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The Electric Soft Parade are a Brighton based indie rock band comprising siblings Alex White (guitar/vocals) and Tom White (guitar/main vocals), who are the creative core of the band, as well as a number of other musicians who they record and perform live with; Matthew Twaites from RestLessList on bass and Mathew Priest from Dodgy on drums.
Alex and Tom formed Fixed Ascent, which became The Feltro Media (with bassist Alistair Gavan, now of diomedes), before renaming themselves The Soft Parade and signing to indie label Db in early 2001 (without Gavan). They added the ‘Electric’ part of their name shortly after their early singles began getting some attention in the rock press - they were threatened with legal action by a Doors tribute band if they did not change it. This did not halt their rise to (relative) fame at all, however, and their debut album, Holes In The Wall, was issued in February 2002. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize later that year, although they did not win the award.
Their second album, The American Adventure appeared in October 2003, now on BMG Records.
Alex and Tom have since started a side project in the form of Brakes with British Sea Power’s ex keyboardist Eamon Hamilton and Marc Beatty of The Tenderfoot. The White brothers have also been assisting up-and-coming Brighton acts such as The Pipettes and Actress Hands.
The Electric Soft Parade are a Brighton based indie rock band comprising siblings Alex White (guitar/vocals) and Tom White (guitar/main vocals), who are the creative core of the band, as well as a number of other musicians who they record and perform live with; Matthew Twaites from RestLessList on bass and Mathew Priest from Dodgy on drums.
Alex and Tom formed Fixed Ascent, which became The Feltro Media (with bassist Alistair Gavan, now of diomedes), before renaming themselves The Soft Parade and signing to indie label Db in early 2001 (without Gavan). They added the ‘Electric’ part of their name shortly after their early singles began getting some attention in the rock press - they were threatened with legal action by a Doors tribute band if they did not change it. This did not halt their rise to (relative) fame at all, however, and their debut album, Holes In The Wall, was issued in February 2002. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize later that year, although they did not win the award.
Their second album, The American Adventure appeared in October 2003, now on BMG Records.
Alex and Tom have since started a side project in the form of Brakes with British Sea Power’s ex keyboardist Eamon Hamilton and Marc Beatty of The Tenderfoot. The White brothers have also been assisting up-and-coming Brighton acts such as The Pipettes and Actress Hands.
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| FULL TRACK Shore Song | 4:23 |
| FULL TRACK Above The Waves | 4:47 |
| FULL TRACK Naive | 2:58 |
| FULL TRACK Anxious Arms | 4:59 |
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Holes in the Wall
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The American Adventure
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No Need To Be Downhearted
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The Human Body EP
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CaptainLesgate wrote:
"Cold World", "Kick in the Teeth", "Woken By a Kiss", and "Misunderstanding" are still free to download via the Better Looking Records website: http://www.betterlookingrecords.com/downloads.php
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drahtwurst wrote:
Boring as hell, saw them yesterday as support for Noel Gallagher. Waste of time - in my opinion.
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Stretchead wrote:
... but are those full length tracks really by The Electric Soft Parade?
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Stretchead wrote:
Very talented song writers for sure
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Ryantalope wrote:
Underrated to the point that it pisses me off!
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StefanStereo wrote:
7" and download EP on July 18th, new album in October. Finally, yeah! Can't wait! BBC 6 session with interview and new songs here.
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tigercola wrote:
My favourite band ever, cannot wait for the new album! :)
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cronodizima wrote:
greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat !
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StefanStereo wrote:
Holes In The Wall was the one great album in 2002, and we should be thankful for that...
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mirrorball95 wrote:
Listening to the 'Holes In The Wall' the lack of originality is just so uninspiring and on that theory I'd rather listen to the other 200 Indie/Britpop/Bland rock bands that came before them.
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dekraai wrote:
GODDAMN .. I WANT ESP.. not this crap
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ToffeeTongue wrote:
Hey if you like these, have a listen to the new Novello's single, Not So Sure. It's mint. XX
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anakin45 wrote:
[Sortie / download] – The Maximalist de Thomas White le 15 mars : http://atticawebzine.free.fr/blog/?p=2197
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theweedmaker wrote:
I'm listening to ESP not to Electric Soft Parade!!!!!!! [2]
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Glarik wrote:
ESP....
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SirFreud wrote:
ESP is the name indeed
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Bloedworst wrote:
ESP is the name, not this crap...
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MentalImage wrote:
LET'S VOTE TO LEAVE "ESP" AS RIGHT ARTIST NAME!!!!!! I'M LISTENING TO "ESP = Electric Space Phenomenon" by Boris Blenn & Olli Wisdom!
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recitator wrote:
nice
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Cousin_Eddy wrote:
Brilliant!
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