05 Dec 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Completely stoked by the lo-fi vibes of Joshua Frank aka
Parallel Pyres' minimalistic synth manipulation and day-glo warmth of warped tape sounds. Both
Kicking the Coals and
Wo Yao Ni de Ai heavily hit psychedelia yet also show an incredible amount of new wave-infusion with Frank's monotone, almost mechanic voice over sparse drum patterns. Regarding the latter song, Frank says he has adapted "a Taiwanese film song of unrequited love into a blown-out, stripped down crooner anthem", and after reading those words I knew there wasn't even any need to actually listen to Parallel Pyres' tunes to be helplessly into them, and my intuition did not fail me: this is amazing stuff. Both tracks are part of Frank's sophomore effort
II, available for download
here and highly recommended.
Parallel Pyres - Kicking the Coals
Parallel Pyres - Wo Yao Ni de Ai (I Want Your Love)
