Sunday, June 15, 2025

Far north coast (Mel Parsons) (LP 3450)

Mel Parsons  Drylands (CD, Border Music, 2015) ****  

GenreNZ Music, alt-country, indie-folk 

Places I remember: JB Hi Fi

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Alberta Sun

Gear costume: Far Away

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5

Active compensatory factors: Mel Parsons is a NZ singer/songwriter from the west coast of the South Island. This is Mel's third album. It's a stripped back affair which allows her beautiful voice to prosper. It's a beautiful sounding album that works for me best in the twilight after a busy day.

The songs centre on travel themes - good and bad (a car crash she survived is behind Get Out Alive). There is plenty of space in the songs which suits her west coast background and the sounds she leans towards. It's a beautiful record.

Where do they all belong? Keen to get more Mel.

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