Maren Parusel
There are a lot of “firsts” happening for Maren Parusel and her band as they set off on dates across the U.S. this summer.
This is the band’s first Full Length recording, First National Tour, First song in a movie Soundtrack, and now a new video “Kiss You” produced by artist think tank; Dead in 60 Years and shot on location in Fresno, California.
Maren Parusel also just signed on with BenairChurchill Publishing in Los Angeles known for everything from those hip Target commercials to numerous Film Soundtracks.
The new recording produced by Pall Jenkins from Black Heart Procession is available online everywhere and on CD/Vinyl from Requiemme Records.
11 songs crafted from her life growing up in Germany and contrasted with her experiences over the past five years in sunny California. And for someone who writes beat-driven melodic pop songs it may be a bit ironic that she sought out Pall Jenkins from Black Heart Procession to produce. He’s a man known for heart wrenching dark timeless epics, but he found the emotion in Maren’s songs and the two contrasted perspectives combined for a recording with songs that are yes, melodic and catchy, but poetic at the same time.
Maren Parusel (keys, Guitar, Vocals), Kyle McGee (bass), Eric Brozgold (drums), and Ariel Levine (guitar) live to play music. They are building a fan base one at a time as they did on a recent three week tour to the Northwest, three Official Invites to SXSW and their first National tour this July.
The band was most recently featured by legendary music writer Dave Marsh on his Sirius radio program “kick out the jams” at the end of SXSW.
The band has shared stages with Lonely Forest, Everest, The Fling, Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin and the St Marks Social, Tahiti 80 and Foster the People.
Maren Parusel also had one of her songs from her EP selected for a new David Arquette Film “Conception” set for release this summer.
Having left her small home town of Tubingen, Germany just a few years ago for film School in Los Angeles, it has been an enlightening, whirlwind, and sometimes chaotic road as she and her music have evolved from punk rock in an all-girls Zeros cover band to the melodic, layered and heartfelt music she plays in her own band now.
Just off the plane in Los Angeles a few years ago, she was invited to stay at the home of Rolan Bolan (Son of T-Rex Marc Bolan) where given free reign in the studio she rediscovered her love of music. Classically trained on piano, she quickly picked up the guitar and a couple of years later after settling in San Diego she formed a Zeros tribute band Wild Weekend. That band garnered much attention through March 2009, but shortly after Maren decided to form another band to better express the music she had felt closer to and had been writing for the past few years.
Looks like that was the right decision as her new music caught the attention of mega producer Linda Perry who let her record in her Burbank studio and caught her show at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. While on tour in the opening act for a few short dates, Maren Parusel also caught the attention of The Killers and their violin player recorded on her five song demo. She also turned the heads of some music giants while playing at Alejandro Escovedo’s day party at SXSW 2010 and after her showcase was asked by the infamous Runaways Manager Kim Fowley to audition for him and several industry reps.
All of these experiences have made the band dedicated and more determined. There’s something passionate about a band that will not listen and doesn’t seem to care about the endless pitfalls and broken hearts waiting out there in the industry and on the road, as they leave armed with a handful of gigs, some vinyl, CD’s and a well-rehearsed set bent on winning over the world.
