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Die in Toronto geborene, in London lebende Künstlerin TESS PARKS kehrte im Mai 2022 mit ihrem lang ersehnten neuen Album „And Those Who Were Seen Dancing“ zurück, veröffentlicht bei Fuzz Club Records.
Nach mehreren Jahren internationaler Tourneen und von Kritikern hoch gelobten Kollaborationen mit Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre) ist das neue Album Parks erste Solo-Platte seit ihrem Debüt „Blood Hot“ aus 2013.
„Diese Songs wurden im Laufe der Zeit in London, Toronto und Los Angeles zusammengesetzt, mit Freunden und Familie zwischen August 2019 und März 2021." meint Parks. "Es existieren so viele Versionen dieser Songs. Die Aufnahmen und Fertigstellung des Albums nahmen über zwei Jahre in Anspruch – und wow – die wichtigste Lektion, die ich gelernt habe, ist, dass Wörter Zaubersprüche sind. Falls ich das nicht vorher schon wusste – nun bin ich mir absolut sicher. Ich möchte nur Gutes raus in das Universum tragen.“

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Toronto-born, London-based artist TESS PARKS will return with her long-awaited new album ‘And Those Who Were Seen Dancing’ on May 20th 2022 via Fuzz Club Records. Following years of international touring and a lengthy list of critically-acclaimed collaborations with Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe in recent years (most recently the duo’s self-titled 2018 LP), the new album will be Parks’ first full-length solo offering since her much-loved debut album, ‘Blood Hot’, was released back in 2013 on Alan McGee’s 359 Music label.
“In my mind, this album is like hopscotch”, Parks says: “These songs were pieced together over time in London, Toronto and Los Angeles with friends and family between August 2019 and March 2021. So many other versions of these songs exist. The recording and final completion of this album took over two years and wow - the lesson I have learned the most is that words are spells. If I didn’t know it before, I know it now for sure. I only want to put good out into the universe.”
A growing disillusionment with the state of the world paired with an injury that stopped Parks from being able to play guitar and piano for months meant the album was nearly shelved.
“I really felt discouraged to complete this album”, she recalls: “I stopped listening to music for honestly about a year altogether and turned to painting instead. I really had to convince myself again that it’s important to just share whatever good we can - having faith in ourselves to know that our lights can shine on and on through other people and for other people. The thought of anyone not sharing their art or being shy of anything they create seems like a real tragedy to me. Even if it’s not perfect, you’re capturing a moment.” Recorded over a two year period but with songs, lyrics and ideas dating back over a decade in some form, ‘And Those Who Were Seen Dancing’ is an album full of such moments, people and places.