The Color of Destruction, by Rykarda Parasol

The Color of Destruction

by Rykarda Parasol

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muschiosauro This fourth LP by Rykarda Parasol is her most musically diverse to date (and my personal favorite). For the first time, 50s R&B, 60s psych, 70s flower power, 80s pop-rock and new wave burst into the dark folk horizon that dominated her previous albums, giving the sound a liveliness previously unknown and all the more startling given the stark contrast with the lyrics, which continue to be pervaded by desperate gloom. Still, cogs fit together seamlessly, and the outcome is enticing. Favorite track: Valborg's Eve.

Carsten Pieper Thanks to Lute FP for poining out, that the amazing Rykarda Parasol is on Bandcamp, too. And I whole-heartedly agree that way more people should know her/buy her stuff.
So, if you don't know her but like the calmer, melodic material of, say, P.J. Harvey or Patti Smith, give this artist a try! Favorite track: The Ruin and the Change.

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A complete book of lyrics from Ms. Parasol's first four albums. This book serves as a companion reader and includes a preface by the author as well as album images and other commentary.

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Side A: Rykarda Parasol "Your Safety Is My Concern" and an alternative version of "My Spirit Lives in Shadows".

Side B: Mr. Loveless "The Old Pain"

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Limited edition 12inch vinyl LP the Color of Destruction.
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• LIMIT NO MORE THAN 2 Vinyl LPs per customer please!!
• All items are lovingly packed and shipped from California ♥
• SHIPPING INFO: All items are shipped via first class US Postal with tracking for the USA.
• INTERNATIONAL Shipping: Please note that in order to keep shipping costs down, items are shipped “First class USA mail” which means tracking is only guaranteed within the US (not really sure why they call it "First class" but whatever)... As there is no European-based distributor at this time, expect things to be a teensy DIY.
• INTERNATIONAL TRACKING: If you absolutely prefer door-to-door tracking and $75 added shipping doesn't freak you out, please private message me.

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1.	Opening Scene: Ignition On Oberkampf 00:43		buy track
2.	The Ruin and the Change 03:02		buy track
3.	An Invitation to Drown 04:47		buy track
4.	The Loneliest Girl In The World 04:11		buy track
5.	It's Only Trouble Now (Feat. Dante Aliano) 02:11		buy track
6.	Valborg's Eve 04:42		buy track
7.	Intermission: To Burn Or To Drown? 00:50		buy track
8.	Your Safety is My Concern 02:12		buy track
9.	Sha La Took My Spark (Feat. Bart Davenport) 03:32		buy track
10.	A Lover's Death Wish 05:29	info	buy track
11.	Le Fils Du Pére Noël 02:43	info	buy track
12.	Finale: Extinguished By The Red Reef 00:48		buy track
13.	Ready to Burn 05:27		buy track

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Parasol’s fourth album combines her vintage dark folk rock storytelling with mid-century French pop and Motown influences.

"At my side the Demon writhes forever,
Swimming around me like impalpable air;
As I breathe, he burns my lungs like fever
And fills me with an eternal guilty desire."
- Destruction, Charles Baudelaire

After Perseus decapitated Medusa, he set down her head upon the riverbank and her blood mixed with the seaweed, which then turned it into coral. Though she’d had the power in life to turn men into stone, in the end man destroys her, but this is her “last word” in a sense… When one knows their fate is doomed, shall they simply accept the enveloping waves – or shall they set their sinking ship afire? Fire, water, ruins, wrecks, spring and winter, are the running themes. Our narrator, whether loved or not, has opened herself up to the world. Courage until the end.

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released January 26, 2022

Rykarda Parasol, words and music. Featuring Dante Aliana White, Bart Davenport, Cellista, Marc Capelle, Mark Pistel, and Danny Luehring. Recorded and mixed at Room 5, San Francisco.

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Rykarda Parasol San Francisco, California

NEW ALBUM "Tuesday Morning" available now ♥♥♥ Multi-dimensional songwriter, musician, and storyteller, Rykarda Parasol weaves poetic imagery with cinematic sounds seeped in vintage folk-pop, psych, and alternative rock. San Francisco / Paris. ♥
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Papermill Creek Saloon

Forest Knolls, CA

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