Melancholy and the Archive Expanded Edition

by We Need Secrets

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Christopher Bevard Outstanding shoegaze with a hearty nod to My Bloody Valentine and the melodic, dreamy pop structures of Lush - highly recommended. Favorite track: I Would Take You Over Me.

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1.	How You Remember 03:13	buy track
2.	Months Like Years 02:49	buy track
3.	I Would Take You Over Me 03:57	buy track
4.	Melancholy 03:11	buy track
5.	Uncommitted Crimes 04:02	buy track
6.	The Archive 03:11	buy track
7.	Pain Lines 02:16	buy track
8.	Auster 03:48	buy track
9.	Sleeper 02:52	buy track
10.	Interiors 03:52	buy track
11.	Cycles 05:12	buy track
12.	Swimming Pool (Melancholy and the Archive Outtake) 03:54	buy track
13.	No Kimono (featuring Elliott Frazier) 03:47	buy track
14.	I Would Take You Over Me (2012 Early Mix) 03:59	buy track
15.	Cycles (Chad early mix) 05:13	buy track
16.	How You Remember (demo) 03:04	buy track
17.	Months Like Years (demo) 03:12	buy track
18.	Sleeper (instrumental demo) 03:13	buy track
19.	Melancholy (demo) 03:15	buy track
20.	The Archive (demo) 02:35	buy track
21.	Purple (first 7" A-side) 04:10	buy track
22.	Slow Summer (first 7" B-side) 02:38	buy track

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Melancholy and the Archive is the first full-length release (2014) from Nova Scotia, Canada’s We Need Secrets, the pet project of Chad Peck (Kestrels, Noyes Records). All songs were written, recorded, and performed by Chad, with guest appearances by ANGO, Elliott Frazier (Ringo Deathstarr), Paul Brown (Kestrels), and Omar Husain (Aim Low). Frazier also mixed the LP, which was mastered by Bob Weston of Shellac.

Melancholy and the Archive was originally released via Chad Peck's Noyes Records in Canada and on Saint Marie Records in the US and the world as an 11 song album.

For fans of: My Bloody Valentine, Swirlies, Eric’s Trip, Slowdive, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Ringo Deathstarr, Lilys

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released March 30, 2015

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We Need Secrets Halifax, Nova Scotia

chad peck plays most of the guitars, the drums, the bass, the keys, and sings the vocals on all of these songs.

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