Stages, by The Electric Soft Parade

Stages

by The Electric Soft Parade

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Dor Sam Beautiful melody's, great vibe, beautiful sound. Love this band since their first LP Holes in the Wall. Favorite track: Left Behind.

romurocks Album du mois sur Romu.rocks.
Que du bonheur.

alanneilson8 Such a great piece of music and released on Bowie’s birth date too. What a present. This was well worth the wait. Looking forward to hearing the vinyl soon as well.

tommycockles Its just a lovely album

Mythelyae Been following these two guys for the past 15 years or so, and while I can argue that it's not yet my favourite, Stages is definitely a solid and coherent album. Will be listening to it for a long time from now on!

owenwilkinson Always loved this band. But this album and the meaning behind it really does mark it out as their best yet. Combining their usual indie melodies and great song writing with a really tough and personal subject behind it.

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1.	Saturday 05:08	buy track
2.	Never Mind 07:30	buy track
3.	The Bargain 07:20	buy track
4.	Left Behind 07:44	buy track
5.	On Your Own 12:18	buy track
6.	Roles Reversed 09:54	buy track
7.	Fragments 08:05	buy track

credits

released January 8, 2020

Written by Alex White
Produced and engineered by Thomas White
Mixed by Matthew Twaites
Additional mixing by Thomas and Alex
Mastered by Andy Britton

Recorded and mixed at Monnow Valley, Monmouth; Ashley Coach House, Bath; The BrainYard, London; The Metway, Brighton; The Milkhouse, Hove; Mikey's Place, Portslade; The White House, Brighton; Bear House 2.0, Brighton and Pure Imagination, Portslade

Thomas White: drum kit, bass guitar, electric guitar, programming, vocoder, backing vocals
Alex White: vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards, Jen synth, percussion, harmonica, melodica, horn arrangements
Alan Grice: upright piano
Graeme Trelford-Davies: trombone and horn arrangements
Ted Richardson: tenor and soprano saxophone
Sally McCleery: baritone saxophone
Andrew Claridge: additional guitar and guitar arrangements

With grateful thanks to:

The original Interlocutor band: Gram, Ted, Sally, Alan, Andrew, Scott Power, Marc Beatty, Dave Ronchetti, Jim Matthews, Kieran O'Malley and Damo Waters
Joanne Chapman for her belief and support and cooking (and loan of a husband)
Chris Hughes for the kind use of Ashley and general moral support/white wire status
Callum Marinho for assisting with initial drum recording at Monnow Valley
Mike Rowe for the generous use of Mikeyville
Robert White for the use of a beautiful Challen/Bobberville
Scot Pashby for hours and hours of listening, adjudication and support
Graham White for endless patience, financial support and for nodding this story through
All the people, too many to name, that have supported this project from 2012 onwards in one way or another; thank you

Dedicated to Graham White

"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."
Thomas Campbell

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