Parcels Day Night ( vinyl 2LP)

Release date: 05-11-2021

2021 issue on vinyl 2LP - After their 18-track rendition ‘Live Vol.1’, their debut album ‘Parcels’ and working with Daft Punk on the acclaimed track “Over-night”, Parcels announce their second album ‘Day/Night’ due for release via Because Music / Virgin Music Australia.

The double LP represents a cyclical motion of self-realization within the outer world (Day) and the inner world (Night), one recorded in an open, sunlight Parisian getaway whilst the other in a dark, isolated basement.

Lead single “Free” was the first release from the band since 2018 and deals with the difficulty of long-distance relations, it’s an organic track with lyrics full of realness as well as vulnerability. ‘Day/Night’ also features recently released singles “Combingback” and “Somethinggreater”.

Tracks:( 2LP's)
Day
A1 Light
A2 Free
A3 Comingback
A4 Theworstthing

B1 Inthecity (Interlude)
B2 NowIcaresomemore
B3 Somethinggreater
B4 Daywalk
B5 Outside

Night
C1 Shadow
C2 Neverloved
C3 Famous
C4 Icallthishome
C5 Lordhenry

D1 Thefear
D2 Nightwalk
D3 Reflex
D4 Once
D5 Inside

Parcels have announced details of their second album ‘Day/Night’ and shared their new single ‘Somethinggreater’.

The Australian-born, Berlin-based band released their self-titled debut record in 2018 and now are back with its follow-up.

‘Day/Night’ is made up of “two self-contained albums” and was recorded at Paris’ La Frette Studios. It was produced by Parcels, with James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Foals) on mixing duty and string arrangements handled by Owen Pallett. The record will be comprised of 19 tracks, including previous singles ‘Free’, ‘Comingback’, and the track ‘Somethinggreater’. In a press release, the band said of the latter: “In early 2020, Noah [Hill, bassist] showed us a demo that contained a chorus line that had us all particularly excited. It had an anthem-like quality and felt really fitting to what we were channelling through the albums.

“We jammed out the track in our rehearsal room in Berlin and fell upon the chorus groove all at once, a special instantaneousness that seems to be only achieved in a live jam, and as a result, we proceeded to play it for hours. It continued: “Anatole [‘Toto’ Serret, drummer] began to cry with the tears that usually come from when you are lost in a nightclub, alas, we felt we had hit something really special. With the song’s clear message of search and discovery, it felt absolutely right to record ‘Somethinggreater’ first upon entering La Frette studios.”

Themes set to be tackled on ‘Day/Night’ include opposing ideas of identity and anonymity, family and independence, belonging and isolation, nostalgia and projection, and more.