Holding Patterns

by Parallel Lions

Holding Patterns cover art
/
  • Digital Album

    Immediate download of 11-track album in your choice of MP3 320, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

    Buy Now  $10 AUD

  • Share / Embed

1.
2.
04:57
3.
4.
04:17
5.
03:53
6.
7.
03:49
8.
9.
10.
05:02
11.

about

Holding Patterns the debut album from Melbourne band Parallel Lions, released in Australia in late 2009.

Here's what some have said:

"One of the best Australian releases of the year" - Beat Magazine

"A plethora of incredible songs" - Mess+Noise

"Irresistible rhythmic and melodic hooks... beautifully crafted imagery" ★★★★ - The Brag

"Parallel Lions is a good move" - JMag

"A moody, private and intense debut" - The Drum Media

"A propulsive yet still vividly romantic affair" - The Vine

"Predictably spectacular" - Time Off Magazine

credits

released 30 October 2009
All recordings (P) & (C) Parallel Lions 2009 except "Song With an Ending" (P) & (C) Ollie Browne 2009

Parallel Lions is Ollie Browne, Hamish Michael and Sam Bates

Ollie Browne: Lead Vocal, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Hamish Michael: Electric Guitar, Backing Vocal, Piano, Programming, Samples, Synths, Glock, Bass, Music Boxes, Squeezebox

Sam Bates: Drums and Percussion

Produced by Parallel Lions and Tim Whitten

Engineered by Tim Whitten
Assisted by Rob Long (Birdland Studios) and Patrick Ryan (Newmarket Studios)
Additional Engineering by Rob Long

Recorded at Birdland Studios, Prahran, and Newmarket Studios, North Melbourne, in May 2009
Extra bits and pieces recorded above a laundromat in Brunswick by Ollie, Hamish and Sam

Mixed by Tim Whitten at BJB Studios, Sydney, in June and September 2009

Mastered by Don Bartley at Benchmark Mastering, Sydney, in September 2009

Strings on Taste of Your Heart, For You & Season of Debt arranged by Eugene Ball
Recorded by Joe Talia at NMIT, Fairfield, in June 2009
Played by Silo String Quartet
Aaron Barnden: Violin
Alison Rayner: Violin
Ceridwen Davies: Viola
Caerwen Martin: Cello

Mick Meagher played bass guitar on Separated & Ever

Artwork design and illustration by Ollie Browne
Layout and assistance by Carl Breitkreuz

Photography by Hayley Miro

Manufactured and distributed exclusively in Australia by Shock Records

Marketed in Australia by Bird Music under exclusive license

tags

license

all rights reserved

feeds

feeds for this album, this artist

about

Parallel Lions is the result of a collaboration between Art of Fighting front man Ollie Browne, composer/sound designer Hamish Michael, and jazz drummer Sam Bates.

contact / help

For help with downloads, click here.

For all other inquiries, click here.