Parcels return with euphoric new single ‘Free’

Parcels have revealed their first new materials since 2018 within the type of uplifting new single ‘Free’. You may hear it beneath.

‘Free’ was written throughout the coronavirus pandemic, which noticed the Australian-born, now Europe-based band separated from each other.

The accompanying video was directed by Carmen Crommelin, the sister of band member Jules Crommelin, and filmed in each Paris and Australia.

“Jules wrote this music one morning once we had been in lockdown, cut up up throughout separate sides of the globe,” the band mentioned. “Whereas the lyrics appeared to grapple with problems in his long-distance relationships, it couldn’t assist however really feel like a letter to the remainder of the band on the identical time.

“To precise oneself brazenly and really with out concern is a freedom many people don’t even realise we’re with out. Recognising it’s an uplifting second as a result of then we are able to begin to work on it. In Jules’ case, this manifested in ‘Free’ –  a hopeful name the world over for vulnerability and realness from a sunny backyard in Mullumbimby.”

The band haven’t launched authentic music since their self-titled debut album three years in the past. Final yr, nevertheless, they launched the album ‘Reside Vol. 1’, a compilation of outdated tracks carried out reside in a studio.

In a five-star evaluation of their debut album NME wrote: “It feels each well timed and from a distinct period – a really uncommon feat. Then once more, not many albums are made like this any extra.”