Liu Bei - Infatuation by Liu Bei published on 2014-05-14T11:51:50Z Liu Bei Infatuation / Atlas World 7th July 2014 Ltd 7” vinyl and digital release VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfQf6VGD_Ig&feature=youtu.be “We heard something on the radio about Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord who was known as an amazing strategist and a really caring, benevolent leader. He was also eight feet tall and had ears so big he could see them. Seemed like something to aspire to.” Liu Bei (“Lou Bay”) explains frontman Richard, was born out of a desire to move away from years of solo acoustic songwriting and embark on something entirely new. In August 2013, on the brink of retiring from live music and concentrating fully on an already successful career writing music for TV shows and ads, Richard embarked on a collaborative project with a few friends which eventually led to the full formation of a band. After falling in love all over again with the likes of Slowdive, Ride and Mazzy Star, he felt an urge to create something epic and timeless. The first song to come was Infatuation – a shimmering, reverb soaked lament charting “how dedication and unconditional love can so quickly turn into something dark and sharp toothed, an aggressive obsession.” You can hear the life cycle of the band within - it retains the reflective, introverted character of its early acoustic form, but builds those raw emotions into something more panoramic, a wash of delayed guitar and building drums reminiscent of the Cocteau Twins. The accompanying video - a compact cinematic epic - was created by London-based filmmaker Jake Dypka, who upon hearing an early demo of the song knew he had to be involved: “Jake heard Infatuation and said it transported him to his adolescence – to that time and place where every teenage crush eats you alive. He wanted to shoot something that conveyed that – in the end we actually went to the town where he grew up, we even filmed in his childhood home.” Infatuation was recorded and mixed by James Kenosha (Pulled Apart By Horses, Rhodes, Dancing Years) at The Lodge studio in East Yorkshire during the first days of 2014. Liu Bei play Servant Jazz Quarters in London on July 10th 2014. Tickets are available here: http://billetto.co.uk/liu-bei Buy the 7” from the paradYse store: http://paradyserecords.bigcartel.com/ Vinyl and Tickets Bundle: https://www.musicglue.com/rockfeedback-1/ iTunes: http://georiot.co/1cXu Website - http://www.liubeiwins.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/liubeiwins Twitter - https://twitter.com/liubeiwins SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/liubeiwins Genre paradYse Comment by OrganicSmith Let’s collaborate 2023-12-15T21:18:05Z Comment by OrganicSmith I love this song 2023-12-15T18:36:30Z Comment by アムイ尺ノᄃズ んムᄃのアノム刀 "I would say... U backing again..." After long long time like dead then sudden memories back... 2023-01-06T19:12:01Z Comment by Barbara Eichhorn Vazquez WOW!! Awesome !! 2022-08-10T20:48:16Z Comment by Constantinescu Gheorghe will You reveal to us, the succes of that superb composition? 2021-11-08T14:31:45Z Comment by Constantinescu Gheorghe bellissimo! 2021-11-06T10:14:06Z Comment by “ wow3> 2021-01-03T20:27:10Z Comment by Lisa Farrant Moves my soul, a soft sway in the wind. 2019-12-24T03:48:00Z Comment by Zainab Azzoni in my lungs 2018-12-19T18:58:29Z Comment by Temporary_Name This song is great. It reminds me a lot of another great song, 'Forget not yet' by American gospel. 2017-02-21T02:06:27Z Comment by Belle Andrade Beautiful! 2016-02-17T17:33:35Z Comment by Gosia 80's Baby <3 2015-01-12T20:39:40Z Comment by FlightsofHeliosRemixes Can we do a remix of this please. 2014-12-18T11:16:22Z Comment by PaulErringtonOfficial powerful stuff beautiful.. Well produced too.. 2014-10-16T12:46:13Z Comment by Luvig Oh i am so impressed....great lyrics and voice Rich! 2014-08-27T21:27:11Z Comment by guteshoerenistwichtig SONG OF THE DAY http://guthoerenistwichtig.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/tageslied-liu-bei-infatuation/ 2014-06-24T08:17:11Z Comment by Liu Bei 'Infatuation' video now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfQf6VGD_Ig&feature=youtu.be 2014-06-18T17:10:03Z Comment by EricTL Gorgeous 2014-06-10T04:34:45Z Comment by Cata Soothful, a bit reminds me of sigur ros somehow❤️ 2014-06-08T23:51:41Z Comment by rosiemaryxx this is perfect 2014-06-07T15:34:40Z Comment by Zoo Shapes (Royalty Free - Creative Commons 4.0) great voice - love the verb 2014-05-25T01:13:55Z Comment by Some Candy Talkin' Blogged <3 http://somecandytalkin.altervista.org/liu-bei-infatuation/ 2014-05-23T11:50:38Z Comment by Dots & Dashes http://dotsanddashes.co.uk/blog/infatuation-liu-bei/ 2014-05-23T11:31:33Z Comment by Deadly Music! Deadly! http://www.feckingdeadly.com/liu-bei-infatuation/#.U35CtsehA-0 2014-05-22T18:34:07Z Comment by artblock this is just so beautiful 2014-05-21T22:00:36Z Comment by KeeganBuchhalter You are in my favorites (; 2014-05-21T19:45:20Z Comment by Hayley such a beautiful voice 2014-05-20T16:27:41Z Comment by Annie Lancaster beautiful 2014-05-19T13:25:13Z Comment by Anthony Lazaro Beautiful one 2014-05-19T12:23:21Z