Forecast Parade from Flash Splash by Laser Lemonade

# About This Track: Forecast Parade

Standing outside with your face pressed against the steamy window—that moment when you can see the party but can't quite feel it yet! "Forecast Parade" captures those butterfly-in-stomach minutes before you decide to step through the doorway and join the neon hurricane inside.

We built this track around those vintage skipping hi-hats that totally remind me of raindrops hitting puddles outside the Manchester club scene where DJ Lemon first started spinning. The squelchy bass deliberately wobbles between confident and nervous—just like your legs when you're building up courage to cross that threshold!

Those sampled crowd noises? Not stadium cheers or anything fancy—we literally recorded our friends laughing and chatting outside our favorite London dance spot on a drizzly Friday night. The magic happens in that contrast between the lonely synth echoes in the verses and the explosion of handclaps when the chorus hits.

The whistle breaks weren't even planned! Sparky was just messing around during recording, and we were like "THAT'S IT! THAT'S THE FEELING!"

There's this special moment at 2:14 where everything drops except a single bell-like synth note—we call it the "invitation chime"—right before the final chorus rushes in like someone finally opening the door and pulling you inside. When we play this live, it's always the moment when the crowd starts raising their hands.

"Forecast Parade" introduces those recurring melodic fragments that weave throughout the album—little musical rainbows that appear after each storm. The journey from outsider to star of the dance floor begins with this first tentative step, watching the colors swirl while gathering courage to join them.

⚡️ Neon-charged bubblegum beats that'll make your platform shoes bounce! Our synth-sugar rush hits harder than your first energy drink. Pure 90s euphoria with whistle breaks that'll have you reaching for glowsticks. Let's party like it's 1998! 🍋💖