파란노을 (Parannoul) – Sky Hundred

In characteristic Parannoul fashion this album was dropped out of the blue to youtube and bandcamp a few days before it was avaliable for streaming on spotify. I was scrolling youtube as you do and was suddenly recommended this having been released less than an hour ago. Jumping right in it was clear that this album is a game changer for Parannoul.

The first thing to recognise is the significant improvment in the vocals. Many fans appriciate the raw and amature vocals in “To See the Next Part of the Dream” as do I. However parannoul claims himself that “he had never played a guitar while he was 21, his singing skills are fucking awful” when describing who TSTNPOTD describes and incapsulates. In Sky Hundred the vocals are still raw but greatly improved and appreciated.

The first songs of this album, one of which is Gold River a single released before the album really throw you in the deep end with super distorted gnarly drums. When I first listend to Gold River it was a genuine shock coming right from After the Magic.

This album is about change. It has a focus on personal development and loss. In my opinion this album vaugely follows the stages of grief. This being grief of change and the inevitable loss that follows.

“Time passes no matter you're wandering or not. The people who seemed to always be here together are leaving, and the feelings I felt when I made my 2021 began to disappear. ” – Parannoul

Parannoul describes the motivation behind this album. His description to no ones suprise does a much better job than I can at explaining the core of the album. His description talks about his personal feelings of change and how he interprets change. It questions the importance of you in the present and the feelings you feel and puts and emphasis on how you were in the past.

This album is comparatively much more harsh than After the Magic but in similar fashion lets you melt into the music. There are much more I can say about this album and I did but removed it!!

This album is a must listen! I would rate it 9/10