Royal Parks
Long before his success with nostalgia giants The Analogues and Her Majesty, Diederik Nomden made a solo album as Royal Parks. After playing in various bands, such as Alamo Race Track, Daryll-Ann and Johan, Johan's Jacco de Greeuw encouraged him to work on his own song material. From the spring of 2010, Nomden recorded demos that he and De Greeuw developed into a first album. The studio recordings took place in four days with drummer Guy Bours and bassist David Corel, the old rhythm section of Alamo Race Track, and were supplemented in the home studio with vocals, extra guitar parts and keyboards, again with contributions from Jacco de Greeuw.
The loyal foot soldier as king, emperor, admiral and mental coach of his own eleven songs. The eponymous album by Royal Parks stands for timeless pop in the best tradition of the mother label, Excelsior Recordings.