This summer, a new chapter is set to be written in the Deep Purple story. The new album ‘=1’ is on its way, and ‘Lazy Sod’ is the third single, from their upcoming album =1,” which will be released on July 19th via earMUSIC. “Lazy Sod” follows in the sonic footsteps of “Pictures Of You” (released last month) and “Portable Door” (May),
The new song comes powered by a chunky riff straight out of the early 1970s, and finds Ian Gillan pondering the perilous state of the world and his reluctance to do anything about it. “The world’s on fire, and I can’t get my ass out of bed / The world is on fire, there’s smoke all around my head,” sings Gillan, before the chorus reveals the reason: he’s a lazy sod.
“Recently, a young journalist asked me how many songs I had written in my life,” Gillan told Germany’s Rocks magazine last month. “I replied that the last time my assistant counted, twenty years ago, it was over 500. I felt quite accomplished until she pointed out Dolly Parton’s 5,000 songs, calling me a lazy sod. I couldn’t help but agree and wrote down the exchange in my notebook.”
A vast array of formats will be available, including a limited edition box set containing the album on CD and 2LP, three live vinyl 10“ discs, a 24-page booklet, a DVD of the documentary Access All Areas, plus a t-short, an art-card and a lanyard.
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