{"product_id":"wow-scenario-the-stand-in-the-star-a-verse-and-a-chorus-pre-order","title":"Wow! Scenario (The) - Stand in the Star. A Verse and a Chorus *Pre-Order","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date Friday 23rd October\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll pre-orders will be dispatched\/made ready for collection on that day.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW129228526 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Wow! Scenario is the project from comedian, actor and musician James\u003cbr\u003eAcaster and his lifelong friend Graeme Wicks\u003cbr\u003eThe project formed in 2004 in Kettering, Northamptonshire. The sessions for their\u003cbr\u003edebut album began in 2007. Stand in the Star. A Verse and a Chorus, the debut album\u003cbr\u003eby The Wow! Scenario will now be released in 2026.\u003cbr\u003eGraeme Wicks and James Acaster had already decided to call it a day when they\u003cbr\u003erecorded all of their songs in December 2007 with producer Chris Hamilton - one of\u003cbr\u003ethe few people who actually liked their music. Indeed, the band name itself came from\u003cbr\u003ea drunk audience member trying to tell them they didn't have 'the X factor' but\u003cbr\u003erepeatedly getting the term wrong, \"you don't have the wow scenario, guys. You need\u003cbr\u003eto get the wow scenario.\"\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of believing they were going to be one of the most important bands\u003cbr\u003eof all time, the duo had lost faith. They were playing poorly attended gigs every week\u003cbr\u003eand the response from the small audiences ranged from throwing shoes at the band\u003cbr\u003eto chasing them out of the car park and trying to punch their car. They were working\u003cbr\u003eextremely hard but making no progress. They'd both attended singing lessons every\u003cbr\u003eweek since the band's inception but still hadn't reached the standard they'd hoped for\u003cbr\u003ewhen it came to harmonies or (in Acaster's case) basic pitch. In the end, they had to\u003cbr\u003eaccept The Wow! Scenario was an acquired taste - or at least it would be if they could\u003cbr\u003efully execute the ideas they had in their heads. Which they could not.\u003cbr\u003eEven though they'd decided to give up, they approached the recording sessions with a\u003cbr\u003enew found enthusiasm. Other people's opinions no longer mattered to them, they were\u003cbr\u003erecording this for themselves, with Chris - someone who liked them so much he'd\u003cbr\u003econtacted them on MySpace and practically begged to record their songs. They spent\u003cbr\u003ea month sleeping in the studio, recording jazzy guitars and freewheeling drums,\u003cbr\u003esinging flatly, and periodically visiting the airport to make field recordings. In January\u003cbr\u003e2008, Hamilton mixed all the songs, delivered the album, then the band split up and\u003cbr\u003ekept all of it to themselves.\u003cbr\u003eTen years later, in January 2018, The Wow! Scenario returned to the studio. They'd\u003cbr\u003eindependently revisited the album and loved all of it except for the vocals. The plan\u003cbr\u003ewas to delete the vocals, re- record the vocal melodies on saxophone, clarinet and\u003cbr\u003efiddle, then possibly release the project as an instrumental album. Mark Brown and\u003cbr\u003eGuy Fletcher recorded their parts beautifully, Hamilton mixed the entire album for the\u003cbr\u003esecond time in ten years, then Wicks and Acaster listened back to everything and\u003cbr\u003eagreed that while the instrumentals had been elevated, the songs still sounded\u003cbr\u003eincomplete. They needed vocals after all, apparently. Ha. Ha. Ha.\u003cbr\u003eThe third and final studio session took place in March 2023 when singers Emma\u003cbr\u003eDaman and BC Camplight performed the vocal parts the way they were always meant\u003cbr\u003eto be performed. Finally the songwriters heard what had been in their heads all those\u003cbr\u003eyears ago. They'd finally graduated from 'impenetrable' to 'an acquired taste'. This was\u003cbr\u003ehuge.\u003cbr\u003eJust over a year later, Hamilton sat down to mix the album for the third time in his\u003cbr\u003egoddamn life, and by March 2025, 'Stand in the Star. A Verse and a Chorus' was\u003cbr\u003eactually, properly, hilariously, complete.\u003cbr\u003eObviously, the decision to go back on their original plan and share this music with\u003cbr\u003eother people could result in more shoes being thrown at them and open their car up to\u003cbr\u003emultiple punches but it's a risk they're willing to take. It took them over 20 years, but\u003cbr\u003eJames Acaster and Graeme Wicks finally 'got the wow scenario'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhether anyone else will get The Wow! Scenario remains to be seen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTracks: Diving! \/ Once More! \/ Golf Socks! \/ Alpaca\u003cbr\u003eSpinner! \/ Reality! \/ Instructions! \/ Zacuti! \/ The Curse!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank you for looking at our listing, below are a few points to consider before making a purchase:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- All records we sell are Brand New - pre-orders will normally come sealed but if you are purchasing in stock items, please note the copy may have been unsealed for display in the shop. Please email straight after purchase to enquire if this is of importance to you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Orders won't ship until all items are released, so keep this in mind when purchasing multiple pre-orders or a mix of in stock and pre-order items.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- The 'Product' page will show the most up to date info we have with regards to the item and its release date, but this information is subject to change so check in with us if you have any questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- We unfortunately don't offer tax\/vat outside of the UK via the website so please keep in mind that when the items arrives in your country you may be liable to pay a further charge before delivery. (all UK orders the price you see is the price you will pay). Please also note that we are unable to adjust the declared value on items sold internationally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wow! 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