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Welcome to the New Cold World

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Released
  
March 2, 2009

Label
  
Colt Signals

Artist
  
Lights Action

Length
  
38:42

Producer
  
Richard Wilkinson

Release date
  
2 March 2009

Recorded
  
Konk Union Chapel The Pierce Rooms Battery Mayfair

Genres
  
Rock music, Alternative rock, Independent music

Welcome to the New Cold World is an Album by Lights Action. It was released worldwide on March 2, 2009 as a digital download only, with the option to buy a CD version through the band's website.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics written by Patrick Currier; all music composed by Lights Action.

Funding

The album was produced and mastered on a slim budget of around £15k. Much of the recording costs of the album were funded through the investment engine "SliceThePie".

Recording

The band spent the vast majority of 2008 writing and recording the album. Over 18 tracks were recorded for the album, the band choosing 10 to make the final cut.

Dirty Pretty Strings

The London-based string quartet "Dirty Pretty Strings" feature on four of the songs on the album. "Signals to Radar", "Young Scarlett Young", "I Woke Up in a Civil War" and "Black Feathers". Dirty Pretty Strings have worked with bands such as The Enemy, Lightspeed Champion and Ed Harcourt.

"The Bottom of the Sea" choir

The final track on the record features a choir vocal in the chorus. The vocals were recorded in various locations around the UK and feature the voices of the band themselves, along with Singer/songwriter Richard Walters, Dallas Green of Alexisonfire/City and Colour, Kenny Bridges of Moneen, and all of the Oxford Band A Silent Film.

Credits

  • Patrick Currier - vocals, Cover Illustration
  • Karl Bareham - Guitar, Art Direction & Design
  • Chris Moorhead - Guitar/Keys/String Arrangement
  • Alex Leeder - Bass
  • Steven Durham - drums/String Arrangement
  • Richard Wilkinson - Producer, Mixing (At The Pierce Rooms/Mayfair)
  • Doug Shearer - Mastering (At Pierce Entertainment)
  • Dirty Pretty Strings - Session string quartet
  • Dallas Green - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea")
  • Kenny Bridges - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea")
  • Richard Walters - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea")
  • Rob Stevenson - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea")
  • Spencer Walker - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea")
  • Ali Hussain - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea")
  • Lewis Jones - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea")
  • Darren Heelis - Assistant Engineer (At The Pierce Rooms)
  • Ben Bell - Mayfair Assistant
  • Toshi Minesaki - Mayfair Assistant
  • Dougal Lott - Konk Assistant
  • Emma Hampson-Jones - Band Photography
  • iheartstudios - still life photography
  • Paul Russell for P Russell & Co - Legal
  • Matt Hughes for Devil PR - UK Press
  • Songs

    1Moscow3:16
    2Battle of Lovers3:50
    3Signals to Radar4:09

    References

    Welcome to the New Cold World Wikipedia