Cale Parks is a musician living in New York. He is the drummer in Aloha and White Williams. His sophomore album Sparklace will see release on Polyvinyl Record Co. on November 4th and is the first of two solo albums he will release this year. The second album will see release on the upstart Normative Music Company label.

A little over a year since the release of Parks’ debut album Illuminated Manuscript comes Sparklace. There is a stark contrast between the two albums. Sparklace stands as a more immediate album than its predecessor focusing on songs with a pop structure whereas Parks’ previous output was more ambient and minimalisitc. Recorded in his home, every sound is original. If there is a drum sample, it is from Parks’ drum set. The vibraphone is sampled as well. To say Parks has found his voice, is to miss the point. Rather, the sound of Sparklace is singular and electronic with born digital sounds. There is no wasted space, not a snare out of place. Listen carefully as it settles in, fragile but not without momentum.

Praise for Cale Parks

…the flow and sweeping scope of works like Radiohead’s Kid A or Bright Eyes’ Digital Ash in a Digital Urn...These recordings are soundtracks to Cale’s life, as if he plugged straight into his brain and encoded all of his thoughts and experiences directly into a masterpiece. -Insomnia Radio

…tracks range from wistful ambience conjuring Brian Eno to sonic explorations of cryptic lyrical enigmas. -Seattle Sound

If Phil Spector had teamed up with Brian Eno and Tortoise to make his holiday music. -SLUG

Cale's live percussion and fragile vocals add warmth to the otherwise-electro grooves, and the record is a perfect loop for drifting in an out of focus on hazy, lazy days. -Stereogum

…defies musical conventions and expectations, simply by augmenting them into greater, more eloquent forms. Given Parks' day-to-day gigs, however, defying expectation has to be expected. -Three Imaginary Girls