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Parenthetical Girls
"Is There An Oven That's Big Enough To Fit Your Head In?"
Ever the pragmatists, Parenthetical Girls are in the midst of releasing Privilege--the
band's new full length--as a box set of five extremely limited 12" EPs
on their own Slender Means Society label. These EPs will be sold
separately in sequence every quarter over the next 15 months, each as
they are completed. They will not be distributed to stores. As the cycle
concludes, the fifth and final 12" will come packaged in a beautiful,
aesthetically cohesive LP box designed to house all four of the
preceding releases, forming the complete Privilege album.
Limited to 500 physical copies per EP, the 12"s will each feature
original art by renowned Swedish illustrator Jenny Mörtsell, and will be
hand-numbered in the blood of their respective band members. The fourth
12"--subtitled Sympathy For Spastics--will be released on November 1, 2011, and will be
numbered in the blood of cover star/Parenthetical Girl Amber Smith.
Having taken pop extravagance to its logical conclusion with their critically acclaimed Orchestral Pop opus Entanglements,
Parenthetical Girls have given the orchestra their leave--and the
resulting transformation is no less momentous. Returning to its core
membership of vocalist/creative director Zac Pennington and
producer/arranger Jherek Bischoff, the group set about a path that they
have heretofore never really charted: that of sonic restraint. And
though the results could scarcely be called subtle, the language of Privilege
is direct and unambiguous--a new creative candor that's felt in both
its words and music. It's Parenthetical Girls in fighting trim, and the
difference is both immediate and undeniable.
The group continues this ambitious experiment with Privilege, pt IV: Sympathy For Spastics--a
bizarre and bombastic four-song suite of familial entrapments, the
sexual politics of class warfare, and blissful resignation. The EP opens
upon "The Privilege," a meditative exploration of family discord and
terminal nostalgia. "A Note To Self" follows, an uncharacteristically
upbeat pop pastiche about coming to terms with critical failure,
personal resentments, and creative responsibility. "Entitlements" is a
spiteful attack on the indulgences of privileged self-pity (with
wincingly direct allusions to a particular patron saint of privileged
malaise), while "Sympathy For Spastics" explores the often bleakly
patronizing intersection of class and sexual politics. Together, they
comprise a bold, strikingly cohesive pop clarion call that further
solidifies Parenthetical Girls' place amongst the most surprising and
uncompromising pop groups at work today. And there's more where that
came from.
SELECTED ACCOLADES FOR PRIVILEGE
"
a lilting pop sensation... synths, sex and inevitably defeat are
inherent and On Death & Endearments captures a band hitting their
stride. " --Drowned In Sound
"intricate melodies, bold instrumentals, and bizarre sounds, but this is what Parenthetical Girls does best."--The Music Slut
" Every second of this record sounds amazing."--Redefine Magazine
"Parenthetical Girls, this might be love."--Impose Magazine
"These
four tracks drag you deep into Zac Pennington's lurid psyche, a world
that manages to be as luxuriously seductive as it is strained and
terrifying."--The Music Fix
PARENTHETICAL GIRLS
Nov 5 Portland, OR: Backspace
Dec 1 Brooklyn, NY: GLASSLANDS *
Dec 2 Purchase, NY: SUNY PURCHASE
Dec 8 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: SMOG (Bard College)
* = w/ Gauntlet Hair
Parenthetical Girls
Privilege IV: Sympathy For Spastics
(Slender Means Society)
Street Date: Nov. 1, 2011
Track list:
1. The Privilege
2. A Note To Self
3. Entitlements
4. Sympathy for Spastics
PARENTHETICAL GIRLS LINKS:
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/parentheticalgirls
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/parentheticalgirlsband
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