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Parenthetical Girls
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Everett, Washington, United States (2003 – present)
Parenthetical Girls is an experimental rock band which formed in 2003 in Everett, Washington, United States. The band currently consists of multi-instrumentalists Zac Pennington, Rachael Jensen, Eddy Crichton and Matt Carlson. Pennington is the only original member remaining in the band.
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
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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UFuckingMonk1 wrote:
я кончила на 15й секунде
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lilac-toj wrote:
'entanglements' is fuckin coooL
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redevil1990 wrote:
indie again, fuck people who did dat :|
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yayforelmo wrote:
sometimes i think that. certainly in the top 5 or so.
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jaguarpirates wrote:
parenthetical girls > any other band
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NickScott wrote:
theoretical girls
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jaguarpirates wrote:
no. they are WAY better than xiu xiu
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soyelsrmimo wrote:
They are like xiu xiu's little brothers
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ifeltyourshape wrote:
I always love their Christmas songs. The new ones are great.
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korzhik-by wrote:
нраяца
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Vinca15 wrote:
absolutely loving the Christmas songs <3
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no_conclusion wrote:
nice christmas gift from Parenthetical Girls http://bit.ly/65iVXC
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elvis-loves-me wrote:
замечательные
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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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3 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/Parenthetical Girls
Please do visit our newly renovated website www.parentheticalgirls.com for a first taste of two imminent releases—our Morrissey split with Xiu Xiu, and The Scottish Play, our tribute to the genius of. …
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8 Aug 2009 | from www.slendermeanssociety.com/parenthetical/
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