On August 4, 2023, “51 Recordings” label released “Last Rays of a Dying Sun”, the third Rain Parade studio album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, at “25th Street Recording”, “Wally Sound”, and “Skyline Studio” in Oakland, California, “Babwe Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jim Hill.
Personnel:
- Matt Piucci – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, baritone guitar, sitar, bass
- John Thoman – vocals, guitar
- Derek See – vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Steven Roback – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
- Stephan Junca – drums, percussion
- Mark Hanley – vocals, keyboards, bass
- Jim Hill – vocals, treatments and manipulations, synthesizer, tambourine
- Meena Makhijani – tabla
- Mac Hill – synthesizer
- Aryeh Frankfurter – strings
- Debbi Peterson – backing vocals
- Vicki Peterson – backing vocals
- Greg Moore – backing vocals
- Thom Moore – backing vocals
- Rob Bonfiglio – backing vocals
- Marcus Blake – backing vocals
- Darian Sahanaja – backing vocals, backing vocal arrangements
- Jim Hill – engineer
- Gabriel Shepard – engineer assistant
- Wally Sound – engineer assistant
- Varun Kejriwal – engineer assistant
- Chris Bellman – mastering
- Stefanie Beltran – art direction
- Jon Krop – packaging layout
- Emily Wick – cover photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Matt Piucci and Steven Roback.
- Angel Sister
- Last Rays of a Dying Sun
- Couldn’t Stand to Be Alone
- Bring You Back
- Got the Fear
- Share Your Love
- Sundays Almost Gone
- Green
- Forgetfulness
- Other Side of You
- Left the Fire
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