LIMITED 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION GOLD VINYL
Release Date: 26th April 2024
"“Tess is a true believer in the church of rock’n’roll. She has great taste and is really sharp!” – Alan McGee. tess Parks was born and raised in Toronto but moved to London at seventeen to pursue music and to study photography. She has played solo for the past four years. • Having moved back to Toronto in 2012, she put together her amazing psychedelic backing band of “sexy and talented musicians”, The Good People. Early in 2013, she released an EP Work All Day/Up All Night. and demo’d songs for her debut album via Bandcamp. • Tess describes her songs as “lo-fi alternative drones with a hypnotic vibe”. Influences include Elliott Smith, friends the Dandy Warhols and all the classics: “I was brought up on Bob Dylan, Nirvana, The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Zeppelin.” She met Alan McGee in London. “We stayed in touch, that was it really. I just got so lucky. I love Oasis, Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine… He’s affiliated with all of my favourite musicians.” Tess recorded her album of scuzzy, downbeat psychedelia (think Mazzy Star crossed with The Brian Jonestown Massacre) across the summer. It’s been pre-empted by the release of her debut single proper ‘Somedays’."
