DISCOGRAPHY
Albums
House Of Yesterdays
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
All songs written and arranged by Stephen C Wilson © 2017
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.
Cover design and artwork © 2017 Sound Menagerie
Not currently available Some tracks from the album available to listen to on Sound Menagerie Soundcloud page. Please follow link:
https://soundcloud.com/soundmenagerie
Clocks & Towers
2015 EP & ALBUM (also released as an expanded version album on CD)
Track Listing for expanded version CD:
Album Track Listing
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.
Available on CD and as a digital EP version
For Digital EP 2021 reissue version:
https://ditto.fm/clocks-towers
ITunes
://music.apple.com/gb/album/clocks-towers-ep/1560623356
Bandcamp
https://soundmenagerie.bandcamp.com/album/clocks-towers-ep
music.amazon.com/artists/B004LMGKR0/sound-menagerie
Far Or Through
2011 ALBUM CD and Digital
(Digital Reissue: 2020)
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.
Available digitally
https://ditto.fm/far-or-through-sound-menagerie
Bandcamp
https://soundmenagerie.bandcamp.com/album/far-or-through
music.amazon.com/artists/B004LMGKR0/sound-menagerie
Singles
Close The Door
2021 SINGLE
'Close The Door' released in March 2021
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)
Written and arranged by Stephen C Wilson © 2021 with strings written and arranged and performed by Sharon Sullivan.
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 animated video was created for us exclusively by Shama Waqar.
Cover design and artwork © 2021 Sound Menagerie
Audio and video © 2021 Sound Menagerie
Available on ITunes:
Bandcamp:
Also available on Amazon music and Ditto music etc
New Moon Momentum
SINGLE: Released 14th August 2017
From the album 'House Of Yesterdays'
Written and arranged by Stephen C Wilson © 2017
Abi Parker - Lead Vocals/Backing Vocals
Steve C Wilson - Guitars/Bass/Keys/Mellotron Piano
Sharon Sullivan - Violin
Drums - Claire Brock except tracks 2,4,9 and 11.
Drums- Andy Ramsay.
Recorded at Zoo Audio, Cambridge and Press Play Studio, London.
Cover design and artwork © 2017 Sound Menagerie
Listen on Soundcloud
Stay With Me
SINGLE : 3rd February 2014
From the album 'Clocks & Towers'
Recorded with Andy Ramsay and Joe Watson of Stereolab at Press Play Studio in London.
Produced by Stereolab's Andy Ramsay. It received much praise and airplay being described as 'wonderfully melodic perfect pop' with a 'catchy folk vibe'.
Written and arranged by Stephen C Wilson
℗ 2014/2015/2021 Monochrome Chair Records/Sound Menagerie
Abi Parker - Vocals/Backing Vocals
Steve C Wilson - Guitars/Bass
Andy Ramsay - Drums
Joe Watson -Moog/Harpsichord/Piano/Keyboards
Watermark
SINGLE: August 2014
From the album 'Clocks & Towers'
Recorded with Andy Ramsay and Joe Watson of Stereolab at Press Play Studio in London.
Written and arranged by Stephen C Wilson © 2012
℗ 2012/2015 Monochrome Chair Records/Sound Menagerie
Abi Parker - Vocals/Backing Vocals
Steve C Wilson - Guitars/Bass
Andy Ramsay - Drums
Joe Watson - Piano/Keyboards
Sharon Sullivan - Violin/String Arrangement
Rowan Robertson - Lead Guitar Solo
Produced and mixed by Andy Ramsay
Clocks & Towers
SINGLE: December 2012
Recorded with Andy Ramsay of Stereolab at Press Play Studio in London.
Written and arranged by Stephen C Wilson © 2012//2015/2021
℗ 2012/2015/2021 Monochrome Chair Records/Sound Menagerie
Abi Parker - Vocals/Backing Vocals
Steve C Wilson - Guitars/Bass/Mellotron
Andy Ramsay - Drums
Produced and mixed by Andy Ramsay
Clock Tower artwork by Ann Charlesworth.
The Silver Tree
SINGLE 2011
Written and arranged by Stephen C Wilson
Abi Parker - Vocals/Backing Vocals
Steve C Wilson - Guitars/Bass
Jon Clayton - Drums
The Silver Tree recorded by Jon Clayton and mixed by Steve C Wilson
The B-Side 'Hollow Lane' features guitar by Glenn Johansson