Welcome to the New Cold World


Welcome to the New Cold World is an Album by Lights Action. It was released worldwide on March 2, 2009 as a digital download only, with the option to buy a CD version through the band's website.

Information of Value

Funding

The album was produced and mastered on a slim budget of around £15k. Much of the recording costs of the album were funded through the investment engine "SliceThePie".

Recording

The band spent the vast majority of 2008 writing and recording the album. Over 18 tracks were recorded for the album, the band choosing 10 to make the final cut.

Dirty Pretty Strings

The London-based string quartet "Dirty Pretty Strings" feature on four of the songs on the album. "Signals to Radar", "Young Scarlett Young", "I Woke Up in a Civil War" and "Black Feathers".
Dirty Pretty Strings have worked with bands such as The Enemy, Lightspeed Champion and Ed Harcourt.

"The Bottom of the Sea" choir

The final track on the record features a choir vocal in the chorus. The vocals were recorded in various locations around the UK and feature the voices of the band themselves, along with Singer/songwriter Richard Walters, Dallas Green of Alexisonfire/City and Colour, Kenny Bridges of Moneen, and all of the Oxford Band A Silent Film.

Credits

  • Patrick Currier - vocals, Cover Illustration
  • Karl Bareham - Guitar, Art Direction & Design
  • Chris Moorhead - Guitar/Keys/String Arrangement
  • Alex Leeder - Bass
  • Steven Durham - drums/String Arrangement
  • Richard Wilkinson - Producer, Mixing
  • Doug Shearer - Mastering
  • Dirty Pretty Strings - Session string quartet
  • Dallas Green - Guest vocals
  • Kenny Bridges - Guest vocals
  • Richard Walters - Guest vocals
  • Rob Stevenson - Guest vocals
  • Spencer Walker - Guest vocals
  • Ali Hussain - Guest vocals
  • Lewis Jones - Guest vocals
  • Darren Heelis - Assistant Engineer
  • Ben Bell - Mayfair Assistant
  • Toshi Minesaki - Mayfair Assistant
  • Dougal Lott - Konk Assistant
  • Emma Hampson-Jones - Band Photography
  • iheartstudios - still life photography
  • Paul Russell for P Russell & Co - Legal
  • Matt Hughes for Devil PR - UK Press