Parannoul has been conceptualizing the album that would end up becoming Sky Hundred for a long time (in Parannoul terms). In 2021, while mulling over whether or not to even make music anymore after the sudden success of his sophomore album, To See the Next Part of the Dream, Parannoul wrote in an interview with Sonemic that if he were to make a new album, it would be heavily inspired by his favorite indie band at the time, a short-lived genre-bending midwest emo band from New Hampshire called ... read more
One of the best projects I’ve had the pleasure of listening to. Simultaneously euphoric and melancholic. Only criticism is that I wish it was longer, which is less of a criticism and more of a compliment towards what’s already here.
To See the Next Part of the Dream has quietly become one of the most influential albums in shoegaze history. In a genre that seems so fixated on the past--with MBV's sound being created in large part via compression through an outdated storage medium (cassette), and much of modern shoegaze trying desperately to recapture the magic of early Whirr and Nothing's grunge-inspired sound--Parannoul offers something much more unique and forward-thinking with this album, drawing from a variety ... read more