Have a go with The Parcels
I first heard the parcles on my local college radio station 90.7 (which is broadcast out of Fresno State) many years back. Anyway, there was a DJ there named Bad Andy. His was the show I tuned into the most. I heard this song called "green means go" and it was awesome. A couple of days later he played another song "snappy new haircut" and it sounded a lot like the other. The band was called The Parcels and I was smitten. I looked them up and found that they had just broken up! Anyway, I recieved the album "Have a Go with The Parcels" as a gift and it always manages to make me happy. "She's a Good Witch" is my favorite. There is also an ep called "oh, what a busy day", but it is sold out and I have never even heard it! Even though they are broken up and have been now for around six years, I still wanted to share them here. The Parcels are a super cute twee pop trio.
They were:
christian elton - guitars and vocals
aj naito - drums
melissa wysocki - bass and vocals
From what I've gathered, aj doesn't drum anymore. He's into acting and has been at it for a couple of years now, mostly indie and student films. He's also done some music videos, but wouldn't reveal which ones. Ooh, I wonder which they are! Anyway, he seems really nice.
I got the most info out of christian. After the parcels split, he started another band called the dares, but they only played two shows. After the dares split he and two other members formed a "poptronica" trio called home economics. they tried to shop around their demo, but nobody seemed interested so they split as well. He quit playing for awhile, but has recently started playing in two other groups. He currently plays bass for PANDA RIOT (poptronica) and he's starting a new band with his own material that should be picking up where the parcels left off (sort of)! Woo! Their still unnamed though.
As for melissa wysocki. I'm not sure exactly what she's up to but she's been in a few bands it seems. One I'm sure of is called the snow fairies, but they just recently broke up as well.
I know that it wasn't necesary to gather all this info, but I really liked the parcels, I had forgotten about them and I wanted to know what they were up to. If you wanna buy "have a go" you can get it at Shelflife Records. I hope everything linked up alright.
Adios!
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