ALBUM REVIEW: The Parson Redheads - "Orangufang"
Today the Los Angeles-by-way-of-Oregon's ever-evolving folk monster, The Parson Redheads, unleash their Orangufang EP on JAXART Records as a 7" vinyl single with a download card for the full EP (three songs).
Charging themselves not with reinventing the wheel, but building a perfectly smooth and symmetrical one, the 'Redheads have recorded some of their strongest material to date. Lead-off track "Raymond" seeps sunshine, slowly boring its way into your brain until the catchy melody lays its eggs, converting your cerebral matter into feed for their folky brood.
The b-side, "You Can Leave It" is a shrewdly crafted Byrdsian track that may actually not be the Parson Redheads, but a deleted single from Roger McGuinn's own record collection, while the downloadable third song is an introspective slow-churner. It's definitely rightful odd-man out in this collection of gems, but still worthy in its own right.
Orangufang can be purchased from JAXART records. It is also available at Origami Vinyl in Los Angeles, where The Parson Redheads will be doing an in-store performance on Saturday, May 2nd at 3pm.
The band celebrates the release of Orangufang TONIGHT at the Echoplex. Deets:
Tuesday, April 29th 2009
Castledoor
The Parson Redheads
Princeton
The Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Echo Park, CA 90026
9pm
18+
$7
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