Morning Parade
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Morning Parade are a five piece band from Harlow, Essex. It comprises Steve Sparrow, lead vocals and guitar, Phill Titus, bass, Chad Thomas, guitar, Ben Giddings, piano/synths and Andrew Hayes, drums. They make rock tracks with a distinct 90s dance anthem influence.
, Radiohead
and The Stills
. Their first single was 'Traffic'. The band split in 2007.
Steve (in between Anotherstory and Morning Parade) toured the local scene of Harlow
and Bishop's Stortford
, with footage of him playing acoustic versions of some of his songs still available on You Tube. During this time he became aware of Andy and Ben, who were to become the final two members of Morning Parade. They had all previously been in other bands so to begin with they spent their time away from the public eye, writing songs. When they did eventually start playing gigs, it took less than 20 before they were approached by a record label. Not feeling that they were ready yet, the band ignored these early approaches. They were eventually persuaded and in May 2010 signed to Parlophone
, a major British label, which includes artists such as Coldplay
and Kylie Minogue
. They signed their deal on the roof of an EMI building.
The name came about from the days when Phil was working as a plasterer and Steve his labourer. It used to require early mornings and travelling to get to their various jobs. They referred to this as doing the 'morning parade'. They also say the name refers to the transition period between night and day.
's show on BBC Radio One, and released on November 29, 2010. It was also featured on The Vampire Diaries
. The band released the video for Under the Stars on December 2 on You Tube, which was first shown exclusively on The Sun's website on November 30. The song has been played on Radio 1, BBC 6 Music
, XFM
, Absolute Radio and Q Radio
.
Morning Parade have so far released their first single, "Under the Stars". Their second single will be "A&E" and is to be release in February. It will include "Marble Attic" as a b-side along with two remixes. Other songs they have performed have been "Headlights", "Seasick", "Us And Ourselves", "Born Alone", "Speechless", "Carousel", and "Pieces". The b-side to "Under The Stars" is "Monday Morning", played live for the first time at The Square, Harlow
,at the band's homecoming gigs.
They have also received praise from MTV and Vogue.
Their so far unnamed debut album will be released in 2011. The single 'Under the Stars' has already been released off that album as well as B-sides 'Monday Morning', 'In the Name' and 'Your Majesty'. They have been recording the album at the '13 Studios' owned by Damon Albarn
and been working with longtime Blur
collaborator Jason Cox.
. They confirmed a few European festivals they will be playing in the summer and have played one of the biggest festivals in the UK, The V Festival in Chelmsford, just only a few miles away from the bands hometown (Harlow). They sadly had to pull put of the Pukklepop Festival due to safety concerns, a stage collapsed while they were travelling down there to play and several people were killed.
The first official announcement of any track came on the 22nd of August 2011 at 11:00 BST, 'Monday Morning' was streamed for the first time as the full album version. Dave Kosten has changed it all around with broken beats and more layers. 'Blue Winter' is the second track to be streamed, this sounds all racey and really upbeat. The third track to be streamed was 'Carousel'. Lead singer Steve Sparrow said they wanted the song to be 'haunting, disorientating and euphoric all at the same time whilst making sure we didn't go overboard and find ourselves unable to re-create it live'.
Videos on online show that Steve originally played the song with an acoustic guitar but for the album recording they confirmed that they had gone electric. The last date the 26th of September is their headline show at The Scala, London.
Speculation about album tracks are starting to come true, they have released 3 tracks so far in a deal with gigwise.com, and the tracks that have appeared as 'teasers' are (so far)...
- Blue Winter
- Carousel
- Monday Morning
- Under The Stars *
- Speechless
Formation
The band have been together since 2007. Steve and Phil met whilst at school and even worked together as labourers. They met Chad at college and were three of the members in another band called Anotherstory. The members all met at college between 2000 and 2004. Steve was the lead vocalist and also played the piano and guitar, Phil was the bassist and backing vocalist and Chad played the guitar and piano. The other two members were Mike Pope, who played guitar, and Charlie Gadson the drummer. They played experimental/ alternative rock, inspired by artists such as ElbowElbow (band)
Elbow are an English rock band. They have played together since 1990 and recorded five studio albums, the most recent of which is Build a Rocket Boys!, released in March 2011...
, Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
and The Stills
The Stills
The Stills were a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 2000. The band consists of Tim Fletcher , Dave Hamelin , Olivier Corbeil , and Liam O'Neil , Gregory Paquet .-History:The band members have known each other since the age of...
. Their first single was 'Traffic'. The band split in 2007.
Steve (in between Anotherstory and Morning Parade) toured the local scene of Harlow
Harlow
Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889...
and Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire in the county of Hertfordshire in England. It is situated just west of the M11 motorway, on the county boundary with Essex and is the closest large town to London Stansted Airport and part of the...
, with footage of him playing acoustic versions of some of his songs still available on You Tube. During this time he became aware of Andy and Ben, who were to become the final two members of Morning Parade. They had all previously been in other bands so to begin with they spent their time away from the public eye, writing songs. When they did eventually start playing gigs, it took less than 20 before they were approached by a record label. Not feeling that they were ready yet, the band ignored these early approaches. They were eventually persuaded and in May 2010 signed to Parlophone
Parlophone
Parlophone is a record label that was founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch was formed in 1923 as "Parlophone" which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading jazz label. It was acquired in 1927 by the Columbia Graphophone Company which...
, a major British label, which includes artists such as Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
and Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
. They signed their deal on the roof of an EMI building.
The name came about from the days when Phil was working as a plasterer and Steve his labourer. It used to require early mornings and travelling to get to their various jobs. They referred to this as doing the 'morning parade'. They also say the name refers to the transition period between night and day.
Critical Acclaim
Morning Parade have an album to be released in 2011 and have so far released one track off that album, "Under the Stars" which was played on Zane LoweZane Lowe
Zane Lowe also known as 'Zipper', is a radio DJ and television presenter. He was born in New Zealand and grew up in Auckland, where he was a presenter on the local music station Max TV, before moving to England...
's show on BBC Radio One, and released on November 29, 2010. It was also featured on The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels written by L. J. Smith. The story centers around Elena Gilbert, a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers. The series was originally a trilogy published in 1991, but pressure from readers led Smith to write a fourth...
. The band released the video for Under the Stars on December 2 on You Tube, which was first shown exclusively on The Sun's website on November 30. The song has been played on Radio 1, BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....
, XFM
Xfm
Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...
, Absolute Radio and Q Radio
Q (radio station)
Q Radio is an online and DTV radio station, broadcasting on digital television across the UK and online. The station launched in June 2008 as an alternative to the UK's rock and alternative stations, with a strong relationship with Q magazine...
.
Morning Parade have so far released their first single, "Under the Stars". Their second single will be "A&E" and is to be release in February. It will include "Marble Attic" as a b-side along with two remixes. Other songs they have performed have been "Headlights", "Seasick", "Us And Ourselves", "Born Alone", "Speechless", "Carousel", and "Pieces". The b-side to "Under The Stars" is "Monday Morning", played live for the first time at The Square, Harlow
Harlow
Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889...
,at the band's homecoming gigs.
They have also received praise from MTV and Vogue.
Their so far unnamed debut album will be released in 2011. The single 'Under the Stars' has already been released off that album as well as B-sides 'Monday Morning', 'In the Name' and 'Your Majesty'. They have been recording the album at the '13 Studios' owned by Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn is an English singer-songwriter and record producer who has been involved in many high profile projects, coming to prominence as the frontman and primary songwriter of Britpop band Blur...
and been working with longtime Blur
Blur (band)
Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...
collaborator Jason Cox.
Shows
On November 29, 2010 they announced their 2011 UK tour. They played a number of shows throughout the UK. They then progressed to tour Europe, including Holland, Germany and Spain and have been touring Europe with The WombatsThe Wombats
The Wombats are an indie rock band formed in Liverpool, England. The band comprises native Liverpudlians Matthew Murphy and Dan Haggis , alongside Norwegian-born Tord Øverland-Knudsen...
. They confirmed a few European festivals they will be playing in the summer and have played one of the biggest festivals in the UK, The V Festival in Chelmsford, just only a few miles away from the bands hometown (Harlow). They sadly had to pull put of the Pukklepop Festival due to safety concerns, a stage collapsed while they were travelling down there to play and several people were killed.
Songs
With no album tracklisting of yet many fans are wondering what tracks may be or may not be on the album, according to their setlist.fm site (which is run by the same person as their 'Street Team'), see that for further info. One bit of interesting news has been the different style they play 'Headlights'.Album
On 12 May 2011 the event for the Scala show was re-scheduled, speculation was thrown around for a few hours to why this happened. Later on that day the band sent out an email telling all, it was moved from 9 June 2011, to 26 September 2011, this was so that people would be able to hear the album before it came out. So the album is due to be released mid-September 2011. As an apology the band released 'On Your Shoulders' upon the masses in the same email. This song will not appear on the up-coming album. Speculation has been thrown upon them as to who they are recording the album with, Paul Epworth was the fans favourite as he lives near the band, but this was overturned when Epworth announced he is recording the new Florence & The Machine album. On the 18th of July 2011 the band gave away a free song 'Close To Your Heart', it is still unclear to whether this will be on the album. It has received praise from various blogs and websites.The first official announcement of any track came on the 22nd of August 2011 at 11:00 BST, 'Monday Morning' was streamed for the first time as the full album version. Dave Kosten has changed it all around with broken beats and more layers. 'Blue Winter' is the second track to be streamed, this sounds all racey and really upbeat. The third track to be streamed was 'Carousel'. Lead singer Steve Sparrow said they wanted the song to be 'haunting, disorientating and euphoric all at the same time whilst making sure we didn't go overboard and find ourselves unable to re-create it live'.
Videos on online show that Steve originally played the song with an acoustic guitar but for the album recording they confirmed that they had gone electric. The last date the 26th of September is their headline show at The Scala, London.
Speculation about album tracks are starting to come true, they have released 3 tracks so far in a deal with gigwise.com, and the tracks that have appeared as 'teasers' are (so far)...
- Blue Winter
- Carousel
- Monday Morning
- Under The Stars *
- Speechless
- Not official yet but you can hear it in the background of the introduction to the teasers on their soundcloud.
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
|||
| 2010 | "Under The Stars" | – | Non-Album Track |
| "In The Name" (Vinyl release) | – | ||
| "Your Majesty" (Vinyl release) | – | ||
| 2011 | "A&E" | – | |
| "On Your Shoulders (Limited to 300 copies) " | – | ||
| "Us & Ourselves" | – | Us & Ourselves (Album) |