Parenthetical Girls
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Everett, Washington, United States (2003 – present)
Begun as the home recording project of former childhood friends in the failed mill town of Everett, Washington, the membership of Parenthetical Girls—in mutual disinterest and indifference—quietly chipped away at itself until only one particularly under-qualified member, singer and relative non-musician Zac Pennington, remained.
As long on ambition as he was short on musical aptitude, Pennington willed what was little more than a particularly arduous band name into a recording partnership with some of his especially capable acquaintances—namely The Dead Science’s Jherek Bischoff and Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart. That partnership became a record called (((GRRRLS))) (2004), released on Pennington’s newly-christened vanity label, Slender Means Society.
Soon after Pennington moved to Portland, Parenthetical Girls became something of an actual band—though mostly in the non-committal sense: comprised first of (a much-indebted) Pennington, Bischoff, and Bischoff’s Dead Science-mate Sam Mickens, and eventually just Pennington and Mickens. This core trio would ultimately produce Safe as Houses (2006), a record that would go on to some critical acclaim.
Following the release of Safe as Houses, the band fatefully settled on a more stable line-up, adding to its ranks several recent Portland imports in Matt Carlson, Rachael Jensen
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Bayou16 wrote:
zac is so photogenic ^^
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Tehpaco wrote:
Really liking these gaiz at the moment.
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souvenirs_ wrote:
anyone have the scottish play? I can't find this!! help me! :D
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erixstarts wrote:
this is a korean film!
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Vinca15 wrote:
privilegeeeeeee! yes!
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joshuamaldonado wrote:
Awesome default picture
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Cereal_and_Boy wrote:
he's got wonderful voice
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Raketenish wrote:
RIP Ellie Greenwich
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Huhviss_aship wrote:
'Four Words' is geniuss.
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guitarsecretary wrote:
Must get! Heart so much!
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Classy_sleazy wrote:
They were what was missing from my library. They are truly amazing!
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centipedejewels wrote:
at first listen I found true love.
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stereosymmetry wrote:
Took me a couple listens to get into it but I'm glad I kept going back. I absolutely adore Entanglements.
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centiweed wrote:
i'm still in love with entanglements
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pmac44 wrote:
sweetdy wrote: May 2009 go see these idiots if you want to be unhappy. fuck off View Profile | Leave sweetdy a shout
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yoursilentparts wrote:
love this band.
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Jharod wrote:
one of the best bands I know
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Free_Wild_Wind wrote:
shit!
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DrPanda97 wrote:
Never mind, i figured it out. It's 500 copies.
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DrPanda97 wrote:
Does anybody know how many LPs of ((( Grrrls ))) there are? Is it rare?
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