Efterklangs acclaimed and award winning second album.
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"Parades is an intelligent and masterful epic upon which intricate layers of dreamy guitar, horns, strings and choral vocals mesmerise in harmony" 4/5 The Irish Star
“Every so often an album comes along that’s so original it’s difficult to accurately liken it to anything else – even Efterklang’s last album, Tripper, is left behind by Parades.” 4/5, Mike Barnes, Mojo Nov 2007
“More organic than their 2004 debut, Parades is just as richly rewarding” 4/5, Stephen Troussé, Uncut, Nov 2007
“This is their Dark Side Of The Moon, their OK Computer; it’s the album Björk wishes she’d conjured in her mind when realising Vespertine, full of mystery and long-term intrigue.” 10/10, Mike Diver, Drowned In Sound
"a sumptuous, symphonic masterpiece... Seriously: this is one of 2007’s finest LPs, no question." 10/10 Mike Diver, DrownedinSound.com
“Wholly mesmerizing” 4/5 Kevin Harley, The Independent on Saturday – The Information, 13th October 2007
“What Efterklang have created is one of those rare albums that you feel you’ve actually gained something from after listening to. Parades is an intelligent, heartwarming, sublime record which is more than worthy to follow the seminal debut, Tripper. There are some moments of true beauty here. Make sure you experience them.” Tristan Parker, Clash Magazine
“Widescreen and dramatic” Mark Richardson, Pitchfork Forkcast, Oct 2007
“Parades is an exquisite sounding record... both restrained and wildly dramatic, gently touching and warmly enveloping” A- Ally Brown, Stylus
“This truly is a headphone album, painting tones across the stereo spectrum” 8.7/10, Matthew Austin, 30Music.com
“the group has managed to craft, yet again, a set of pieces so beautiful and intricate that it’s difficult to envisage a more immediate, rewarding marriage of pop and neo-classicism.” Dan Raper, Popmatters
"The next time someone tells you there is nothing new left to be said in popular music stick this on and watch ‘em shrivel." Total Music Magazine (UK)
"Great Danes make gloriously romantic pastoral chamber pop .. very very lovely music" Word Magazine
"A gorgeous and flowing album that feels both remarkably large and intimate in the same moment" 9/10, Eric J. Morgan, Lost At Sea
"Parades is, quite simply, a masterpiece" 5/5 The Milk Factory
“Beautiful and downright amazing…Without doubt, this is one of the best records released this year.” 5/5, Subba-Cultcha.com
Arguably Sufjan Stevens is their closest fellow traveller, but even his astounding and often artistically complex and referential output falls short by comparison. 5/5 Music-News.com (uk)
"Tripper was great, but ‘Parades’ is simply awesome" Rant Magazine
"Here's something so leftfield, so strange and yet so brilliantly eclectic that it makes Arcade Fire look like Boyzone....this shockingly original album will stand the test of time" Philip Byrne, In Dublin - Album of the Week
“Hugely impressive in scope…Superb” 8/10, Neil Gardner, Rocksound
“Gloriously endearing” Jennifer Allen, The Wire, November 2007
“An album to blow minds and warm hearts” Graham Lynch, Rock-a-Rolla, Sep/Oct 2007
"a feast of Paradoxes ... Not easy to pin down and all the better for it” 4/6 Phil Harrison, Time Out,
“...warmth to spare” 3/5, John Aizlewood, Q, Nov 2007
“a beautiful record of lush, and endearing electronic/indie pop music” Cillian McDonnell, Totally Dublin/Cork
"this is beautiful, so so sweet" Colin Murray, BBC1
"Parades is almost impossible to describe, you would need to create a completely new genre" 7/10 Future Music
"I find it difficult not contain my entusiasm for what Efterklang have achieved here, and wholeheartedly believe that this is without doubt the best album 2007 has offered." Judas Kiss, Oct 2007
"This may be my album of the year. Imagine if Danny Elfman orchestrated an Arcade Fire record. Or if Godspeed You! Black Emperor hired the Polyphonic Spree to do vocals for them. Or if Sufjan Stevens stopped being such a touchy-feely folk nerd and started writing music while high on codeine and whiskey and listening to Phillip Glass in Norway" anonymous file-sharer
"The beautiful and uplifting EFTERKLANG are so emotional and delicate they make Sigur Ros sound like Whitesnake. Single of the week this week on the Organ pages" Organ on Resonance FM
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