Jenny Parrott’s self-directed “I Thought” filmed in Hole In The Wall bathroom, “where women, femmes and non-binary people go to hang out.”

Tour dates announced in support of just-released “The Fire I Saw;” Parrott discusses Juno keyboards, mental health with “How Did I Get Here?”
 
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Jenny Parrott as photographed by Carrie Jane Fink. Design by Catfish.
 
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“Queer artist Jenny Parrott doesn’t need a seat at your table,” says Adobe & Teardrops, a publication committed to representing voices in the Americana world that are too-often overlooked: Women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+  individuals, in its “I Thought” video premiere coverage and wide-ranging interview with Parrott. Check it out here.
 
The bathroom at the Hole In The Wall club in Austin, Texas is the setting for the self-directed “I Thought” video by Jenny Parrott.
 
“The bathroom there is like a character,” Parrott says. “A place where women, femmes and non-binary people go to hang out, to fool around and party, and to get away from men for a second.” Parrott says that the video also shows “how violence and love can be all around, and how it can be very hard for many of us to know where the safe spaces are, or who is a safe loved one.”
 
“I Thought” also stars dancer Terrance Carson of Ballet Afrique, Ally Means on Viola, and Carrie Jane Fink as Parrott’s partner in the clip.
 
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“A soaring solo effort... Turns the heat way up with intricate synth-work and some of her finest vocal performances to date,” says NPR member station KUTX, Austin in its “Song of The Day” coverage of the title track from Jenny Parrott’s The Fire I Saw, out now. Hear “The Fire I Saw (Is There Anyone To Meet Me?”) here.
 
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Jenny Parrott was a recent guest on the Austin-based “How Did I Get Here?” podcast, hosted by Johnny Goudie.
 
Over the course of more than 1000 episodes, Goudie, who the Austin Chronicle calls “the Marc Maron of Austin,” has become a go-to for artists looking for an in-depth chat about what’s happening in their careers and the shared experience of music appreciation.
 
Goudie says about his interview with Parrott, “We have a great conversation about growing up in New Haven, discovering her inner songwriter, making The Fire I Saw on her own, Juno keyboards, the magic of the Omnichord, dealing with mental health issues and much more.”  Listen here.
 
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Jenny Parrott | Live
 
11/27/2021: Eureka Springs, AR @ Gotahold Brewing
11/28/2021: Tulsa, OK @ The Sound Pony (RSVP)
12/03/2021: Austin, TX @ Hole In The Wall (Residency: Friday Night Fruit Fight)
12/04/2021: Austin, TX @ Radio Coffee & Beer (w/ Sabrina Ellis)
12/10/2021: Austin, TX @ Hole In The Wall (Residency: Friday Night Fruit Fight)
12/11/2021: Austin, TX @ House Show (w/ Lazy Suzanne)
12/17/2021: Austin, TX @ Hole In The Wall (Residency: Friday Night Fruit Fight)
12/30/2021: Gainesville, FL @ Lightnin’ Salvage Enterprises
01/01/2022: High Springs, FL @ Riverine Reunion (Oleno State Park 1894 SE Oleno Park Rd, 7PM)
01/02/2022: Orlando, FL @ Wills Pub
01/07/2022: Tampa, FL @ Shuffle Bar
01/12/2022: New Orleans, LA @ Always Lounge
01/14/2022: Austin, TX @ Hole In The Wall (Residency: Friday Night Fruit Fight)
01/21/2022: Austin, TX @ Hole In The Wall (Residency: Friday Night Fruit Fight)
01/28/2022: Austin, TX @ Hole In The Wall (Residency: Friday Night Fruit Fight)
 
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Jenny Parrott
The Fire I Saw
(Parking Lot Panic Attack)
Out Now
 
Streaming Link:
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Track Listing:
 
01. Knockin’ Back Some Cokes (STREAM)
02. My Hero
03. I Thought (STREAM | VIDEO)
04. Say It
05. Georgica (STREAM)
06. Hallelujah
07. July
08. The Fire I Saw (Is There Anyone To Meet Me?)
 
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Jenny Parrott | “Georgica”
 

 

[STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/JennyParrott-Georgica
 
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“Feathery and bouncy… ‘Georgica’ sounds like floating.” – The Austin Chronicle
 
“There is nothing to not like about Jenny Parrott.” – Folk Radio UK
 
“American icon Kinky Friedman has been quoted as saying Jenny Parrott’s tunes are ‘the best songs I’ve heard since Christ was a cowboy!’ That statement isn’t going to wear out too soon. There is nothing to not like about Jenny Parrott, be sure to get more of her in your life. ‘Georgica’ is also our Song of the Day.” Check out Folk Radio UK’s premiere coverage of “Georgica” by Jenny Parrott here or listen at the links above.
 
In its “What We’re Listening To Right Now” coverage of the song, The Austin Chronicle adds, “Song bells and poco forte flute solos trickle through lyrical breaks, solidifying the overall angelic airiness of the ballad, a reminder of Parrott's easygoing verse and strong musical talent.”
 
“‘Georgica’ is the name of my hometown friend's little girl,” Parrott says. “Her mother – the Grandma – asked me to write a song as a gift to her. We aren’t especially in touch anymore – I live very far away – but the song has a vibe of sending warm, maternal, motherly well-wishes through time and space from an older source to a younger one. It’s almost like a prayer and call for hope for young female energy. When I think about this song, I almost feel like I'm up in space, singing to the planet.”
 
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Jenny Parrott | About
 

Jenny Parrott’s 2017 solo debut When I Come Down was named one of the Austin Chronicle’s Top 10 albums of that year. Her follow-up full-length The Fire I Saw arrives on Nov. 12^th, 2021.
 
The new album is, naturally, an evolution of Parrott’s seemingly effortless lyricism, humor mixed with despair, and ultimately, her economic use of unforgettable melodies and just-right instrumentation that makes you feel like she’s seeing you even more than she’s seeing herself.
 
“These arms can’t stand an ever loving man. And these eyes can’t see a never changing me.”
 
The opening lines of first single “I Thought” stop you dead in your tracks. A perfect example of what Parrott does over the course of an album that doesn’t even clock in past 25 minutes and doesn’t need to. Parrott takes care of all business during the brief span of the eight songs on The Fire I Saw, in a way many songwriters work an entire career towards and never reach.
 
The album was originally going to be a more standard-length release, but the pandemic changed up Parrott’s plans.
 
“I had to give the album a makeover because I was planning on having all my buds come over and finish it in the home studio. Most of my friends in Austin are rootsy-type players, so it would have had that feel. But I was stuck at home in a damp cul-de-sac, and I was scared of the virus, and didn’t want anyone in my space,” she explains.
 
Teaching herself Logic, and putting her Roland Juno into overdrive, Parrott spent time testing and tweaking her favorite synth patches until she had whittled the album down to the “eight that I felt were okay.”
 
Some may say, the eight are more than “okay.”
 
American icon, Kinky Friedman has been quoted as saying Parrott’s tunes are “the best songs I’ve heard since Christ was a cowboy!,” which, it can be argued, is a more interesting string of words than anything Kinky could have actually been talking about, but we get the idea!
 
Parrott has played prisons, a Black Panther reunion party, children’s shows, on streets all over the world, and in every basement from here to New York. She has opened for Jonathan Richman, Pokey LaFarge, and Delbert McClinton. These aren’t mere credits, they are experiences that you should rightfully expect inform Parrott’s songs.
 
And not all of the experiences need to be so flashy. Mundane works just fine, too.
 
Parrott describes the album track “July” as being “written while taking out the garbage in Macon, Georgia” and opener “Knockin’ Back Some Cokes” as “a play on how Sam Cooke is always singing about Coke and popcorn and cake and ice cream,” although she goes on to rightly remark that her take contains “sinister lyrics about facing down climate change and the apocalypse.”
 
Similarly stark is the previously mentioned, “I Thought,” which, while taking Parrott’s stock of her ability to love and be loved, was “written as a response to an abusive relationship at a time in my life where I swore I’d cut out people with violence in their repertoire.”
 
“A lot of the songs are about life, death, and faith,” she says. “Like, having enough faith to wonder about your child’s future in ‘Georgica,’” she explains, referring to another of the album’s upcoming singles, which was written for a hometown friend that Parrott used to sing with.
 
“I am trying to be myself with the songs and performances, instead of putting out a record with the right number of happy-sounding songs on it,” she says. “You don’t have to use a dude’s guitar part to spare his feelings! That will only dim the fire within you that you saw, and you’ve got to feed it.”
 
The Fire I Saw, the second solo album by Jenny Parrott, is out now. Jenny Parrott is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
 
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