SINGLE REVIEW: I – Parade
‘Parade’ feels like stepping into a storm that never fully breaks — all tension, atmosphere, and emotional weight simmering beneath the surface. It’s winding and mellow, built around a low tempo that gives everything space to breathe, but that still thrums with unease. The lo-fi production suits it perfectly; each layer feels unpolished but deliberate, reverb dripping from every note like condensation on glass.
The guitars are fuzzy and sneering, yet restrained — hanging low in the mix, shaping the mood rather than dominating it. There’s a constant buzz beneath the surface, the grit of distortion paired with the solemn plod of the drums, giving the song a kind of trudging, heavy-lidded momentum. Over it all, the vocals cut through raw and emotion-laced, cracked in places but intensely human. It’s the sound of someone caught between defiance and despair, half-yelling through the fog.
As ‘Parade’ unfolds, it swirls and swells like a heartbeat. The haziness gives way to surges of sound, the low tones growing in intensity until the track edges toward something more mid-tempo, more urgent. When the sweeping guitar solo arrives, it doesn’t just soar — it screams, ripping through the haze with higher voltage, a moment of pure cathartic release.
What makes ‘Parade’ so captivating is the way it fuses its influences without ever sounding derivative. Grunge’s rawness meets shoegaze’s density, but it’s threaded with alt-rock dynamics and a certain artistic flair in the vocal delivery that feels distinctively its own. The result is an immersive, engulfing track — intense yet vulnerable, heavy but human, like it’s dragging itself through its own darkness to find the light.
