Parenthetical Girls are a screwy bunch of popsters from Portland, Oregon. They first came to my attention when I saw Gareth from Los Campesinos! (Currently my favourite band in the world), mention them as being one of his favourites. Singer Zac Pennington also contributed a piece to the fanzine Los Camps gave away with their recent album, We are Beautiful, We are Doomed.
Safe as Houses is their second album. On first listen, it's an interesting piece of xylophone-laden experimental pop, distinguished by Zac's none-less-masculine vocals. Delve further into the record, and the songs embed themselves into your consciousness. It's not long before it becomes apparent that the record has a number of central themes at its core throughout; Sex, gender and reproduction.
From here, what sounds on the face of it to be a pretty piece of work has a slightly grubbier feel to it. And it's all the better for it. This gives it more depth, and means I will be far likelier to continue to come back to it in the future. Download it and let me know what you think.
Download: Parenthetical Girls - Safe as Houses
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