PARADE is a brand new eight-piece that came up playing around with dusty records in a Brighton attic and now operate across the sprawl of South East London.
What started as a loose, beat-making experiment between college friends has morphed into something far more expansive - a sound that fuses off-kilter electronics with live instrumentation, where woozy synths, cinematic brass flourishes and punk guitar lines move together in unexpected ways.
Their new single, âIt Movesâ, is a fittingly strange and fascinating final introduction to upcoming EP âLightning Hit The Treesâ.
A three-part journey, it unfolds with a classic punk guitar line that lingers, jagged, stretched and hypnotic, then moving to ethereal vocals drifting over classically unsettling, horror-tinged strings.
Then, the track gradually swells, weaving in breathy brass flourishes before erupting into a cathartic chorus featuring the full ensemble. The repeated line âit moves down the street where you liveâ becomes a mantra, suggesting a presence thatâs both abstract and ever-present. A parade, perhaps.
EP âLightning Hit The Treesâ is on the way - and if this is the preview, itâs going to be something special.
đ§Listen to âIt Movesâ below