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The Parson Red Heads
12+ albums
indiefolk rocksinger-songwriterpsychedelicamericana
about
The Parson Red Heads is an American folk-rock band from Portland Oregon. Many bands are composed of individuals who are barely friends, sometimes they are barely acquaintances who treat each other and their music like little more than a business. The Parson Red Heads are not one of those bands. The Los Angeles based group, originally from Oregon, are, by blood or by bond, a family. Centered around the father figure of Evan Way his sister Erin, wife Brette Marie and longtime friends Charlie Hester and Sam Fowles. The group has recently been rounded out with the addition of Raymond Richards (pedal steel) and Aaron Ballard (guitar/melodica/etc). Heeding the call of sunshine and success, the group left Oregon in 2005 and has since been building more acclaim and attention in the burgeoning Silver Lake music scene with month long residencies at the Silver Lake Lounge and the Echo as well as sharing the stage with the Cold War Kids, Cursive, Maria Taylor and more. A typical Parsons show is a celebration of their familial bond where the band can extend from the core six to as many as twelve. The rattling of multiple tambourines, masterfully used feedback and four part harmonies find the smuggest of indie hipsters removing their hands from their pockets and clapping them along with the white-clad clan as disinterested smirks turn into uncontrollable smiles. Following up the stripped down California inspired folk of last summer's Field Mouse Carnival EP, King Giraffe is the first f
