News item - Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate announce new album ‘Parallel Lives’

London-based progressive rock band Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate have announced that their ninth studio album, ‘Parallel Lives’, will be on general release on 4 September 2026. Singer/song-writer/multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Galloway desctribes the phrase 'Parallel Lives' as referring to disconnection, both within ourselves, between our different or changing identities and social roles, and between each other. Alongside the directly personal songs, other songs on the album  are sung from the perspective of characters from science fiction stories who are experiencing situations that undermine their sense of self-identity.  Two of the songs were inspired by Philip K Dick novels, and one was inspired by an Alastair Reynolds novel. 

Mark Gatland, bass guitarist/multi-instrumentalist and other half of Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate explains that in contrast with their previous album, which explored the history of quantum physics, this album has a more personal and emotional focus.

The album is currently available to pre-order on Bandcamp
https://hatsoffgentlemen.bandcamp.com/album/parallel-lives
Video preview - https://youtu.be/1V2KK0XEyjI

https://hatsoffgentlemen.com/parallel-lives

Track Listing

1) My Blistering Mind
2) The Mandatory Prize
3) Never Really Felt Like Home (instrumental)

4) Smile, Smile, Smile

5) Intermission (instrumental)

6) Parallel Lives

7) Eversion

8) Pretty Blue Fox (instrumental)

9) Just Another Thing

10) Dropping The Mask (instrumental)

11) Just Hold On (Pts I & II)