Embers
Parlour Suns
Its safe to say that over time many bands and musicians find themselves shifting and changing many times before eventually settling on a sound, name, or style that fits them like a glove. Its also safe to say that many bands after a while feel that they need a reinvention, a clean break to what was before to who they are now. Parlour Suns are no exception to this. Previously known as With Notion, the band made the hard choice to amuse their efforts and rediscover their own musical direction. Doing this allowed the band to re-discover the drive and re-define the sound for their own songs.
So, in February 2021 the newly born Parlour Suns hit the studio and played down 5 brand new tracks, cementing their new direction. ‘Embers’ is just the first of these tracks and has helped to announce in a loud way that they are back, and they’re not messing about. Pulling on inspirations of American Punk Rock and Pop and combining it with a Brit Alt Rock vibe, Parlour Suns recapture a nostalgia for high energy, fast paced, rock. Think, 3 Doors Down, Yellow Card, and Don Broco.
Beyond their sound, the band use the song to tackle the subject of first love. However rather than it being a song full of romantic gestures and starry eyed metaphors the song tackles the complete conflict of emotions that you can feel when experiencing such intense emotions for the first time, and how sometimes you can be blinded to the reality of a situation for no more reason than you don’t fully understand what it is your feeling. This intensity of feeling is matched through the driving guitars and drums that are hallmarks of the track. Combined with its explosive chorus the track manages to mirror its theme neatly, elevating it above its own potential.
Overall ‘Embers’ was the perfect debut track for Parlour Suns. Why? Well not only does this song mirror the bands own journey in trying to redefine their sound after already having fallen in love with performing and writing songs, but it also allows the band to announce themselves as reborn as something new “….Like embers we can rise….” Fitting lyrics that highlight the band as something brand new, ‘from the ashes of what we were, this is what we’ve become’. While that fire still builds we can only imagine the distances that this passionate group of musicians will reach. Heres hoping they are ready to keep fanning those flames and whip them into an inferno.
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