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Self Preservation

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Self Preservation (Single)

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Self Preservation is the perfect calling card for the New Orlean's born hipster's unique interpretation of Future-Pop. Drenching the listener in a sunbath of hypnotic guitar driven retro-cool, verging on psychedelic, Self Preservation is perhaps so powerful because it offers so much more than just a stylish listening experience. An endearing narrative contemplates how times have changed, or indeed not, in the dog eat dog backdrop of the 21st century. More >>

Produced by Charles Newman & AM

AM FS&D praised in Q Magazine
23 August 2010
AM new album FS&D praised in Q Magazine!
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AM Self Preservation (Los Amparito Remix) FREE DOWNLOAD!
28 July 2010
AM Self Preservation (Los Amparito Remix) FREE DOWNLOAD
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AM's new single Self Preservation OUT NOW!
26 July 2010
AM's debut single 'Self Preservation' OUT TODAY in the UK!
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Sunday Express
5 Stars
"one of the great pop albums of the year...an album to fall in love with"
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Never Enough Notes
"Self Preservation is AM capturing the essence of 60's psychedelic pop...unique and exciting"


Q Magazine
"This cerebral rumination on life from the LA songsmith channel Beach Boys-esque pop noir and Beck's genre-hopping"


Uncut
3 Stars
"Bossa shuffle, symphonic strings and counter cultural lyrics...high levels of craft"


London Tour Dates
3 Stars
"a slice of sun-drenched, West Coast guitar pop...a real grower"
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Entertainment Focus
"undertones of Echo And The Bunnyman or even Gorillaz...don’t expect to be blown away by it but rather swiftly seduced"


AAA Music
"A great record and definitely one to watch"


AM - acoustic guitar, vocals
Jesse Nason - rhodes, synthesizers
Chris Lovejoy - percussion
Butch Norton - drums
Mark Getten - bass
Cory Joseph - electric guitar  

Produced by Charles Newman & AM
Engineered and mixed by Tom Rogers & Charles Newman
Assistant engineers: Tom Morgan & Ryan Nielson
Mastered by Tom Rogers

Recorded at Wilder Bros. Studios and Cottage Sounds in Los Angeles, USA (June 2008 - April 2009)

Mastered at Atomix Studios, Los Angeles, USA

Photography by Blake West. Layout and design by Jonathan Ady

Written and composed by AM (Edgecliffe Music ASCAP)

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