Sweet Surrender Child of the Parish

• 1 For Your Love 03:15
• 2 Lift Your Head Up 03:25
• 3 Relics 01:43
• 4 Always the Fool 03:12
• 5 Local Bragging Rights 03:34
• 6 Good for Nothing 03:16
• 7 Our Time Has Come 01:56
• 8 Swim with the Tide 03:02
• 9 Sweet Surrender 03:44
• 10 Think Straight (Intro) 00:58
• 11 Think Straight 03:37
• 12 Floodplain (Intro) 00:43
• 13 Floodplain 04:14
• Total Runtime 36:39

Info for Sweet Surrender

The Child of the Parish story starts in Glastonbury, when brothers Ben and Tom Vella vowed to start a kaleidoscopic new project which united euphoric disco, hazy psychedelia and live band energy to create a life-affirming melting pot of sounds. After releasing two EPs which flamed fascination in the project at media (Radio 1 support from Jack Saunders and Sian Eleri, airplay at BBC Introducing and 6 Music, plus abundant acclaim), the Child of the Parish journey today arrives at its first landmark moment with the release of their debut album ‘Sweet Surrender’.

‘Sweet Surrender’ is a soundtrack that will help people dance their way out of the dark. It’s an album that poses those existential questions that come to mind at 3am on a long, sleepless night: time, memory, love, relationships and regrets. But the music channels those thoughts into an escapist, joyous explosion of influences such as M83, Daft Punk, Empire of the Sun, Patrick Cowley and New Order melding glitchy, electronic sounds with more organic elements of indie, disco and funk. In short: Child of the Parish alchemise bliss from anxious overthinking.

Tom says, “It’s odd how ‘Sweet Surrender’ came together, because it started out as more of a mixtape. There were a few songs we really loved but ended up sitting on because we thought we should have a bigger body of work to put out. Then it was a case of waiting for the right time.”

After previewing the album with four consistently compelling singles – ‘Swim With The Tide’, ‘Always The Fool’, ‘Local Bragging Rights’ and ‘Good For Nothing’ – the duo launch the album alongside its focus track and opening song ‘For Your Love’. It’s the moment that best epitomises the album’s cinematic sense of drama. Opening with synthesised birdsong and swirling strings, it’s a step apart from the duo’s hazy, disco-tinged psychedelia. Their consistent ingenuity, however, unlocks a tougher-edged, sweetly sinister sound with crashing organ, grinding guitars, leaning into an electro/alt-rock hybrid.

“Their music rifles through decades of musical experimentation to find new and surprising combinations of sounds.” – Notion

“The duo excellently dive into their own experimental soundscape.” – Wonderland

“Acid rock tinted with 80s disco fever.” – tmrw

“Child of The Parish are in their element as of late, and are creating truly unique sounds that feel as cutting edge and dangerously exciting as they do palatable.” – Clout

“North London witch trials meets euphoric festival-inspired dance-pop.” – The Line of Best Fit

Child of the Parish

Child of the Parish
is a musical artist group that consists of three members: Pius Bak (an artist), Tom Vella (Singer), and Tom’s brother, Ben Vella (Producer and Writer). Inspired by Alan Moore’s Watchmen and Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira, the trio creates music combined with visual effects. Implemented into their art form are eerie historical stories and comic-type visuals in collaboration with musical experimentation.

The group was formed in 2015 when Ben (previously songwriter for famous group Vaults), wanted to try something different. Together with his brother, Tom, and artist Pius Bak, the trio released their first song Relish of the Past in 2020. Even though the song didn’t win any awards, it was highly acclaimed by Jack Saunders and Annie Mac, as well as BBC 6Music and Radio 1.

Child of the Parish released another song named Make it Better in 2020, that features the same atmospheric melodies and euphoric beats.

This album contains no booklet.