MUSIC

'CLose the door' single

Release: 2021

2021 SINGLE

'Close The Door' released in March 2021 is a playful, folky, 'Brtpop' -esque pastiche.

The animated video was created for us exclusively by Shama Waqar.

Featuring a guest guitar part from Echobelly guitarist Glenn Johansson

The single comes with two bonus tracks:

1) Close The Door (main mix)

2) Close The Door (Instrumental mix)

3) Close The Door (Britpop mix)

Lead Vocals/Backing Vocals - Abi Parker

Lead Guitar/Bass/12 String - Steve C Wilson

Guitar - Glenn Johansson

Violins - Sharon Sullivan

Drums - Claire Brock

Recorded in Cambridge and London by Steve C Wilson, Abi Parker, Glenn Johansson, Sharon Sullivan and Claire Brock . Mixed by Steve C Wilson. Mastered by Cefe Flynn..

The song was written originally several years ago and is in no way related to lockdown or shielding or isolating but the resonance of the potential association is not lost on us. In fact it is about those times when one just wants to spend some time alone reflecting or relaxing away from it all in ones own space and not be bothered by anyone.

https://ditto.fm/close-the-door-sound-menagerie-featuring-glenn-johansson

'HOUSE OF YESTERDAYS' ALBUM

Release: 2017

2017 ALBUM

'House Of Yesterdays' album. Released August 2nd 2017.

Track listing:

1. House of Yesterdays

2. Empty Page

3. Cloud

4. New Moon Momentum

5. Get Away

6. Tonight

7. Carry The Wave (Beyond The Shade)

8. Close The Door

9. Lonely Saturday

10.Mirror the Change

11.The Winter House

Abi Parker - Lead Vocals/Backing Vocals

Steve C Wilson - Guitars/Bass/Keys/Mellotron Piano

Sharon Sullivan - Violin on tracks 4 and 7.

Drums - Claire Brock except tracks 2,4,9 and 11.

Drums on tracks 2 and 4 - Andy Ramsay.

Recorded at Zoo Audio, Cambridge and Press Play Studio, London.

'CLOCKS & TOWERS' EP

Release: 2015 (Reissue 2021)

BUY EP

https://ditto.fm/clocks-towers

2015 EP (also released as an expanded version on CD)

Track Listing for expanded version CD:

1. Smile In The Sky

2. Stay With Me

3. Clocks & Towers

4. The Silver Tree.

5. Penny Farthing

6. Happy To Be Waiting

7. The Cat In The Mirror

8. Colour Of The Rose

9. Yesterday's Cry

10. Watermark

11. Journey

12. Agatha Jones

13. Find The Line

Several of the tracks were recorded with Andy Ramsay and Joe Watson of Stereolab at Press Play Studio in London.

All songs written and arranged by Stephen C Wilson © 2011/2012//2021

℗ 2015/2021 Monochrome Chair Records/Sound Menagerie

Abi Parker - Vocals/Backing Vocals
Steve C Wilson - Guitars/Bass/Bouzouki Guitar
Jon Clayton - Drums on Silver Tree and Penny Farthing
Andy Ramsay - Drums on Clocks & Towers, Journey, Find The Line, Stay With Me, The Cat In The Mirror, Smile In The Sky and Watermark.
Joe Watson - Moog/Harpsichord/Piano/Keyboards

Sharon Sullivan - Violin on Watermark

Produced and mixed by Andy Ramsay except The Silver Tree and Penny Farthing recorded by Jon Clayton and mixed by Steve C Wilson and Andy Cross and Happy To Be Waiting, The Colour Of the Rose and Yesterday's Cry recorded by Stephen C Wilson.

Clock Tower artwork by Ann Charlesworth.

'far Or Through' album

Release: 2011 (Reissue: 2020)

BUY ALBUM

First released in 2011. This was a deliberately Lo-Fi album, using loops and samples instead of real drums and with many elements recorded at home including vocals on many of the tracks. The bulk of the recordings were recorded at home with only minimal overdubs added in the studio.

Vocals - Abi Parker
Guitars/Bass/Drum programming and loops - Steve C Wilson

Written and arranged by Stephen C Wilson © 2011/2021 except for 'Colour Of The Rose ' and 'Another Night' Written and arranged by Stephen C Wilson and Abi Parker © 2011/2021

Recorded at home and at Zoo Audio, Cambridge by Stephen C Wilson and Abi Parker.

https://ditto.fm/far-or-through-sound-menagerie