Track Listing

1. Start Again
2. Empty At The End
3. There's A Silence
4. Something's Got To Give
5. It's Wasting Me Away
6. Silent To The Dark
7. Sleep Alone
8. This Given Line
9. Why Do You Try So Hard To Hate Me
10. Holes In The Wall
11. Biting The Soles Of My Feet
12. Red Balloon For Me

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17421 in Music
• Released on: 2004-05-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
Brighton brothers Alex and Tom White may still be fresh-faced teenagers, but Holes In The Wall, their commendable debut album, could have been recorded at any time in the last 20 years. It bristles with the mysterious melodic chemistry that made Boo Radleys' Giant Steps and Teenage Fanclub's Bandwagonesque such endearingly retrodelic prospects: a wide-eyed expansiveness, a sonic playfulness, and tunes ("Start Again", "There's A Silence", "Why Do You Try So Hard To Hate Me") with hooks so immediate they swagger into your head, grab the comfy chairs and start writing out party invites before they've even reached the second chorus. While on the surface this is traditional guitar fare, beneath the veneer this bares all the subtly applied hallmarks of a rock masterwork--the work of the White brothers themselves, who undertook much of the recording in their bedroom with an iMac, a bank of vintage synths, and all manner of digital mixing programs. The next album, doubtless, will be even better. But right now, as "Silent To The Dark"--think Graham Coxon in full pop Technicolour--phases back in after five minutes of majestic electronic psychedelia, Alex White cooing "When I needed someone to talk to / You were the only one around" it's clear you'd have to have a heart of stone to not be immediately sold. --Louis Pattison

CD Description
Debut album from Brighton brothers Tom and Alex White. The Electric Soft Parade have been compared to Teenage Fanclub and The Flaming Lips. 'Holes In The Wall' features the singles 'There's A Silence' and 'Empty At The End'.

Customer Reviews

This cannot be right surly ?
... well what I mean is, this I quite possibly the greatest debut album from an English band for as long as I can remember, and ..erm .. they are still teenagers !!. I was blown away, I never right online reviws cos quite frankly I'm rubbish at it, but after listening to this album by the Electric Soft Parade, I felt to the need to spread the word.

It's hard to pin down, sure they are obvious influenced, 'Oasis', 'Boo Radleys', and even the Flaming Lips' and the wonderfull 'Granddaddy' sping to mind on tracks like 'Silent to the dark' & 'Why do you try so hard to hate me'.
This ablum simply is fantastic, if you like the simple melodic guitar driven songs of 'Ash' with the madness & complexity of 60's Pink Floyd then this album is for you.

I know, It's a crazy mishhash, and you will love it for that very reason, if the brother's White can produce this quality age 17 & 19, its scary to think what their next album is going to sound like.
UNPREDICTABLE, BEAUTIFULLY MELODIC... JUST SIMPLY

OUTSTANDING.

Astonishingly cool rock-poppy debut.
What a belter. Anybody who likes the way music plays with the hairs on the back of your neck after a really great tune change which brings the melody out shining is in for a treat here.
These teenagers really do give it everything and it comes out to be one of the best albums i have heard in a very long time. The melody is as good as oasis and the beatles. The lyrics are superb and it rocks.

From the beginning the hits flow freely with no weak tracks. The astonishing 9 minute epic that is "silent to dark" and the catchy "theres a silence" are just superb and if justice is fair this band would be as big as the beatles or oasis. They cope with the rocky poppy melodies superbly well and it never gets out of control.

It plays with your emotions and makes you want to dance round and round and round the room until the breathtaking finale finishes and then theres only one thing to do. Put it back on again. Its too good to miss.

As good as any hot newcomer this year (if not better). Triple A. BUY IT.

Sublime
It is really a breath of fresh air. I have spent the last year listening to the White Stripes, Strokes and the Hives. ESP, although a slightly more poppy, are on par with all of them. I say this as they are a pretty unique band/sound. A bit of Beck in parts, Mull Historical Society in others, Pavement pop up in a few places. It is a real journey down the road of good music.

It is an album that leaves you feeling happy, better than the Stereophonics - Just Enough Education To Perform as they don't try to be clever, it just comes naturally.

Each song is different, so there is none of the 'sameyness' that some bands seem to stick to on debut albums.

I can guarantee you have heard at least 3 of the songs, maybe without even knowing it, like me!

In closing the album is very strong, very upbeat, very influenced, very listenable and very diverse.

Trust me, you will like some of it, and most probably, all of it.