On October 15th, Monk Parker releases his debut solo record How The Spark Loves The Tinder on Bronze Rat Records. Featuring over 30 musicians including members of The Polyphonic Spree and Okkervil River, it was recorded over a two-year period of illness and dislocation following the breakup of his previous band The Low Lows and Parker’s subsequent move from New York back home to Austin TX.

Parker serves up a funereal yet majestic alt-Americana that is altogether reflective and intimate. Stately, dreamlike waltzes build to explosive, gospel-tinged climaxes, and a woozy country narcosis alternates with feedback drones and buried noise melodies. All in all Parker has sculpted a sound that charts a dreamy path for his damning tales of carnality and affection.

Listen to Sadly Yes, the first song from the record and about a love triangle gone inexplicably right.

Sadly yes I know just where to go, where to go
Sadly yes we can all three see the bright writing on the marquee

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