Multi-instrumentalist, producer and The Pineapple Thief frontman Bruce Soord returns with new solo album “Ghosts In The Park,” set for release on May 15, 2026 on Kscope.
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As founding member and principal songwriter of The Pineapple Thief, Bruce Soord has spent the last decade steadily refining a voice that balances emotional directness with musical restraint. Set for release on 15th May, “Ghosts In The Park,” his latest solo album, is his most personal and unguarded work to date: a record shaped by loss, memory, and the quiet spaces that reveal themselves when life continues to move while everything else appears to stop.
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 and control defines the album’s sound.
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 and studio sessions, preserving the immediacy of its origins. Mastered by Steve Kitch, “Ghosts In The Park” stands as a stark, reflective and 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, and moments of enforced solitude. Against this backdrop, Soord was navigating the drawn-out decline and 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, and the quiet determination to keep moving forward.
Tracks such as “Concepción,” “Meet Me On The Downs,” and the title piece were conceived in specific places – Chile, Hamburg, Oberhausen – each location leaving a subtle imprint on the music. Parks, harbours, and anonymous rooms become recurring settings where past and present coexist, intersected by fleeting moments of clarity amongst the disorder.
Pre-Order “Ghosts In The Park” here: https://brucesoord.lnk.to/Ghosts_In_The_Park
Tracklist:
1. Concepcion (1:25)
2. Pillars (3:10)
3. Meet Me On The Downs (3:05)
4. Kept Me Thinking (6:34)
5. Day Of Wrath (4:21)
6. Our Predicament (3:43)
7. Stared Down (4:33)
8. You Made A Promise (2:56)
9. Ghosts In The Park (12:52)