DETOUR RECORDS  'PAISLEY ARCHIVE' LABEL ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE DEBUT ALBUM BY “THE AFFECTED FOUR” FAIRLY NEW BAND ON THE SCENE THAT HAS BEEN CAUSING QUITE A FEW RIPPLES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH COAST.  THE AFFECTED FOUR FEATURES MANY WELL KNOWN FACES FROM FORMER BANDS FROM OVER THE YEARS. HAILING FROM THE SOUTHAMPTON & BOURNEMOUTH AREAS PAST BANDS INCLUDE THE CURTAINS, HIPSTER, THE HOODWINKS TO NAME A FEW… IS IT MOD? IS IT GARAGE? IS IT SOUL? IS IT PSYCH? A TRULY AUTHENTIC SOUNDING 60S GARAGE BAND FOR TODAY? A PEBBLES BAND FOR THE FUTURE? A YESTERDAYS SOUND FOR TOMORROW? MANY OF THESE TRACKS HAVE BEEN  PENNED BY THE AMAZING TALENT OF RICHARD CASTLE WHO’S SONG WRITING IS A SECOND TO NONE.  IF YOU KNOW RICHARD YOU’LL KNOW HIS BACK GROUND AND CAN IDENTIFY SOME OF HIS STORIES THAT HE TELLS THROUGH HIS LYRICS… RICHARD IS THE MODERN DAY ‘SYD BARRETT’, HE HAS SPENT ALL HIS ADULT LIFE GOING IN AND OUT OF PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS.. HE BLAMES THIS ON TAKING TOO MANY MAGIC MUSHROOMS IN HIS YOUTH… PUTTING THIS TO ONE SIDE, SOME OF RICHARDS BEST LYRICS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN WHILE HE HAS BEEN INSIDE FIGHTING WITH HIS DEMONS!! SO TAKE A TRIP IN THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE AFFECTED FOUR... <<< ONLY 200 COPIES PRESSED SO BE QUICK!!!!!!! >>>

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STAND UP

MAKING THE BEST WAY

THE INNER ME

MY GIRL AND MY BEST FRIEND

SO NEAR SO FAR

HERE SHE COMES

PIECES OF MY LIFE

LOOKING FOR LOVE

WHAT WILL THE NEIGHBOURS THINK?

BETTER WHEN I’M GONE

SOMETHING’S HAPPENING