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 and Hand Drawn Dracula (Canada). 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.”
RECORD STORE RELEASE SHOWS
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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