The Electric Soft Parade are an English band from Brighton, comprising siblings Alex and Thomas White, who are the creative core of the band, as well as a number of other musicians with whom they record and perform live, currently including Matthew Twaites on bass and Damo Waters on drums.
Alex and Thomas White formed Fixed Ascent, which became The Feltro Media (with bassist Alistair Gavan and Russell Gleason, before renaming themselves The Soft Parade and signing to DB Records in early 2001 (without Gavan or Gleason). They added the 'Electric' part of their name shortly after their early singles began getting some attention in the rock press, and were threatened with legal action by a Doors tribute band if they did not change it. Their debut album, Holes in the Wall, was issued in February 2002. They lost out later that year to Dizzee Rascal at the Mercury Music Prize, although they took the Q Award for Best New Act.
Albums
* Holes in the Wall (DB Records CD/LP, February 2002) UK #35
* The American Adventure (BMG CD/LP, October 2003) UK #45
* No Need to Be Downhearted (Truck Records/Better Looking Records CD, April 2007)
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