The God of Parallax is an incorrigible pint-sized tyrant, prone to fits of temper, and derided by many of his more eternally elegant peers. The defining characteristic of his dominion is blindness and ignorance, both willful and enforced, and he rules over it with a plaster-of-Paris fist, haunted only semi-consciously by the thought that this narcotic power that he clings to so desperately is transient, and pales in comparison to the silent, patient power that nature will reclaim once all this very human noise dies down.
Part political allegory, part social and personal commentary, The God of Parallax was one of the first to present itself when we started working on the 30-plus songs from which Wirewalker Falls is plucked. It set the tone for the majority of the other tracks we have in store with its simplified arrangement, organic texture, and end-of-a-long-winter moodiness. As churlish and braggadocious as he is, we owe a lot to the lesson that this song taught us, so he has learnt his place as the first cab off the rank.
Special thanks to our good friend, the multi-talented Saleeha/Max Buchanan who provided the funeral-march style trumpet in the bridge!
Wirewalker Falls is out May 3rd.
Have / Hold 