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"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it"

A PROMISE OF PEACE

A Promise Of Peace

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Racial hatred - Never again? Ethnic cleansing - Never again?
Ignorance and sin - Never again?

A Promise Of Peace Art

60 years on from the end of World War II is a time to remember, not a time to celebrate. 'A Promise Of Peace', the first solo album by Lee Saunders, reflects this sentiment in the strongest terms. It stands as a testimony to sober remembrance and not as a trophy signifying the hollow victory of the second world war.

The mood that dominates 'A Promise Of Peace' is one of foreboding. This is not the story of gallant Generals and Majors viewed with misty eyed nostalgia, it is a story of the everyday Tommy on the front-line, stranded at Dunkirk and the civilians enduring the utter horror of the Blitz.

The soundscapes created by Lee Saunders realize the death, degradation and futility of war, whether it be fifty years ago or in modern day Croatia, Iraq, Rwanda or Northern Ireland.

From the barking call to arms, Poland and Dunkirk, to the capitulation of France, the battle of Britain to the Blitz, Pearl Harbor to D-day, VE day to the dropping of the bomb. 'A Promise Of Peace' is a chronological story that is terrifying as it is dramatic. The music is ominous, harrowing and powerful. The message is not one left to speculation or interpretation.

THIS IS WAR. THIS IS HORROR.

After so many years of war, the music reflects on the hope and a promise of peace for the future - but it is a blood stained hope and an empty promise soon to be destroyed. If 'A Promise Of Peace' has a contemporary message, it is one of anti-right wing bigotry. Perhaps we will soon learn that war against fascism is the greatest and most righteous war to be fought - one that undoubtedly holds the sweetest prize.

Through this page you can access the different sections regarding the Promise Of Peace project.

Track By Track section : Select the 'Track By Track' section you can access a track by track look at 'A Promise Of Peace', the lyrics for each track and its relation to the historical events of World War II. There are extra pages that focuses more on certain events that shaped the outcome of the conflict.

Reviews : A selection of reviews on 'A Promise Of Peace' from around the world.

Interviews : Published interviews with Lee Saunders from magazines around the world, in reference to 'A Promise Of Peace'.

Sound Samples : This section contains a 30 second sample from each track off the CD 'A Promise Of Peace', and other releases by Lee Saunders from 'The Puzzle' project. Each sample is an mp3 file, approximately 600k in size, and of extremely good quality. The samples are very fast to download.

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For those visitors that have entered to this site, directly to this page, we would like to inform you that this page is part of a series of pages, within a section that acts as a backdrop to 'The Puzzle' project. 'The Puzzle' is a musical project that looks at different events from the 20th-21st Century.

This section is part of the 'World War II' zone. 'A Promise Of Peace' tells the story, in chronological order, of World War II.

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