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Découverts sur une scène parisienne exiguë un soir de 2002, les frères Alex et Tom White avaient toutes les raisons de voir l’avenir en grand : les chansons aux refrains XXL d’un premier album foudroyant, une fraîcheur inégalable propre aux jeunes pousses sûres de leur fait, l’intérêt alors renouvelé du…

7/10 After one of the most grinding and horrendous winters in recent memory it’s a relief to finally see the sun, but making it even more of a joy is the amount of true summer records being released. This album is definitely one to stick in that pile. Shot through…

Electric Soft Parade: Summertime In My Heart (Helium Records) Surf-tinged harmonies from these lovable Brit indie veterans – it’s a blast of the old-fashioned warm and fuzzies.

Six years after No Need To Be Downhearted, Electric Soft Parade’s White brothers go back to what they do very well: music that’s a bit psych, but thoroughly pop. The first two songs set the tone of the album: ‘The Sun Never Sets Around Here’ and ‘Summertime In My Heart’…

The Electric Soft Parade, Green Door Store, Brighton, June 17 12:38pm Wednesday 19th June 2013 in The Critic By Kimberly Middleton, Acting chief reporter Brighton brothers Alex and Tom White have been consistently creating great tunes, slightly obscured in the background of popular indie music, for years. At the launch night of…

Great to hear from these guys again, in an album that really sets itself apart from their previous records. What makes this group so good is the sheer amount of hooks and melodies packed into each song. The songs glide along brilliantly and keep you engaged no matter what. You…

Six years after No Need To Be Downhearted, Electric Soft Parade’s White brothers go back to what they do very well: music that’s a bit psych, but thoroughly pop. The first two songs set the tone of the album: ‘The Sun Never Sets Around Here’ and ‘Summertime In My Heart’…

By Rob Crozier June 25, 2013 The current lack of sun could play havoc with the long awaited return of Electric Soft Parade. They’ve produced an album so immersed in a feel-good summer vibe that you can’t help but think that if anything could produce an appearance of the big yellow fella, then…

THOMAS WHITE: HEY, HEY WE’RE THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE –  INTERVIEW BY ANDY BARNES Six years have passed between the release earlier this month of the self-deprecatingly titled ‘Idiots’ and The Electric Soft Parade’s last offering ‘No Need to be Downhearted’. In that time, the loss of a very close family member…

“Brothers White locate their inner Teenage Fanclub” Thomas and Alex White spent eight years chasing the commercial success that so often doesn’t follow critical acclaim, eventually grinding to an exhausted halt after 2007’s No Need to Be Downhearted, an album that threw in the kitchen sink as one last desperate-sounding…

9/10 It’s been more than a decade since the irresistible indie charm of ‘Empty At The End’ briefly made The Electric Soft Parade the next big thing. It wasn’t quite to be and, while brothers Alex and Thomas White have continued to put out music at infrequent intervals, fourth album ‘IDIOTS’…