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Label Mercury
Release Date May 17, 2011

1. White Dress 3:35
2. You And Me 3:36
3. Something To Believe In 4:44
4. Forever And Always 4:08
5. What I Know 4:13
6. American Secrets 6:18
7. Kiss Me Slowly 3:55


8. Halfway 3:10
9. Philadelphia 7:09

Parachute's second album finds the Virginia boys continuining to explore the intersection of pop/rock, collegiate funk, and blue-eyed soul. Written during the band's 2010 tour, The Way It Was sounds bigger and bolder than its predecessor, with songs like "Something to Believe In (Jeremiah)" featuring bombastic arrangements and thick vocal harmonies.

Recording information: Haunted Hollow; Ocean Way Studios; Studio Wishbone, Los Angeles, CA.

Editor: Andy Marcinkowski.

Photographers: Brantley Gutierrez; Aaron Farrington.

Personnel: Will Anderson (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Nate McFarland (vocals, guitar); Kit French (vocals, saxophone, keyboards); Johnny Stubblefield (vocals, drums, percussion); Alex Hargrave (vocals); John Fields (guitar, keyboards, programming).

Audio Mixer: Jon Kaplan.


Mercury Records group Parachute glides into the new year with a brand new single, Something To Believe In, from their upcoming second album, The Way It Way (due April 12th), and a fresh round of U.S. tour dates with Plain White Ts and Miggs on the Wonders Of The Younger tour. In addition to Something To Believe In which was played during this year's Rose Bowl football classic and has become an ESPN staple The Way It Was is also expected to include a number of songs that Parachute has introduced at recent shows, among them Break My Heart For Me, Halfway, Square One, The Way It Was, What I Know, and White Dress. Another track, Kiss Me Slowly, was written with Grammy winners Lady Antebellum.

The Way It Was was produced by John Fields, whose credits include Switchfoot, the Goo Goo Dolls, Pink, and Paper Tongues. The Way It Was follows up Parachute's Losing Sleep, which scored a #1 iTunes album debut when it was released in May 2009. The album featured the Top 15 Hot AC hit She Is Love. Parachute Will Anderson (guitars, piano, lead vocals), Kit French (saxophone, key-boards, vocals). Alex Hargrave (bass), Johnny Stubblefield (drums), and Nate McFarland (lead guitar, vocals) enjoyed a breakout year starting with their live performance of She Is Love at the annual New Year's Eve celebration on Times Square in New York City with over 1 million people in attendance!