A New Athens is the sixth album by The Bluetones

The Bluetones

The Bluetones were an English indie rock band, formed in Hounslow, Greater London, in 1993. The band's members were Mark Morriss on vocals, Adam Devlin on guitar, Scott Morriss on bass guitar, and Eds Chesters on drums. A fifth member, Richard Payne, came on board between 1998 and 2002...

. It was released on May 31, 2010 on CIA Recordings.

Despite largely positive reviews by fans and critics alike, the album failed to chart in the Top 200 UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

 after its first week on release.

The first single was "Carry Me Home", which released on June 13, 2010, on download. A second single, "Golden Soul", was released on November 14, 2010, on download.

Track listing

All tracks written by: Chesters

Eds Chesters

Eds Chesters was the drummer for the English band, The Bluetones. Currently working as an Osteopath at "Health in Motion" clinic in Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire....

, Devlin

Adam Devlin

Adam Devlin is the guitarist and songwriter for the English band, The Bluetones.-External links:*...

, Morriss

Scott Morriss

Scott Edward Morriss is the bass player for the English band The Bluetones. He is the younger brother of bandmate and lead vocalist Mark Morriss. He also plays bass in his brother's backing group, The Mummys....

, Morriss

Mark Morriss

Mark James Morriss is an English singer-songwriter. He is the lead singer for The Bluetones, and is the older brother of bandmate Scott Morriss. He is also pursuing a solo career....

:

1. "The Notes Between the Notes Between the Notes"
2. "Firefly"
3. "A New Athens"
4. "Culling Song"
5. "Into The Red"
6. "Golden Soul"
7. "The Day That Never Was"
8. "Carry Me Home"
9. "Half the Size of Nothing"
10. "Haunted by You"
11. "Pranchestonelle"
12. "Hey Schmoopy" (Hidden Track)

Personnel

• Adam Devlin
  Adam Devlin
  Adam Devlin is the guitarist and songwriter for the English band, The Bluetones.-External links:*...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Eds Chesters
  Eds Chesters
  Eds Chesters was the drummer for the English band, The Bluetones. Currently working as an Osteopath at "Health in Motion" clinic in Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire....
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  
• Mark Morriss
  Mark Morriss
  Mark James Morriss is an English singer-songwriter. He is the lead singer for The Bluetones, and is the older brother of bandmate Scott Morriss. He is also pursuing a solo career....
  
   – vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Scott Morriss
  Scott Morriss
  Scott Edward Morriss is the bass player for the English band The Bluetones. He is the younger brother of bandmate and lead vocalist Mark Morriss. He also plays bass in his brother's backing group, The Mummys....
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Alex Richards – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  

External links

• The Bluetones at mySpace