Parenthetical Girls—”Handsome Devil”

Parenthetical Girls—”Doughnut In My Hand”

It’s been ages. All of it. But it’s all finally here.

Above you will note some significantly more concrete manifestations of the long-gestating, newish releases with the words “Parenthetical Girls” cast somewhere inconspicuously upon them. The first of these, in order of appearance above, is our new split seven-inch with our beloved friends in the group Xiu Xiu—a semi-centennial celebration of our mutually beloved Steven Patrick Morrissey—available NOW via Upset The Rhythm (Thanks UTR!). Our contribution can be taste-tested above—a perhaps surprisingly aggressive (for us, anyway) rendition of early Smiths classic “Handsome Devil.” (The Xiu Xiu half—a cover of Moz solo weeper “I Am Hated For Loving”—also features addition vox by Zac.) These lovely platters are crafted on blue-gray wax that we’re assured is somewhere’s between beautiful & adequate (we’ve yet to actually see hair nor hide of them in the flesh, but we can scarcely wait).

Next on the descending agenda above is our new 10″, a dubious tribute to another hero entitled The Scottish Play: Wherein The Group Parenthetical Girls Pay Well-Intentioned (If Occasionally Misguided) Tribute To the Works of Ivor Cutler. Again I IMplore you to EXplore the media posted above, which—as I’m sure you can plainly see for yourself—includes a charming little commercial animated by E*Rock and utilizing the album’s David Shrigley-designed, silkscreened sleeve as inspiration, as well as a stream of the track “Doughnut In My Hand.” Limited to a ridiculous 500 physical copies, the 10″ features four songs and four prose poems as performed by Parenthetical Girls. The vinyl has been sadly delayed, but will be for sale just as soon as they show up to the Tomlab offices—we’ll keep you posted. UPDATE: 10″ now available at TOMLAB In the meantime, the tracks are presently available for digital download via a number of digital distributors, including iTunes:

In other news: We are now apparently a cover band.

In lieu of any presently concrete evidence to the contrary, I’d like to offer some hints regarding some exciting futures on the imminent horizon:

• There is new Parenthetical Girls music which is, as we speak, being pressed to vinyl. And that vinyl is labeled “Privilege“. And there’s more where that came from.

• Parenthetical Girls WILL BE completing our Christmas release this year, and it promises to be extra special.

Last (but obviously not least) piece of news: This is our new website. Giant thanks and round of applause for Mr. Ryan Gratzer for his tireless coding, and Mr. Scott Wainstock for his support. You are both a godsend.

We’re glad to be back,

Parenthetical Girls