Sara Sean Chris Emily
TWO new recordings!

Thanks to The Wiggly Tendrils, we're on "A Very Wiggly Winter", a holiday EP put out by netlabel / music blog Beat The Indie Drum. The Wiggly Tendrils write songs requested through a form on their website; a free service to the community! For this EP, they coordinated a white elephant / secret Santa -style swap of song requests between several musical friends. Our contribution, Galena, Alaska, was written and recorded in a fun/hectic three days, is our Bedhead-est tune yet, and we hope you like it!

Andy [mp3] is an orange wedge of power-pop fun recorded a little bit at the practice space, a little bit at home, and a lotta bit for your enjoyment! Recommended listening situations include: gearing up to do something fun after work, group cleaning projects, walking around town, enjoying a beverage with friends, or acting like you're in a happy-go-lucky opening montage or stop-motion video.

Writing and recording is what we're up to right now, but come 2010 we'll be back to playing shows. If you want us to let you know when something's coming up, or if you'd like to help book something, or if you'd like to tell us about an exciting discount on a miraculous product, send a little note to shout@theparents.org

Here is The Parents' Very First EP!

  1. We Took the BART!
  2. Make It True or Crush
  3. How to Speak Italian Like an English Tourist
  4. Circles
Here's what's coming up:
  1. eat square breakfast.
  2. put new EP on website.
  3. take nap.
  4. book shows.
  5. write new songs.
  6. PRACTICE!
  7. go camping.
The Parents are Emily, Sara, Sean, and Chris.

We're a four-piece indie pop/rock band of Chicago-expats who used to play in the same music scene from 2000-2007. We promote our shows, set up quickly, and only rarely leave equipment behind.

We've got a (particularly fun and crowded) Tuesday at El Rio, a Sunday BBQ at The Stork Club, a Saturday benefit at The Starry Plough for the Children's Hospital of Oakland Patient Care Fund, and a Halloween show at the Stork Club (as the Mamas and the Papas), and an awesome Friday playing with the Old-Fashioned Way at The Hemlock Tavern under our belt.

Emily (ex-Passerines) plays guitar/bass.

Sara (ex-Go Away Please Stay, Passerines, Starlister, Health&Beauty) plays keyboard/melodica.

Sean (ex-First Coat, the 68s, the Paraleisural Uninsurance Temp Agency, Fulton Pyser) plays bass/guitar.

Chris (ex-Cola Wars, Millimeters Mercury, Zinc Finger & the Major Groove) plays drums.
Of course we have a myspace profile!
(it's still listed under our old band name, though)
So you don't like the MySpace automatic-music-playing widget?
We use this website for ourselves, too!
So, for our own convenience:
Show Things
Practice Things