The lightest folk cathedral.
A comet. An ephemeral apparition, that's what Linda Perhacs is. A dentist by profession, Perhacs one day in 1970 met a film music composer to whom she gave a cassette of songs she had recorded in Hawaii, thus creating one of the most intimate legends in folk history. The next day, Leonard Rosenman called her back and offered her the oportunity to record an entire album. One album, just one album, and then that's it. As soon as "Parallelograms" was ... read more
It is actually impressive how much this record does with so little. "Parallelograms" sent me on a psychedelic trip I truly wasn't expecting. I feel like I'm on the foot of a large mountain in Wyoming, seeing the fickle snow slowly pile up on its top.
This album is quite subtle in the way it hypnotizes the listener. One minute your eyes are open, the next you're fluctuating through a river of white petals, your destination unclear - the journey, though, feels like something you won't ... read more
ILIWW: What a lovely trip. Linda Perhacs' Parallelograms is a simple psychedelic folk delicacy. I made the wise choice of having my first listen done with headphones: it was an unexpecting, light, drifty experience from start to finish. The elements of chamber folk mixed with ambiguous production styles made for an ethereal listen.
Comparisons to Joni Mitchell are inevitable, but where Joni is often restrained, Perhacs gives us intrepid adventures into psychedelic soundscapes which, in my mind, elevate this album above something pleasant to just put on on a rainy day. Definitely a hidden gem worth exploring.
Finished my First Listen. This album has some nice subtle & psychedelic folk elements to it. I was however tuning out on some of the songs but a few I did like. Overall, I struggled to get into the style & how it sounds, maybe it can get better with relistens, who knows.
Favs: Parallelograms, Chimacum Rain, Porcelain
Least Fav: Paper Mountain Man
1 | Chimacum Rain 3:20 | 97 |
2 | Paper Mountain Man 3:10 | 88 |
3 | Dolphin 2:53 | 96 |
4 | Call of the River 3:46 | 92 |
5 | Sandy Toes 2:52 | 94 |
6 | Parallelograms 4:32 | 98 |
7 | Hey, Who Really Cares? 2:35 | 98 |
8 | Moons and Cattails 4:02 | 87 |
9 | Morning Colors 4:34 | 91 |
10 | Porcelain Baked-Over Cast-Iron Wedding 3:59 | 95 |
11 | Delicious 4:07 | 94 |