Resistance

A double album of eleven tracks, two of them near twenty minutes.
IQ, 2019

Released: 11 October 2019
Recorded: September 2017 to July 2019
Studio: Aubitt Studios, Southampton
Label: Giant Electric Pea
Producer: Mike Holmes

Resistance was recorded at Aubitt Studios in Southampton between September 2017 and July 2019, with Holmes producing and Rob Aubrey engineering. Holmes and Nicholls wrote every track, and Neil Durant shared the writing of The Great Spirit Way, Perfect Space and Fallout. The set runs seven tracks on the first disc, ending with the 15:22 For Another Lifetime, and four on the second, led by the 21:45 The Great Spirit Way and the 19:55 Fallout. Early copies sold at gigs before the official launch had a faulty first disc.

Track listing

A Missile6:40
Rise6:49
Stay Down7:55
Alampandria3:48
Shallow Bay6:21
If Anything6:03
For Another Lifetime15:22
The Great Spirit Way21:45
Fire and Security5:26
Perfect Space8:33
Fallout19:55

Personnel

Peter Nicholls lead and backing vocals
Mike Holmes guitars, producer
Neil Durant keyboards
Tim Esau bass, bass pedals
Paul Cook drums, percussion
Rob Aubrey engineer

More from IQ

Tales from the Lush Attic (1983), The Wake (1985), Nomzamo (1987), Are You Sitting Comfortably? (1989), Ever (1993), Subterranea (1997), Frequency (2009), The Road of Bones (2014), Dominion (2025), Live From London: Camden Palace 1985 (2026)

Sources

IQ: Resistance, Discogs