biographical info
A cheap Kmart guitar with its guts
ripped out, a two-piece drum kit and a keyboard with a mind of its own
would all be alone if they weren't all thrown in the mess that PARLOVR
got them in, stumbling together in the wintry months of 2006. Standing
in contrast to the multi-instrumental, many-membered orchestral bands
that crowded the local Montreal scene at the time, PARLOVR was started
with the intention of blowing amps and streamlining pop melodies, bringing
back the power-trio of the 90s with an off-the-wall twist. ?
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PARLOVR's upcoming self-titled debut LP (Independent, 2008) was produced
and recorded by Martin Horn at Digital Bird Studios over the course
of six weeks and brings into focus each of the three members' unique
personalities while not losing sight of their pell-mell live show. From
the anthemic opener, "Pen to the Paper" to "Palace of
Identical Things," Jackson's voice combines a sense of unabashed
emotion and bold-faced cheekiness. Cooper bangs out responses with quivering
anger and righteous yelping in songs like "Hiccup!" and "All
the World is All that is the Case." MacCuish holds up the mayhem
on songs like "On the Phone" and gives the percussion a voice
of its own on sparser numbers like "Speech Bubble/Thought Cloud."?
After taking the album on a minitour
of Ontario, PARLOVR will be officially releasing the LP on October 2nd
at Zoobizarre as part of Pop Montreal. They will also be playing Halifax
Pop Explosion in late October and a host of other out of town dates
throughout the fall in Eastern Canada. See below for confirmed dates
and contact info.
lineup
Jeremy MacCuish drummer/percussionist
Alex Cooper vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist
Louis David Jackson vocalist/guitarist