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press kit
Kill It Cut It Down: The abandonment of old ways; leaving behind the safe and familiar to embrace something new. Parachute Musical have spent the last four years touring the entire country supporting two full-length albums and three singles. The time spent on the road provided Josh Foster (vocals/keys/guitar), Tom Gilbert (guitar/vocals), Andrew Samples (bass/vocals) and Ben Jacoby (drums) with the spark to take chances and realize their musical voices within PM. With a tight-knit camaraderie came natural growth. The release of their newest full-length album, Kill It Cut It Down, certifies that PM has superseded the label of "piano rock." Kill It Cut It Down was recorded in January 2011 by producer Jim Wirt (Jack's Mannequin, Rocket Summer, Fiona Apple). The financial backbone of the album was provided by a fan-funding campaign in which PM fans donated over $16,700. Kill It Cut It Down was released on August 23rd, 2011 and is available at parachutemusical.com. Catch them on tour now.
"Local indie pop kings." "..beautifully honest piano-driven pop songs that burst bright like a playful Coldplay; if you don’t smile for this band, your heart is a cavernous black hole (in this case, check yourself – you might actually be dead). " "..forging their own path along the piano rock musical highway, integrating smart pop, unusual time changes and unbridled enthusiasm, with primary colors exploding along the way. Check them out now so you can claim you knew about them before they blew up.." "..piano-led rock that actually sounds like neither Coldplay nor Ben Folds, a rarity these days .. emotionally driven and inescapably melodic .. dig: Phantom Planet, Squeeze finding the Fountain of Youth and modern Pop Rock. " "Infectious energy masks their complexity, so instead of thinking about the unconventional time changes you just focus on the unbridled enthusiasm." "One of the most elaborate and expansive pieces [Everything Is Working Out Fine In Some Town] the local independent rock scene has produced in recent memory. " "Impossibly upbeat, Nashville's Parachute Musical make some of the most entertaining, high energy piano based pop in the country .. pop craftsmanship at it's finest." "..colorful and catchy secret straight out of Nash-vegas...good news floats on the horizon for this unearthly named crew." "Take Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley, spike their beers with Ritalin, and you'll get something akin to this mixture of lyrically emotional, piano-heavy pop." "With the romp of the Decemberists, the piano-plinked fabulae of Ben Folds and exactly none of the twang of Music City, Josh Foster and company negotiate the line between sweet-natured charm and cloying pastiche." "..a brainy brand of piano-pop that's classically complex but warm and inviting..Parachute Musical seems set to make the little triumphs of 2007 look like a mere warm-up session." "Foster and Gilbert have a chemistry that's featured in fluid, challenging and structurally unusual tunes. Their music is personal and intense, a reflection of such Foster favorites as Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright, and his desire to pen tunes that recall events from his life." "If there's another indie-rock band with a conducting-capable member among its ranks, we'd love to meet them. Bananas." "Perfect pop songs. " "Josh Foster did manage to incorporate impressive piano prowess into his smarm 'n' charm, but he didn't manage to wear any shoes." |
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