PARKER Reveal Details of Debut Album 'Never Let This Go' Released 30th June 2023
Derry Melodic Punks PARKER Reveal Details of Debut Album
Never Let This Go Released 30th June 2023
New Single ‘Ruin My Life’ Released 14th April 2023
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Derry, Northern Ireland melodic punk newcomers PARKER are delighted to reveal details of their debut album, Never Let This Go, set for release on 30th June 2023.
Produced by Cahir O’Doherty (New Pagans, Fighting With Wire, Jetplane Landing) and engineer Allan McGreevy (New Pagans, The Rupture Dogs), the album was recorded in January 2022 after a period of intensive writing and rehearsing during the pandemic.
To celebrate the news, the band have revealed new single ‘Ruin My Life’ ahead of their forthcoming April/May 2023 live dates (see below for listings). Another anthemic slice of melody-infused singalong punk from the trio, the accomplished earworm evokes memorably storming hits from Hole, Rilo Kiley and Pixies.
Commenting on the song, singer and guitarist Dylan Bradley says: “‘Ruin My Life’ was the last song written for the album. I think lyrically it’s definitely one of the more literal songs on the record. It’s about feeling like you have to give up on your dreams, sacrificing the doing the things you love all to satisfy someone else. It’s about self sabotage, it’s about ruining your own life to please other people. It was probably the easiest song on the record to make because it all just flowed really naturally, it was something that we knew exactly how we wanted it to sound. Simple, to the point, with big guitars and shouty vocals.”
The track follows on from successful early singles ‘Never Miss’, ‘Problems’ and ‘Superhero’ released late last year to Irish support from The Sunday Life, Across The Line, BBC Radio Ulster / BBC Radio Foyle, Chord Blossom, and Ireland Live, catching the ears of international alternative tastemakers at Bring The Noise UK, Punktuation Magazine, The Punk Site, Maximum Volume, The AU Review, Chordblossom, Dig With It and Scene Point Blank.
After returning from a tour cut short due to COVID in 2020, PARKER’s vocalist and guitarist Dylan Bradley began writing and recording material in his bedroom with the aim of starting a new band.
Once the songs started to come together, Bradley began working on them with drummer Michael Brown, the two of whom had been playing in punk bands together since 2012. Not long after, former tour buddy and long time friend Eoghan Donegan signed up on bass, and the band spent the early part of 2021 rehearsing their songs in preparation for their debut live outing that September.
Since then, displaying a Trojan work ethic in the time-honoured tradition of Proper Rock Bands, the band have played relentlessly across Ireland and the UK, supporting the likes of New Pagans, WONK UNIT, Cherym, The Last Mile, and Fighting With Wire.
The band will be announcing further live dates over the coming months.
Debut album Never Let This Go is released 30th June 2023
PARKER Live Dates:
April 28th - Fibber Magee’s - Dublin
April 29th - Fred Zeppelins - Cork
May 19th - Queens Students Union Bar - Belfast
