NEO-PSYCHEDELIC-GRUNGE-GAZE
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Music as seance and spell;
a means to draw up from the depths
the delicate, subtle, and existential shadow relics
A project by Eric Krans and Jen O’Connor
Polymathic naturalist-poet-philosophers
multi-instrumentalist producer-composers
named after a room in the 19th century farmhouse
where they live, farm, and create
The Parlor has performed at the Farm Aid festival
alongside music icons: Neil Young, Willie Nelson, and Dave Matthews.
Opened for Grammy Nominated artists The Lumineers,
and shared the stage with Willy Mason, Deer Tick, Lucius, Langhorne Slim,
Phantogram, Hop Along, Sharon VanEtten,
Y la Bamba, and The Felice Brothers.
The Parlor’s music has been featured in:
Pitchfork | Northern Transmissions | Week In Pop |
Culture Collide | Consequence of Sound | KEXP | Bandcamp Weekly | PopMatters | Ravelin Magazine |
AudioFemme | The Owl Mag | Turntable Kitchen | NY Daily News | Chronogram |
Kid President | The Battery | After Midnight | The Great Unknown | among others
P R E S S:
“splits the difference between the Arcade Fire’s communal chorales and Animal Collective’s clap-happy euphoria.” –Pitchfork
“could be the bastard offspring of Fleetwood Mac and the Eurythmics… sounds like Julee Cruise covering a John Cale love song backed by Mercury Rev…Hints of the Arcade Fire’s groove-powered art rock vie with ethereal vocals and dreamy soundscapes.” –Chronogram
“an ambitious, ecstatic spirit quest.” –Bandcamp
“embodies the complexity of human experience.” – KUTX Song of the Day
“Creating synergistic hymns of catharsis and healing that uplift the human spirit to new heights of unbreakable love.” –Week in Pop
This September, The Parlor will release their 5th full length album: Sun By Day | Moon By Night, an eclectic 20-track double LP conceived as a vinyl-sequenced psychological concept album. Described as ‘a lost 90s college-radio obscurities compilation,’ and “a soundtrack for cult initiation,” Sun By Day | Moon By Night is an 80-minute journey through dream-gaze, neo-psychedelic rock, grunge textures, and sound collage. At its core, the album explores psychological shadow work and the movement from daylight persona into nocturnal self-confrontation.
R I Y L / F o r F a n s O f
Brian Jonestown Massacre • Mazzy Star • The Velvet Underground • Warpaint • Breeders • My Morning Jacket • Momma • The Flaming Lips • Nirvana • DIIV • Khruangbin • Widowspeak • Modest Mouse • Wednesday • Blur • Woods • With distant echoes of Ethiopian jazz and Sub-Saharan psych-rock.
L A T E S T S I N G L E S:
- “The Sacred is the Sweetest” (Apr 2026) introduces the album’s central tension: beauty and darkness braided together through jangly guitars, dreamlike atmosphere, and driving British invasion riffs – reminiscent of Brian Jonestown and Mazzy Star.
- “Mountain Song” (Sept 2025) is a delay-heavy, chilled back version of Jane’s Addiction driving alt-rock classic. Throwing vibes of Black Angels, Warpaint, and Butthole Surfers.
- “Worcester County Laketown” (July 24, 2026) Sweetly abrasive indie rock, with hints of Modest Mouse, 50s rock & roll, psych-folk, and a vaguely reggae bassline. Lyrics explore addiction, inherited trauma, religion, and growing up in rural Massachusetts, then explode into guttural chorus: “Throw my body in the water, watch me disappear into oblivion.“
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