Scott Lavene

Scott Lavene ventures out across the UK for another tour in support of the acclaimed, and third album 'Disneyland In Dagenham'. A born storyteller, through his records and his writing Scott Lavene has long been populating a hallucinogenic world of his own creation with ne?er do wells, ragamuffins and eccentrics. From a man draining the blood of property agents in the aid of local businesses to a talking horse who travels Europe selling hash, gambling and performing covers of Talking Heads, Disneyland In Dagenham is no exception. It?s a record that tumbles together the autobiographical and the imagined, the heart-breaking and the preposterous. Earlier in the year he was invited by The Hold Steady?s frontman Craig Finn to tour with him once more, a friendship that has seen Lavene open for The Hold Steady recently in London and New York. "Full of great poignant, funny and sad songs that display the man?s great writing talents. At times he?s David Bowie, Syd Barrett and Ian Dury at the same time.? (Louder Than War). "Mordant, spivvy, pop-punk TMI gabble about the urgency and futility of it all from lyrical Essex motormouth." (MOJO). ?Think Baxter Dury?s warped kid brother.? (The Times). ?Sounds like an updated version of something that Stiff records would have released in the 70?s.? (Steve Lamacq).