Parcels doesn’t draw back from abundance. The Australian quintet’s songs usually function a myriad of guitars, rivaling piano and synths, slinky basslines, pulsing drums and 4 (sure, 4) vocalists. However the group opens its Tiny Desk live performance with a secret weapon: hauntingly naked harmonies, backed solely by light keys and guitar, that rework a snippet of the irresistibly catchy “Leaveyourlove” right into a solemn oath of devotion.
It is a stunningly stripped-down selection for a band that may — and does — correctly rock out, with explosive stay performances that flip its shiny, electro-pop studio albums into transcendental dance events, collective rituals of motion and pleasure during which the gang turns into a key sixth band member. But it surely’s additionally a return to the band’s roots. Parcels began out as a gaggle of highschool associates, jamming collectively within the idyllic seaside city of Byron Bay. After commencement, they relocated to Berlin, the place their early days have been spent busking on the streets, performing bluegrass covers of pop songs.
On the Tiny Desk, evenly spaced in and out a ceaseless, mischievous musical dialogue with each other, Parcels’ egalitarian ethos is entrance and middle: There is no such thing as a lead singer, there is no such thing as a frontman. As an instrument-wielding boy band, the group converses with a fluidity that faucets into the psychedelic playground of the Grateful Lifeless and dances into the hypnotic electronica of Giorgio Moroder. Sunlit melodies soften into each other; a cascade of soulful voices guides listeners from the early days of Parcels’ discography to the magnetic bliss of the band’s newly launched album, LOVED. Each the report and the efficiency emanate the magic of spending a decade making artwork together with your greatest buddies.
SET LIST
- “Leaveyourlove”
- “Tieduprightnow”
- “Ifyoucall”
- “Yougotmefeeling”
- “Gamesofluck”
- “Finallyover”
MUSICIANS
- Jules Crommelin: vocals, guitar
- Louie Swain: vocals, keys
- Anatole Serret: drums
- Patrick Hetherington: vocals, keys, percussion
- Noah Hill: vocals, bass
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
- Director: Kara Body
- Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
- Host/Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter
- Video Editor: Joshua Bryant
- Videographers: Kara Body, Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern
- Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
- Manufacturing Assistants: Dora Levite, Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Alanté Serene
- Sequence Editor: Lars Gotrich
- Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Govt Director: Sonali Mehta
- Sequence Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton
