Parenthetical Girls
Safe As Houses

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Parenthetical Girls are a band. Of sorts. Zac Pennington may not be last year’s posterboy nor a virtuoso.  Jherek Bischoff and Sam Mickens (also in The Dead Science) help to craft narcotic sound castles that surround Pennington’s thrilling chants, recalling all of our sins and secrets. Acuarela is proud to offer the European release of Safe As Houses, the band’s sophomore record, plus 4 bonus tracks. Though some 2 years have past since the initial release of their (((GRRRLS))), SAH begins precisely where that album left off, but with a much more sinister sight. “Love Connection, pt II” cements the huge sonic leap this new songs have undertaken. Deep cuts. "SAH" is an attempt to unromantically and empathetically approach the burdens of womanhood from an outsider's perspective, as well as an attempt to create a narrative mythology around the disparate elements of Zac’s own history, marred by huge chronological gaps surrounding a handful of isolated memories. With the help of Bischoff and Mickens, along with a large list of collaborators during the bands live gigs, Zac draws brave experiments that never refuse melody. In a similar (well, we don’t really mean similar, as nothing is similar to this) way to bands like BARR, Lucky Dragons or even the oft-cited Xiu Xiu. Parenthetical Girls invent and translate their inner conflicts on perfect pop tunes. The CD in the U.S. was released on Slender Means Society last year but this version has 4  forgotten songs: “The Fragile Class”, an extended version of the album’s “Keyholes & Curtains”, the almost dancing “Puritanically Yours” and a perfect closure: “Wait Another Year”, included on a special Christmas release a couple of years ago.