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When The Tree Bears Fruit

by Parsnip

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J P Davies
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J P Davies Just love that low fi vibe and that organ. Wow.
Vodem
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Vodem This is a wonderful, whimsical record that has echoes of early 80s English DIY pop. Parsnip doesn't sound like the Raincoats, Marine Girls, or Young Marble Giants, but I certainly could imagine a dream label with all those bands harmoniously together. One of the very best pop records of 2019.
Squirrel
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Squirrel Excellent Twee Pop record Favorite track: Too Late.
Rodent
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Rodent This is a totally wholesome bouncy soundscape for whatever fun in the sun activity you may be engaged in.
tomw
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tomw This is an all-purpose album, you can laugh to it, cry to it, dance to it and/or nap to it. It's all there, great value for money. Favorite track: Soft Spot.
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For A Ride 02:47
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Lift Off! 02:48
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Sprouts 02:30
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Too Late 03:07
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Rip It Off 02:12
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Soft Spot 03:48
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Lullaby 02:41
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My Window 02:55
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Seafarer 05:54
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When the Tree Bears Fruit is the debut album from Melbourne four-piece Parsnip. Following on from two 7-inches in the last two years, Parsnip’s first full-length is playful, poetic, propulsive punk.

An album perpetually in motion, When the Tree Bears Fruit is just over half an hour of absurd, understated energy. There’s an immediacy to the sheer joy, velocity and whimsy of Parsnip’s delivery. Bass player and most-of-the-time lyricist Paris Richens is the first to admit that she finds inspiration in children’s verse and the sonics of nursery rhymes – “Sprouts” is an ode to plants in their first form, and “Trip the Light” is about the sheer joy of dancing. That said, Richens’ bandmates – drummer Carolyn Hawkins, guitarist Stella Rennex and keys player Rebecca Liston – are quick to remind her that nursery rhymes are almost always pretty twisted.

No one is being baked into a pie in a Parsnip song, but they deal in themes of loneliness, longing, the unknown and the mundane, almost as much as they dream of travel and make a romantic spectacle of the everyday. Across the album, transport and movement recur as an image, mostly alluding to a dreamy sense of possibility: lead single “Lift Off” is a plea for a quick flight away, “Seafarer” is a voyage against nature’s adversity, and “Lighthouse Beacon” sees a hope in the distance.

Ultimately, this is an album that invites its listener to join in its celebration: the record’s title, inspired by the ideas of guru and poet Sri Chinmoy, refers to the idea that a tree will grow fruit and it will be offered for anyone and everyone to share in. The band see this principle as it applies to their work – to sharing their joy and nonsense with the world, and hoping people will enjoy it.

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released August 30, 2019

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