Sabotage | ||||
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Released | 7 June 2024 | |||
Genre | Alt-country, indie folk [1] [2] | |||
Length | 28:50 | |||
Label | Cape Road | |||
Producer | Josh Logan | |||
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Rolling Stone Australia | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sabotage is the sixth album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Mel Parsons, released on 7 June 2022 on Cape Road Recordings. [3] [4]
Parsons began the process of writing the album with Josh Logan during the Covid lockdown. [5] The creation process was a collaboration process between the two of them, jumping around on the instrumentation, with Parsons on guitars and some drums, and Logan on all other instruments. [5] The album was recorded in Lyttleton at Basement Studio. [6] The song "Hardest Thing" won the MLT Songwriting Award at the New Zealand Country Music Honours. [2]
All tracks are written by Mel Parsons, except where noted [4] [7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Circling the City" | Parsons, Josh Logan | 2:48 |
2. | "Offer Down" | 3:03 | |
3. | "Sabotage" | 4:43 | |
4. | "Little Sadness" | Parsons, Logan | 3:40 |
5. | "5432" | 3:41 | |
6. | "Hoping for Rain" | 4:56 | |
7. | "Hardest Thing" | 3:08 | |
8. | "Expectations" | Parsons, Logan | 2:50 |
Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [9] | 5 |