After a powerful string of singles since 2022, Irish band The Parachute Testers released their LONG-AWAITED debut album Halfway to Everywhere. Taking inspiration from every aspect of the early 90s alternative scene, the band’s first record puts their past work in a beautiful new context and delivers a smooth experience rooted in stunning textures and comforting melodies.
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Halfway to Everywhere stands as a compilation of past singles alongside a couple of brand-new tracks that truly highlight their artistic and personal growth over the years. It’s the kind of record that sets its atmosphere instantly with the gorgeous title track, an escapist anthem in which leaving is more important than the destination. Its production is guided by the sort of melodic musings that feel reminiscent of The Magic Numbers’s excellent debut and shows that right from the start The Parachute Testers have their own number of tricks up their sleeve.
The record flows with gentle vocals and warm performances from everyone, as if handcrafted to make you feel heard and understood. It’s a delightful collection of songs that touch on many different genres, styles and themes – but never losing sight of what makes them unique. The band’s sound is like an invitation to an entire universe made with remarkable care and kindness in each turn, from harsh distorted guitars to soaring orchestrations and synths. There’s an unmistakable air of romanticism across their compositions that is refreshing in its purity: they know the world isn’t a perfect place, but maybe just for the timespan of a single song it can be.
The Parachute Testers show remarkable genre-hopping skills, diving as deeply into indie folk, as seen on “The World’s Worst Acrobat”, as they do on the post-punk urgency of “Black Dog Runs Wild”. Across its ten tracks the band doesn’t pull at any stops, putting their determination and creativity on full display all of the time. Their introspective and self-reflective lyrics add yet another layer of complexity to the work as a whole, celebrating everything from their own human flaws to the ecstasy of getting it right with the same inspiring awe.
On their first full-length album the Irish band comes out victorious and confident, knowing exactly what they want to do and having all the right skills to pull everything off. They turn Halfway to Everywhere into one of the richest records of the year; and make it all feel effortless, organic and absolutely breathtaking. Like the perfect amalgamation between The Cranberries, Desperate Journalist and Allo Darlin’, The Parachute Testers delivered a record filled with joy, sadness, passion, self-discovery and unrelenting humanity – and it’s definitely one you won’t want to miss out on!
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🛑#ListenNow🛑On their debut album "Halfway To Everywhere" The Parachute Testers come out victorious and confident, knowing exactly what they want to do and having all the right skills to pull everything off.
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