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Richard Lloyd\xa0\xa0founding member of the seminal rock band\xa0Television\xa0presents his new album\xa0The Countdown\xa0on CD and digital via\xa0Plowboy Records.The Countdown,\xa0Richard Lloyd\xa0creates an honest, natural expression with his stylized guitar sound and swagger. I can only be me, he says. I can't turn into somebody else. So every record I make is just a progression. I never felt the angst necessary to be a punk. I was too young to be a beatnik and too old to be a hippy. I like to say I\u2019m an anthropologist from another planet who is observing human nature and expressing my observations through rock\u2019n\u2019roll.\xa0Renowned Nashville session players\xa0Dave Roe\xa0(bass) and\xa0Steve Ebe\xa0(drums) served as a solid rhythmic backbone in the studio, cutting the basic 11 tracks in two days, while keys by\xa0Joe Bidewell\xa0(who played with\xa0Lloyd\xa0in his band in 1980) were eventually added to the mix. The result is a real rocker\u2019s record, with\xa0Lloyd\xa0allowing his trademark fusion of garage rock, thoughtful soul, and power pop hooks to marinate from opening cut \u201cWind In The Rain\u201d to the soaring heights of the closing title track \u201cThe Countdown,\u201d in which he posits blasting off into space as he\u2019s \u201chad enough of planet Earth,\u201d while his guitar and keys propel the listener with him into the stratosphere.\xa0Adorned with his own personal paintings as the foundation for the front and back covers of the CD and vinyl,\xa0The Countdowncontinues the legacy of one of rock\u2019s enduring pioneers.