The tour kicks off March 22 in Phoenix and she's hitting all the major markets to support the release of her new album Closer To The Truth which hits stores tomorrow.

Fore more info visit Cher.com!

The "Dressed To Kill" tour dates are below!