PARCELS ANNOUNCES 2019 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
DEBUT LP OUT THIS YEAR
“Don’t be surprised when their funky electronic music ends up on some best of the year lists" Paste
"An overnight sensation " DIY
"Bright, upbeat...bursting with funk" Mixmag
"Euphoric disco-funk from Down Under by way of the Berlin underground" NME
"An outrageous sense of energy " CLASH
"As classy as it is danceable" Line of Best Fit
26 July 2018 (Toronto, ON) - Parcels have announced 2019 North American tour dates in support of their forthcoming debut LP due out this year via Kitsuné /Because Music distributed by Caroline/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. The 12 dates see the Berlin-based Australian 5-piece retuning to NYC following their SOLD OUT first-ever show in the area at Bowery Ballroom this past spring. It also includes first-ever shows in more than 10 other cities. This fall, the band will head out on a short California run. A second LA show was added when the first sold out more than four months in advance.
So far in 2018, Parcels have revealed two sultry, disco-infused, compulsively danceable gems in the form of “TIEDUPRIGHTNOW”, called a “beach party jam” by Stereogum and “BEMYSELF”, called “stellar” by Earmilk.
LISTEN TO TIEDUPRIGHTNOW HERE
LISTEN TO BEMYSELF HERE
Having already surpassed 65 million streams, sold out sizeable shows worldwide (including a date at London’s Koko, on top of touring with Phoenix), made their US TV debut on Conan and collaborated with Daft Punk (who co-wrote and produced “Overnight”), Parcels are a band ascending. Ahead of their debut full length, they’ve already emerged as one of the most vibrant and vital new bands around with a truly global and musically-diverse audience.
Louie Swain (synth), Patrick Hetherington (synth), Noah Hill (bass), Anatole Serret (drums) and Jules Crommelin (guitar) are schoolmates from Byron Bay. 3 years ago, they made the big leap of moving to Berlin, finding in one Europe’s most creative cities the prospects that equaled their ambition. Parcels’ early sound suitably reflects this ability to travel, and transform yourself: following an eclectic thread from The Beach Boys and Chic through to yacht rock heroes like Steely Dan, all the while blending elements of electronica, funk and tirelessly-drilled live musicianship into classic but contemporary pop. It’s in their Berlin exile – and its long history of creative breakthroughs – that the alchemy which makes Parcels so refreshing first crystallized. Theirs is a maniacal taste for perfection when it comes to production, composition and arrangement, with a live show so accomplished that Daft Punk offered to work with them on the spot (the first time the duo have chosen an emerging act to add to their list of collaborators, which also includes the likes of Kanye, The Weeknd and Pharrell).
Upcoming Parcels Canadian tour dates:
FEBRUARY
02.25.19 CAN – MONTREAL, Theatre Fairmount
02.26.19 CAN – TORONTO, Lee’s Palace
MARCH
03.05.19 CAN – VANCOUVER, Fortune Sound club
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