''True Parallels'' is the second studio album by American

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band Trust Company. Originally to be released in 2004, the release date was pushed back to March 21, 2005, internationally and on March 22, 2005, in the

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. Despite little promotion from their label, the album entered the ''

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'' album charts at number 32 and has gone on to sell in excess of 200,000 copies.

Background

Trust Company was originally scheduled to play at Ozzfest 2003, but canceled to focus on finishing ''True Parallels''. Several months prior to the album's release, original bassist Josh Moates left the group and was replaced by Walker Warren. "Stronger" was released in February 2005 as the album's

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. It has two versions for the music videos, the original version features the band performing at a party. The video was unreleased until it was uploaded in May 2017 by former bassist Walker Warren and was later posted on Trust Company's

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page, the MTV2 version which received moderate airplay, features the band performing in a

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. According to drummer Jason Singleton on the band's message board, "The War is Over" gained much popularity within the ''

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'' film-making community and was considered for a second single. When they were known as 41Down, the track that bore the title of this album was later remade for their album '' The Lonely Position of Neutral'' as the track "Falling Apart".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD liner notes.Trust Company. Liner notes. ''True Parallels.'' Geffen, 2005. CD.

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* James Fukai – guitar, background vocals, producer (13), mixing (13), art direction * Kevin Palmer – guitar, vocals, producer (13), mixing (13), art direction * Jason Singleton – drums, background vocals, producer (13), mixing (13), art direction * Josh Moates – bass (3–12), art direction *Chris Cheney – bass (1 & 2)

Technical

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– mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City *

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– executive producer * Jason Harter for i-psyte Design – art direction

Tracks 1 & 2

* Howard Benson – producer, keyboards, programming * Mike Plotnikoff – engineer * Eric Miller – additional engineering * Paul Decarli – Pro Tools editing * Chris Lord-Alge – mixing at Image Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA * Dmitar Kmjaic – mixing assistant * Gersh – drum tech * Keith Nelson – guitar tech * Doug Robb – background vocals (1)

Tracks 3–12

* Don Gilmore – producer, engineer, mixing at NRG Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA * John Ewing Jr. - engineer * Fox Phelps – 2nd engineer * Jeffrey Rabhan – additional percussion (4–10)

Track 13

* James Uertz – engineer, mixing * Layla Palmer – background vocals

Charts

Album – ''

'' (United States) Singles – ''Billboard'' (United States)

Appearances

*"Stronger" was featured in the video game ''

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'' in 2005. It was also the theme song to a

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at Backlash 2005. *"Surfacing" was featured in the video game '' MVP Baseball 2004'' by EA Sports.

References

{{Authority control Trust Company (band) albums 2005 albums