Annie Parnell

Sep 19, 2024 | vpm.org | Annie Parnell

River Whyless is building another house. That’s big news for the North Carolina indie folk band whose latest album, 2022’s Monoflora, was recorded entirely at the newly constructed home of drummer Alex McWalters in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Since then, the band has taken a bit of a break — focused on raising families and resetting after an extensive period of touring. Now, though, they’re set to perform at this year’s Iron Blossom Festival, Sept.

Sep 17, 2024 | floodmagazine.com | Annie Parnell

Downhaul How to Begin SELF AWARE How to Begin isn’t just the title of the new album from Downhaul—it’s a lyrical motif that first hits about three quarters of the way through its first single, “Sinker.” Over jangling guitars and Chandler Brooks’ buoyant bass, bandleader Gordon Phillips searches for meaning but seems to find peace in its absence, offering the title-drop balm, “It’s hard to know how to begin.” The reassurance fades by the end of the album, though, with “Sleep in the Sunroom”...

Sep 5, 2024 | tugboat.substack.com | Annie Parnell

The other day my partner was over, and we were consulting my record collection. We do this a lot, especially when we cook together — Emmylou Harrisand John Coltrane have soundtracked more of our meals than I can count. That night, though, I wanted something different. I was feeling conspiratorial and vulnerable; when I made my way to my crates, I realized I was smiling like I was about to tell a secret. “Do you want to see an album that was really important to me in high school?” I asked.

Aug 13, 2024 | floodmagazine.com | Annie Parnell

The Boston slowcore trio stitch their gentle and heavy sounds back together with a newfound clarity while considering nihilism from a more hopeful angle on their cathartic fourth album. Horse Jumper of LoveDisaster TrickRUN FOR COVERABOVE THE CURRENTHorse Jumper of Love are no strangers to the void.

Jun 26, 2024 | floodmagazine.com | Annie Parnell

The British-Brazilian songwriter’s debut collection of pop-friendly jazz and folk-infused mysticism uses nature as a guiding star for understanding our own place within the world. Liana FloresFlower of the SoulVERVEIn 2019, British-Brazilian songwriter Liana Flores self-released her EP Recently, a collection of five tracks she composed as a teenager in a small town in South Norfolk.