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01. Parsley Sound - Ease Yourself And Glide
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02. Parsley Sound - Twilight Mushrooms
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03. Parsley Sound - Spring's Near
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04. Parsley Sound - Yo Yo
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06. Parsley Sound - Find The Heat
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ARTIST
PARSLEY SOUND
TITLE
Parsley Sounds
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
BE WITH RECORDS
CATALOG #
BEWITH 165LP
BEWITH 165LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
11/22/2024
Parsley Sounds
was the glorious debut album for Mo Wax by
Parsley Sound
. The album was one of the iconic label's final releases before it closed in 2003 and locating a clean copy has been extremely tricky of late, unless you're flush enough to drop 150 notes on it. Mercifully, the Be With reissue, put together with invaluable assistance from the group, should remedy this situation. It's a lo-fi, bass-heavy, blunted beat treat, warped with heat haze and dreamy soft-psych and has been criminally under-heard for far too long. As with most cult-like records,
Parsley Sounds
has many influential fans, far and wide. From
Four Tet
and
Caribou
to
NTS
's modern day breakfast hero
Flo Dill
, its reputation has only grown in stature. At the time, the notoriously hard-to-please
Pitchfork
garlanded it with a scarcely achievable 8.8 whilst the
Numero Group
's
Rob Sevier
described it as a "visionary bit of proto-
Salvia Plath
(or
Steve Lacy
)" via a Ghostly International missive.
Parsley Sound
comprised super-talented duo
Preston Mead
and
Dan Sargassa
. They released an early single on Warp Records as
Slum
, before signing to Mo Wax. Hidden behind a wall of sound -- fuzzy layers of beats, bleeps and symphonic synths -- they were convinced they made mainstream pop music. And, in many respects,
Parsley Sounds
really is a beautiful pop album. It overflows with memorable, gorgeous melodies and inspired songcraft. A melodic masterpiece, part
Crosby, Stills & Nash
, part proto-
Koushik
, it presents a melancholy falsetto, surging bass and blunted lead guitar. As it climaxes, gorgeous strings are ushered in to see listeners out. Under the watchful eye of Parsley Sound themselves, the audio for
Parsley Sounds
has been carefully mastered by Be With regular
Simon Francis
, with a few much-needed tweaks here and there, according to the artist's wishes.
Cicely Balston
's expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the records have been pressed to the highest possible standard at the always stellar Record Industry in Holland. With the audio and artwork now approaching completeness after 20 years, this long overdue re-issue could be considered its definitive vinyl release.
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