The Parson Red Heads debut a brand new video for "Burning Up the Sky" on My Old Kentucky Blog - a track they call "a richly textured, harmony–soaked stunner of comely, gentle psych-folk.” Filmed during their first trip to Boston by Extraneous Noise, travel through the city and on to the stage with the Parsons in this lovely video.
A band whose music harkens to the most prolific and inventive elements in the canon of West Coast psych-folk, The Parson Red Heads' true power is undeniable live. To celebrate the release of Yearling, The Parson Red Heads are currently on the road with fellow musical mavericks Viva Voce.
For more music from Yearling, check out Americana-celebrating, on-the-road video for "Seven Years Ago"
and give a listen to NPR's "World Cafe:Next" feature with album tracks "Burning Up the Sky" and "Kids Hanging Out."
More music and full show information below!
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The Parson Red Heads Live
Sept 16 - University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN *
Sept 17 - Gardner Lounge - Grinnell, IA *
Sept 19 - Schubas - Chicago, IL *
Sept 20 - The Firebird - St Louis, MO *
Sept 21 - Uncle Slaytons - Louisville, KY *
Sept 22 - Pygmalion Music Festival - Champaign, IL *
Sept 23 - Midpoint Music Festival - Cincinnati, OH *
Sept 24 - Musica - Akron, OH *
Sept 25 - Philadelphia Film and Music Festival - Philadelphia, PA *
Sept 26 - Great Scott - Allston, MA *
Sept 27 - Mercury Lounge - NY, NY *
Sept 28 - The Rock Shop - Brooklyn, NY *
Sept 29 - Black Cat - Washington, DC *
Sept 30 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC *
Oct 1 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA *
Oct 3 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX *
Oct 5 - Rhythm Room - Phoenix, AZ *
Oct 6 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA *
Oct 7 - Satellite - Los Angeles, CA *
Sept 25 - Philadelphia Film and Music Festival - Philadelphia, PA *
Sept 26 - Great Scott - Allston, MA *
Sept 27 - Mercury Lounge - NY, NY *
Sept 28 - The Rock Shop - Brooklyn, NY *
Sept 29 - Black Cat - Washington, DC *
Sept 30 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC *
Oct 1 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA *
Oct 3 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX *
Oct 5 - Rhythm Room - Phoenix, AZ *
Oct 6 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA *
Oct 7 - Satellite - Los Angeles, CA *
Oct 22 - Doug Fir - Portland, OR ^^
Nov 3 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA ^^
Nov 4 - Catalyst Atrium - Santa Cruz, CA ^^
Nov 3 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA ^^
Nov 4 - Catalyst Atrium - Santa Cruz, CA ^^
w/ Viva Voce *
w/ Fruit Bats ^^
Listen to live sessions from The Parson Red Heads on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, OPB Music, Amoeba, This Ain't a Scene and Groupee.
Yearling is out now on Arena Rock Recording Company with vinyl released via Parson Farm / Timber Carnival Records.
Press praise for The Parson Red Heads
Blurt - 9/10
Yearling
showcases the band firing on all cylinders; memorable songwriting,
sweet harmonies, superb playing and worthy lyrics that may be
sentimental, but never callow or cloying. They've hit a trifecta of
‘best release yet', ‘breakout album-worthy' and a ‘best album of the
year'. This album may be a ‘classic', something you'll still be playing
many years down the road.
Paste
The
beautifully shot short comes with the message that true magnificence
can be found in the most uncomplicated moments, be it playing baseball
in a back lot or dancing alone in an empty bar...The Parson Red Heads
play like a group who has been around each other for some time—all of
the parts bouncing off each other perfectly and instrumentals
interlocking like old friends. In all of its warm, heartfelt nostalgia,
there’s a lingering hint of loneliness.
NPR World Cafe : Next
The
four Red Heads' connection to and affection for each other is almost
palpable in their four-part harmonies and graceful guitar lines.
My Old Kentucky Blog
Portland’s-via
Los Angeles-via Eugene’s The Parson Red Heads latest single Burning Up
the Sky, a richly textured, harmony–soaked stunner of comely, gentle
psych-folk.
Buzzbands LA
The
Red Heads’ sanguine psych-folk crackles with jangling guitars and
gorgeous harmonies and unbridled honesty; the first single “Burning Up
the Sky” typifies the band’s gimmick-free approach — classic
songwriting, deftly executed.
JazzWax
The
Parson Red Heads' attack and compositions are original and thoroughly
modern. What touches me most is the group's acoustic purity, adherence
to folk-drenched harmony, and fondness for spirited folk—all with a
gentle spin.
Boston Dig
I
want to memorize the lyrics and drive down the highway on a summer day
with the music blasting, sing-shouting along while sunshine pools on
the dashboard.
Under the Radar
Yearling boasts an improvement in overall sound, giving the band’s jangle-folk gems the crisp sonic expansiveness they so deserve.
Portland Mercury
It's
a record that harkens to a distinct time (oh, let's say 1971) and
place (deep in the communal heart of Laurel Canyon), yet it never leans
too heavily on the tired crutch of nostalgia.
Tucson Weekly
Listen
a few more times and the songs' charms reveal themselves: the
multi-part harmonies, and the ability to take a song from a whisper to a
full-out rockathon when it's called for.
Black & White
Every
song has hit potential in some alternate universe. These '60s pop
revivalists would be megastars in a world where jam bands could write
three-minute songs or Jerry Garcia had joined The Mamas & The
Papas.
Boston Survival Guide
The
Parsons are a beautiful gathering of kind souls with a serene and
breezy, psychedelic-folk sound and angelic harmonies. This is
heartwarming, feel-good music of the highest order.
Owl Mag
This
band has always proven itself exceptional at meshing harmonies of
voice and guitar, garnering Beatles and Fleetwood Mac comparisons
strewn about like confetti.
We Are the Difference
The
Portland music scene is a breath of fresh air in independent music,
and no band embodies the spirit of the scene more than The Parson Red
Heads. New track ‘Burning Up The Sky’ has the same anthemic quality as
Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Go Your Own Way’ and is an instant toe-tapper.
When You Motor Away
It
has all the features that make me love this band so much - gorgeous
harmonies, tremendous lead vocals by Evan Way, positive spirit, tight
writing and disciplined arrangements, just perfect power pop music.
Have You Met Heather
They're
the sort of cheery group that makes you remember that music isn't all
about doom and gloom or best day of your life extravaganzas - that it's
also the soundtrack to all the other days in-between. Their music is
that of sweet nostalgia.
Under The Radar
The Parson Red Heads create throwback '60's psychedelic folk for a new generation of hippies...long live the free and easy!!
LA Metromix
This
impossibly pretty gang of California love and harmony plays like Brian
Wilson never lost his mind and instead spawned a new generation of
composers to finish his teenage symphony to God ... imagine Fleetwood
Mac making Rumours without the cocaine and wife-swapping.
LA Times
Evan
Way and company electrified every nightclub imaginable with their
kinetic live performances that worked within the Laurel Canyon folk and
Southern California psych traditions, but expanded upon them through
their natural effervescence, joie de vivre, and careful attention to
songcraft.
Groupee
There
is an innocent earthiness to this band's music, a harkening to simpler
times, that is very much a reflection of the members of the band...who
exude lightbeams of goodness in person.
Buzzine
This
is an album that feels like it is from another generation, when the
future held a great many things and all you wanted was love. It’s a
wonderful mixture of folk, rock, and a touch of country.
Stylus
The
Parson’s [have] the feel of a bright blue summer day melting into a
cotton-candy pink twilight—[songs] of Byrdsian jangle, super ball
bouncy bass lines, stone-washed four-piece harmonies, and the
occasional drowsy slide guitar lick. It’s the ideal soundtrack to a
lazy afternoon cookout, with filets and BBQ-sauce smothered chicken
breasts on the grill, a Corona with lime tucked into your palm.
More on The Parson Red Heads
The Parson Red Heads have signed to The Arena Rock Recording Company and are set to release their anticipated new album, Yearling,
August 16th. The 11-track album was produced by sometimes-band-mate
Raymond Richards at Red Rockets Glare (Los Angeles CA) and by Chris
Stamey, of legendary Southern jangle-pop band, The dB’s, at Mitch
Easter’s Fidelitorium Studios (Kernersville, NC); and Yearling was mixed by Stamey at Modern Recording (Chapel Hill, NC).
‘The title of the new record Yearling has all sorts of
meanings’, says singer Evan Way. ‘For us…with this album…the obvious is
that the record took between one and two years to make (see:
definition of ‘yearling’) but it means much more than that. The
collection of songs tell stories about learning as you go, moving on
when you finally realize you can’t turn back and loving people when you
can. It’s a record about growing up made by a band that’s growing up
(and still are!). The songs and messages are very important to us, as
are the performances and memories we have of the creation of this
album. We consider it a big step for us, although one step of many, but
an important one nonetheless.’
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