''Orchestra of Wolves'' is the debut album by English

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. It was produced by Banks of fellow Hertfordshire band Haunts and released by In at the Deep End Records on 25 September 2006. A limited edition was re-issued in the United Kingdom in June 2007 with a bonus disc featuring live session tracks, two new songs and two covers. It was also re-issued in North America by Epitaph Records on July 10, 2007, with four bonus tracks ("Sick of Feeling Sick", "Black Heart Queen", "Nervous Breakdown", and "Staring at the Rude Bois"). Before the recording of this album began, guitarist Paul Laventure left the band. As a result, the album was recorded as a four-piece with Laurent Barnard, the band's main songwriter, recording all of the guitar parts himself.

Track listing

#"Kill the Rhythm" 2:40 #"Come Friendly Bombs" 3:32 #"Abandon Ship" 3:12 #"In the Belly of a Shark" 2:42 #"Six Years" 4:06 #"Rolling with the Punches" 3:36 #"Last Fight for the Living Dead" 1:00 #"Just Because You Sleep Next to Me Doesn't Mean You're Safe" 3:04 #"Will Someone Shoot That Fucking Snake" 2:28 #"Stay Cold" 3:07 #"I Promise This Won't Hurt" 1:48 #"Orchestra of Wolves" 4:43

UK re-issue bonus disc

#"Abandon Ship" (BBC Punk session - 5 April 2007) #"Rolling with the Punches" (BBC Punk session - 5 April 2007) #"Will Someone Shoot That Fucking Snake" (BBC Punk session - 5 April 2007) #"Six Years" (BBC Punk session - 5 April 2007) #"Just Because You Sleep Next to Me" (BBC Rock session - 28 December 2006) #"In the Belly of a Shark" (BBC Rock session - 28 December 2006) #"Sick of Feeling Sick" (Previously unreleased) #"Black Heart Queen" (Previously unreleased) #"

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" ( Black Flag cover) / "Staring At The Rude Bois" (

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cover featuring

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) (Hidden Track, 12:06 into the track)

Personnel

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lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

* Laurent "Lags" Barnard –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

* Stuart Gili-Ross –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

, backing vocals * Lee Barratt –

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, percussion

References

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