Speed Date with Parcels

Parcels: aged 19-21, long silky hair, thin legs, pale complexion. Sounds like a confidently intoxicated evening on a Miami beach in April 1982. But when the evening passes and the confidence fades, a scent of insecurity fades through. Hobbies include long romantic evenings in front of Logic X, long romantic drives in a van packed with seven people and no leg space, and long strung-out jokes with no logical basis.

2.Keeping Busy

The last months have been absolute chaos. We’ve been recording our EP, playing shows around Europe and realising new exciting opportunities. In the near future we will tour France and then Australia, release our EP in January and then continue to play all over Europe while recording in our Berlin headquarters. Next year is set to be an immense one here at Parcels HQ.

3.Best Gig Ever

Citing a ‘best gig ever’ feels a little discriminatory; every one is different and very special, despite how cheesy that may sound. A recent memorable one was a secret Berlin dance party we threw. Disco Bacon took place in a questionable club down some dodgy back alley in the automechanical hub of Berlin. We had 100 of our friends absolutely bringing the fire on the little dancefloor. High sweat levels all round.

4.Current Playlist

Anything and everything. It’s getting frosty in Berlin so some of us are leaning more towards melancholic folk; Gillian Welch and the likes. Air have taken a big resurgence in our listening. Toto loves shit house. Pat’s flatmate is an aspiring techno DJ so he gets all sorts of huge beats. Jules is listening to music especially designed to grow plants but he hasn’t seemed to increase in size yet. Our friends are making really cool music at the moment too – see Hush Moss (Israeli disco queens), The Lovely Days (Melbourne psych-pop groovers) and Von Wegen Lisbeth (Berlin pop pioneers).

5. Your Ultimate Rider

Our rider at the moment circles around caffeine, alcohol and snacks, all pillars of any good rider. But in the future we hope to expand to more obscure territory. The growing list of demands will include one old-time banjo, five pairs of roller skates, one five-man DJ set-up for afterparties, one grapefruit shrub with ripened fruit, five disco helmets for safe fun (see Parcels’ YouTube channel), some of those fried Japanese squid balls and one Barry Gibb impersonator to warm up with us.

[Parcels photo by Cai Leplaw]

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