Ghosts In The Park

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MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, PRODUCER & THE PINEAPPLE THIEF FRONTMAN BRUCE SOORD RETURNS WITH POWERFUL NEW SOLO ALBUM INCLUDING DIGIPACK CD EDITION, INCLUDES 16-PAGE PRINTED BOOKLET WITH LYRICS & UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPHS / 3CD/BLU-RAY EARBOOK EDITION FEATURING RENOWNED PIANIST GLEB KOLYADIN (IAMTHEMORNING) INCLUDES 'GHOSTS IN THE PARK' CD ALBUM, CD WITH ACOUSTIC REIMAGININGS & CD WITH PIANO VERSIONS & BLU-RAY DISC WITH HI-RES MIXES (DOLBY ATMOS, DTS-HD MA 5-1, & 24/48 PCM STEREO) / LP EDITION .


As founding member & principal songwriter of The Pineapple Thief, Bruce Soord has spent the last decade steadily refining a voice that balances emotional directness with musical restraint. 'Ghosts In The Park', his latest solo album, is his most personal & unguarded work to date: a record shaped by loss, memory, & the quiet spaces that reveal themselves when life continues to move while everything else appears to stop.

Written over a two-year period while Soord was touring extensively with The Pineapple Thief, the album emerged in hotel rooms, unfamiliar cities, & moments of enforced solitude. Against this backdrop, Soord was navigating the drawn-out decline & eventual death of his father, alongside the continued progression of his mother's Alzheimer's. These experiences form the emotional spine of 'Ghosts In The Park' - grief in motion, memory surfacing unpredictably, & the quiet determination to keep moving forward.

Acoustic guitar sits at the centre of the record, often captured in raw, first-take performances recorded directly in hotel rooms before being carefully integrated with studio recordings. This tension between fragility & control defines the album's sound. Tracks such as "Concepcion," "Meet Me On The Downs," & the title piece were conceived in specific places - Chile, Hamburg, Oberhausen - each location leaving a subtle imprint on the music. Parks, harbours, & anonymous rooms become recurring settings where past & present coexist, intersected by fleeting moments of clarity amongst the disorder.

Performed almost entirely by Soord himself, with bass contributions from Jon Sykes on "Kept Me Thinking," the album was recorded using a combination of hotel-room captures & studio sessions, preserving the immediacy of its origins. Mastered by Steve Kitch, 'Ghosts In The Park' stands as a stark, reflective & evolutionary companion piece to Soord's acclaimed previous solo work.

This CD edition of 'Ghosts In The Park' is presented in a 4-panel digipack & includes a 16-page printed booklet with lyrics & original photography from Bruce Soord's childhood.

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MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, PRODUCER & THE PINEAPPLE THIEF FRONTMAN BRUCE SOORD RETURNS WITH POWERFUL NEW SOLO ALBUM

CLASSIC BLACK VINYL LP EDITION

As founding member & principal songwriter of The Pineapple Thief, Bruce Soord has spent the last decade steadily refining a voice that balances emotional directness with musical restraint. 'Ghosts In The Park', his latest solo album, is his most personal & unguarded work to date: a record shaped by loss, memory, & the quiet spaces that reveal themselves when life continues to move while everything else appears to stop.

Written over a two-year period while Soord was touring extensively with The Pineapple Thief, the album emerged in hotel rooms, unfamiliar cities, & moments of enforced solitude. Against this backdrop, Soord was navigating the drawn-out decline & eventual death of his father, alongside the continued progression of his mother's Alzheimer's. These experiences form the emotional spine of 'Ghosts In The Park' - grief in motion, memory surfacing unpredictably, & the quiet determination to keep moving forward.

Acoustic guitar sits at the centre of the record, often captured in raw, first-take performances recorded directly in hotel rooms before being carefully integrated with studio recordings. This tension between fragility & control defines the album's sound. Tracks such as "Concepcion," "Meet Me On The Downs," & the title piece were conceived in specific places - Chile, Hamburg, Oberhausen - each location leaving a subtle imprint on the music. Parks, harbours, & anonymous rooms become recurring settings where past & present coexist, intersected by fleeting moments of clarity amongst the disorder.

Performed almost entirely by Soord himself, with bass contributions from Jon Sykes on "Kept Me Thinking," the album was recorded using a combination of hotel-room captures & studio sessions, preserving the immediacy of its origins. Mastered by Steve Kitch, 'Ghosts In The Park' stands as a stark, reflective & evolutionary companion piece to Soord's acclaimed previous solo work.

This single LP edition of 'Ghosts In The Park' is presented on classic black vinyl.

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MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, PRODUCER & THE PINEAPPLE THIEF FRONTMAN BRUCE SOORD RETURNS WITH POWERFUL NEW SOLO ALBUM -
3CD/BLU-RAY EARBOOK EDITION FEATURING RENOWNED PIANIST GLEB KOLYADIN (IAMTHEMORNING) INCLUDES 'GHOSTS IN THE PARK' CD ALBUM, CD WITH ACOUSTIC REIMAGININGS & CD WITH PIANO VERSIONS & BLU-RAY DISC WITH HI-RES MIXES (DOLBY ATMOS, DTS-HD MA 5-1, & 24/48 PCM STEREO).


As founding member & principal songwriter of The Pineapple Thief, Bruce Soord has spent the last decade steadily refining a voice that balances emotional directness with musical restraint. 'Ghosts In The Park', his latest solo album, is his most personal & unguarded work to date: a record shaped by loss, memory, & the quiet spaces that reveal themselves when life continues to move while everything else appears to stop.


This definitive Earbook edition of 'Ghosts In The Park' is made up of a 48-page hardback book full of reflections from Bruce Soord, previously unseen photographs & insights into the creative process behind the album. This edition includes 4 CDs –


Disc 1 – 'Ghosts In The Park' studio album


CD Disc 2 - Bonus CD 'Shipwrecks In The Harbour' (Gleb Kolyadin Piano Versions)


CD Disc 3 – Bonus CD 'Acoustic Ghosts' (Bruce's Acoustic Versions)


Disc 3 - Blu-ray – 'Ghosts In The Park', 'Shipwrecks In The Harbour' & 'Acoustic Ghosts': Dolby Atmos /5.1 DTS-HD MA / 24/48 Stereo


Performed almost entirely by Soord himself, with bass contributions from Jon Sykes on "Kept Me Thinking," the album was recorded using a combination of hotel-room captures & studio sessions to preserve the immediacy of its origins. The arrival of world-renowned pianist Gleb Kolyadin on disc two, 'Shipwrecks In The Harbour', elevates the album to a fascinating & profoundly beautiful new dimension. Mastered by Steve Kitch, 'Ghosts In The Park' stands as a stark, reflective & evolutionary companion piece to Soord's acclaimed previous solo work.


Written over a two-year period while Soord was touring extensively with The Pineapple Thief, the album emerged in hotel rooms, unfamiliar cities, & moments of enforced solitude. During this time, Soord was navigating the drawn-out decline & eventual death of his father, alongside the continued progression of his mother's Alzheimer's. These experiences form the emotional spine of 'Ghosts In The Park' - grief in motion, memory surfacing unpredictably, & the quiet determination to keep moving forward.