Read Full Bio ↴Amusement Parks on Fire are an English shoegaze band from Nottingham.
The band was formed by Michael Feerick in 2004, who wrote and performed their self-titled debut album entirely by himself. The band has since expanded and now write and perform as a five-piece currently composed of Michael Feerick (guitar/vocals), Daniel Knowles (guitar/production), Peter Dale (drums), Gavin Poole (bass) and Joe Hardy (keyboard).
Feerick wrote and recorded ten songs on a minimal budget with close friend Daniel Knowles engineering the sessions. These efforts formed Amusement Parks on Fire's self-titled debut album released in the UK on INVADA Records, a label run by Geoff Barrow of Portishead in 2005.
The band signed to V2 Records in 2005 and went on to record their second studio album Out of the Angeles at Sigur Rós' Sundlaugin studio in Álafoss, Iceland.
The line-up altered to its current state in summer 2006 with the addition of Gavin Poole (Bass) and Joe Hardy (Keyboards). This was followed by a co-headline tour of the UK with US noise outfit Scarling. and a headline tour across mainland Europe and Scandinavia.
The band played in Japan for the first time at the Summer Sonic Festival 2006.
In addition to the second album "Out of the Angeles", the band recorded a series of limited edition 12" EPs — the first of which, "In Flight" was released early in September 2006. This was followed by "A Star Is Born" on the 2nd of April 2007 which was supported by a UK & Ireland headlining tour.
The band recently played a short UK tour and debuted some new material, and are currently in Nottingham recording new material for a possible release in 2008. In addition, they are currently playing some small live shows across the UK and Ireland, and mostly travelling by train.
No Lite No Sound
Amusement Parks On Fire Lyrics
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You'll never know
Where the show stops
And reality clocks on
To how much you'll never know
Fall out
I will anull
To how much you'll never know
Baby if you were ever inside
Then I would not go
Tell me that everything is outside
'Cause I'm in the same show
Maybe we could do it better next time
This is the city where the past died
No Lite No Sound
Call out- I will invoke
The actors, the kids in the back row
For how long, you'll never know
Call out- I will invoke
The warm sun, the stars of the last show
For how long, you'll never know
Baby if you were ever inside
Then I would not go
Tell me that everything is outside
'Cause I'm in the same show
Now that everybody's on the same side
This is the city where the sun died
No Lite No Sound
The lyrics to Amusement Parks On Fire's song No Lite No Sound are filled with abstract and metaphorical language that evokes a sense of confusion and detachment from reality. The repeated phrase of "fall out" suggests a loss of control or a sudden disruption, while the lines "where the show stops and reality clocks on" and "for how much you'll never know" imply a blurring of boundaries between the world of entertainment and the real world.
The singer also expresses a desire to connect with someone who can understand their situation and help them navigate through it, as seen in the lines "Baby if you were ever inside then I would not go, tell me that everything is outside, 'cause I'm in the same show." However, this attempt at forming a bond is complicated by the fact that the singer feels trapped within a city where the past and the sun have died, leaving them with "No Lite No Sound."
Line by Line Meaning
Fall out
I give up or back out
You'll never know
You won't understand or realize
Where the show stops
Where the entertainment ends
And reality clocks on
And the truth sets in
To how much you'll never know
To what extent you won't comprehend
I will anull
I will cancel or invalidate
The answer that I will never show
The solution that I won't reveal
Baby if you were ever inside
If you were ever a part of this
Then I would not go
Then I wouldn't leave
Tell me that everything is outside
Assure me that everything is exterior
'Cause I'm in the same show
Because I'm in an identical situation
Maybe we could do it better next time
Perhaps we can improve in the future
This is the city where the past died
This is the place where history ceased to exist
Call out- I will invoke
I'm requesting- I will summon
The actors, the kids in the back row
The performers, the obscured individuals
For how long, you'll never know
You won't ever discover the duration
The warm sun, the stars of the last show
The comfortable sunlight, the main attractions of the previous event
Now that everybody's on the same side
Since everyone's united
This is the city where the sun died
This is where the sunshine dissolved
No Lite No Sound
There's no illumination or noise
Contributed by Carson P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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