EFTERKLANG

PARADES

LEAF LABEL

LP/CD

(OCTOBER 2007)

'Parades' is the highly anticipated second album by Denmark’s Efterklang, the follow up to their underground hit ‘Tripper’ of 2004.

Comprising eleven majestic, otherworldly pop songs, 'Parades' manages to be both magnificently ambitious and engagingly intimate; a breathtaking panorama of sound with few clear antecedents – music with no boundaries.

Recorded concurrently with the critically acclaimed (and highly collectable) limited edition 'Under Giant Trees' mini-album in April 2007, 'Parades' is cut from a different cloth: this is all new material spun from raw ingredients, carefully stitched and lovingly embroidered with fine detail. The recording itself took 18 intense months and involved more than 30 guest musicians, including a string quartet, a brass quintet and three separate choirs.

Unlike previous recordings, the band relied less on digital techniques and went for a palatial sound by recording in large rooms. Darren Allison (who worked on My Bloody Valentine’s 'Loveless', and Spiritualized 'Ladies and Gentlemen') mixed the album on analogue equipment with Efterklang’s Mads Brauer.

TRACKLISTING

1.  Polygyne

2.  Mirador

3.  Him Poe Poe

4.  Horseback Tenors

5.  Mimeo

6.  Frida Found A Friend

7.  Maison De Réflexion

8.  Blowing Lungs like Bubbles

9.  Caravan

10.  Illuminant

11.  Cutting Ice To Snow

ARTIST WEBSITE

myspace.com/efterklang

PRESS QUOTES

Wholly mesmerizing” 4/5 The Independent

“Dazzling second album by the Danish five piece. Every so often an album comes along that’s so original it’s difficult to accurately liken it to anything else – even Efterklang’s last album, Tripper, is left behind by Parades” 4/5 Mojo

“Full 11 course banquet of cosmic orchestral post-rock. Richly rewarding” 4/5 Uncut

“Succeeds in avoiding the most perilous pitfall of simulated whimsy and fey affected vocals to achieve something gloriously endearing” The Wire

“Widescreen and dramatic” Pitchfork

“This is ambitious and exploratory, but very very lovely music“ The Word

“A feast of paradoxes… not easy to pin down and all the better for it” 4/6 Time Out

“Hugely impressive in scope… Superb” 8/10 Rock Sound

“This is their Dark Side Of The Moon, their OK Computer; it’s the album Björk wishes she’d conjured in her mind when realising Vespertine, full of mystery and long-term intrigue. A sumptuous, symphonic masterpiece. Seriously: this is one of 2007’s finest LPs, no question” 10/10 Drowned In Sound

“What Efterklang have created is one of those rare albums that you feel you’ve actually gained something from after listening to. Parades is an intelligent, heartwarming, sublime record which is more than worthy to follow the seminal debut, Tripper. There are some moments of true beauty here. Make sure you experience them” Clash

“Parades is, quite simply, a masterpiece”  5/5 The Milk Factory