Taiwanese film songs.
December 5, 2010, 0 comments
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)
