Parcels

Parcels – Day/Night (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:36:40 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Because Music

Three years after a dazzling entry into the world pop scene, this Australian-Berlin quintet is pulling a double shift for its second album, divided into two parts of nine tracks, Day and Night, recorded in the studios of La Frette-sur-Seine, a 19th century manor house where Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave and the Arctic Monkeys have also worked. The first half is luminous, in the tradition of Parcels’ first LP, with a pop/funk vibe that has worked very well for them. There are singles that will play well on the radio and at festivals: Free, Comingback, Theworstthing and the irresistible anthem Somethinggreater, while Daywalk demonstrates the Parcels’ inextinguishable taste for jam sessions, which are always so elegant in their arrangements (cf. the very Beatles-influenced Outside). The Night is not in fact as dark as all that: we quickly find ourselves on the dance floor (naturally, the one from Studio 54 on Famous or LordHenry), before a relaxed trip to a hushed jazz club (Nightwalk) and then returning home (Inside). All in all, it makes for 24 exciting hours with Parcels. – Smaël Bouaici
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Parcels – Parcels (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:45 minutes | 993 MB | Genre: Indie Pop, Funk, Disco
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Because Music

The story of Parcels is both a childhood dream and a wonderful human adventure. Formed just four years ago, for what is the “first real band” for each of its members, the quintet (music-lovers and Steely Dan-addicts) quickly sold out their first concerts in Byron Bay, a surfing spot on the East coast of Australia. But despite being half a world away, the smell of Berlin nights lured them over to try their luck in Europe. Good move: the international music hub that is the German capital lead them to a signing with the Parisian label Kitsuné. After two EPs where they demonstrated their compatibility, Thomas Bangalter came to congratulate them and give them some advice following a concert in Paris, producing their single Overnight a few months later.
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