“You might think, ‘Is he so wrapped up in the problems of being human? is this who he is all day?’ It’s not!” Why the happy, positive Bruce Soord writes sad, melancholy solo albums

Bruce Soord in 2026.

Is The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord consumed by existential angst, or has he made the most quietly powerful solo music of his career? Prog takes a walk with the Ghosts In The Park.

“It started off completely different,” says Bruce Soord. Ghosts In The Park, his fourth solo studio album, is his most personal, heartfelt record yet. The songs were conceived on tour with The Pineapple Thief while he was confronting the death of his father. Writing from a place of such profound intimacy shaped the music, transforming his original vision for the album.