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Always Returning

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Released
  
August 11, 2014

Artist
  
Engineers

Label
  
Kscope

Length
  
41:19

Release date
  
11 August 2014

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Recorded
  
York, London, September 2013 – May 2014

Genres
  
Shoegazing, Indie rock, Post-rock

Producers
  
Mark Peters, Ulrich Schnauss

Similar
  
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Engineers always returning


Always Returning is the fourth full-length studio album by British shoegazing band Engineers, released on August 11, 2014, through the Kscope label. The album is the first to feature Mark Peters on lead vocals throughout, with the rest of the band consisting of Ulrich Schnauss and Matthew Linley. It is the first release not to include vocalist Simon Phipps. The album was preceded by a single, "Fight Or Flight", released on 28 July 2014, with a second single, "A Million Voices," out on 19 January 2015.

Contents

Engineers always returning album preview


Track listing

All songs written and composed by Engineers.

Singles

  • "Fight Or Flight" (28 July 2014)
    1. "Fight Or Flight"
    2. "Drive Your Car (Instrumental)"
  • "A Million Voices" (19 January 2015)
    1. "A Million Voices"
    2. "One Possible Ending"
    3. "Smoke and Mirrors (demo)"

    • Engineers

  • Mark Peters: Vocals, guitars, bass and sampler on all songs. Keyboards on 8.
  • Ulrich Schnauss: Synths on all songs.
  • Matthew Linley: Drums on all songs except 3 and 9, synth on 2, organ on 3 and 8 and piano on 4, 5, 7, 9, 10.

    • Additional musicians

  • Sophie McDonnell: Vocals on all songs except 9.
  • Craig Sergeant: Harmonica on 10.
  • Maud Waret: Backing vocals on 8.
  • Anna Drysdale: French horn on 2 and 8.

    • Producers

  • Produced and mixed by Mark Peters at home in York except:
  • Ulrich's synths: produced and mixed by him at his home in London.
  • Drums and piano: engineered by Elliot Ireland, recorded at Pedigree Cuts studio, London.
  • Matthew's keyboards, Maud's vocals and Anna's French horn produced by him at his home in London.
  • Mastering by Tom Meyer at Master And Servant, Hamburg

    • Songs

    1Bless the Painter3:14
    2Fight or Flight4:23
    3It Rings so True4:19

    References

    Always Returning Wikipedia
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