TESS PARKS // CALIFORNIA’s DREAMING (VIDEO) BROOKLYN VEGAN, NORTHERN TRANSMISSIONS, THE LINE OF BEST FIT, UNDER THE RADAR, ROLLING STONE
Canada-born, London-based singer-songwriter TESS PARKS is today revealing “California’s Dreaming”, the third and final single to be lifted from the incoming Pomegranate album out October 25th via Fuzz Club / Hand Drawn Dracula. The new single also follows her recent inclusion on the official ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice‘ soundtrack with her 2013 track ‘Somedays‘.
Now trailed by “California’s Dreaming” and recent singles “Crown Shy” and “Koalas”, ‘Pomegranate’ is the follow-up to Parks’ long-awaited solo return after nearly a decade with ‘And Those Who Were Seen Dancing‘, which arrived in 2022 to critical acclaim. In support of Pomegranate, Parks and her band will play three intimate record store release shows in London and Brighton.
Written and recorded between London, Toronto and Los Angeles, Pomegranate finds Parks teaming up with long-term bandmember and close collaborator Ruari Meehan, who assumes production duties here and co-mixed the album alongside GRAMMY-nominated engineer Mikko Gordon (The Smile, Gaz Coombes, Arcade Fire). Where ‘Dancing’ retained a fair measure of bedroom-demo charm, on ‘Pomegranate‘ the canvas is bigger, with Meehan’s arrangements stretching all the way to the horizon.
Out today, “California’s Dreaming” is a piece of hypnotic, organ-soaked psych-pop reminiscent of her cult collaborative albums with The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe. On the underlying message behind the song, Parks says: “I believe people are innately good and everything that happens and everyone that comes into your life is a great teacher. EVERYBODY LOVE EVERYBODY.”
“21 New Songs” – BROOKLYN VEGAN
“Tess Parks debuts California’s Dreaming” – NORTHERN TRANSMISSIONS
“Tess Parks Shares New Single California’s Dreaming” – OUR CULTURE
“Tess Parks – Pomegranate” – PSYCHEDELIC UNDERGROUND
“Tess Parks Shared New Single And Video California’s Dreaming” – THOUGHTS WORDS ACTION
“a rather beautifully refined album – laced with gorgeous moment after gorgeous moment” – ORGANZINE
“Tess Parks shares final album preview, California’s Dreaming” – THE LINE OF BEST FIT
“Best Songs of the Week” – UNDER THE RADAR
” les envolées oniriques et l’ambiance ensoleillée” – ROLLING STONE
“A warm and analog-soft embrace” – THE AUTUMN ROSES
See Tess Parks live:
Oct 26 – London – Rough Trade East (Full Band)
Oct 27 – Brighton – Resident (Stripped Back)
Oct 30 – London – Rough Trade West (Stripped Back)
Tickets HERE
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