The Lasters
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The album sleeve's augmented reality visuals.
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The album cover
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Trailer: Into The Darkness: Fred Deakin and The Lasters from Paul Wyatt on Vimeo.
The fantastic filmmaker Paul Wyatt has made a documentary about the project: here's the trailer
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Here's a five minute compilation of moments from the live shows.
In 2019 I released The Lasters, a science-fiction concept album with a story running through it, like War of The Worlds or The Point. Over 75 minutes and 19 tracks it tells the story of Earth’s final family and is set in a dystopian future with the planet on the brink of extinction, where humanity has split into two tribes, the Techs and the Luddites. You can listen to the first single The End Of The World here and the full album is also on Spotify (with amazing animations by Cameron Gleave and Gracie Dahl): if you want to buy it on triple gatefold vinyl or USB you can do so at my Bandcamp page. We played some secret gigs in late 2019 which were so much fun: sadly they now might be the only time the album gets played live but you never know…