{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"ACPG 151: The Luka State","description":"Hello and welcome to episode 151 of the ACPG Podcast. This week Ben is on zoom with Conradfrom the North West based band - The Luka State. Ben and Conrad talk about all things The Luka State as well as a lot of rock n roll. Hailing from Winsford \u2013 a forgotten town between Manchester and Liverpool \u2013  The Luka State aren\u2019t overly concerned with the loftier heights of the rock\u2019n\u2019roll dream. \u201cMusic has always been therapy for me,\u201d says Conrad Ellis, frontman of rising UK indie-rock powerhouse The Luka State. \u201cYou do feel like there\u2019s a weight lifted, but for people with mental health struggles and people from working-class towns, you feel like you deserve more than the cards you\u2019ve been dealt \u2013 those feelings don\u2019t go away.\u201d  Ellis, along with his hometown childhood friends Sam Bell (bass, vocals), Lewis Pusey (guitar) and Jake Barnabas (drums), dropped their self-funded debut album \u2018Fall In Fall Out\u2019 in 2021 to media attention and critical acclaim, but also a world gone quiet due to the pandemic. \u201cIt was hard to connect with the wider world when we were all stuck at home, so we couldn\u2019t see what impact we\u2019d had on the scene, the industry and the wider world,\u201d remembers Ellis.  When the world opened up and the band could return to the stage, they found legions of fans who had connected with their debut album\u2019s punchy stories of hometown life and knew every word. But by then, they\u2019d already been at work on the follow-up and were evolving as a band both musically and lyrically.   Thank you to Kat for setting up the interview. And thank you to Conrad for coming on. ","author_name":"Anyone Can Play Guitar","author_url":"https:\/\/www.acpgmusic.com\/","html":"