You Are Love And I Am You + Kiku vinyl by The Parlor

A B O U T Y A L A I A Y
You Are Love And I Am You is a psychedelic dream-pop record about the ecstatic realizations associated with what some call the mystical experience, unitive consciousness, or loving presence.

Meant to be listened to as an album, front to back. Loud, with [Aaron Smith's] artwork in hand. It's a neo-psychedelic pop album. With influences from The Mamas and the Papas, Tame Impala, Broadcast, Warpaint, Mazzy Star, George Harrison, Velvet Underground, Khruangbin, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Len, Cults, and Fleetwood Mac. It plays in a loop, like an ouroboros. The cycle of birth and death.

[ou·ro·bo·ros: a circular symbol depicting a snake swallowing its tail, as an emblem of wholeness or infinity. Symbol for eternal renewal: life, death, and rebirth.]

D E T A I L S

12” black vinyl [33 rpm]
Twelve track album recorded in the parlor of The Kirk Estate.

Full color jacket featuring psychedelic collage work by Aaron Smith. Full color sleeve insert. Download code included. Experience this album the way it was intended. You Are Love And I Am You was written specifically for the vinyl experience.

SIDE A

1. Now

2. The Cloud of Unknowing

3. Oceans

4. Serpentine

5. Ouroboros Loop

6. Restless Life

7. My Only Ever Lady
   

SIDE B

1. Remember How

2. Ecstasy You

3. Love Tongue

4. Underneath the Universe

5. Truth Loop

written, arranged, produced + recorded by Jen O'Connor + Eric Krans
mixed by Eric Krans
mastered by Scoops Dardaris
art by Aaron Smith
album design by Jen O’Connor + Eric Krans
c 2023 The Parlor

B A C K G R O U N D

"We got into Carl Jung, archetypal symbolism, alchemy, medieval mysticism, Taoism, Sufism and found hundreds of esoteric philosophical characters that seem to be sharing similar mystical experiences of their own. This album is for them. Our new long dead friends. And everyone we ever met or wished upon. You shaped us. We celebrate you as us. Everything and nothing is one shining-forth ineffable non-dual eminence. "Like dust in the light // Both the dark and bright."

P R E S S

The Parlor brings us the gospel of a special system of order that arrives out of the continuous storms of chaos that contribute to the extravagant beauty of the self and spirit.” –Week in Pop

“Shimmering…simultaneously dreamy and effervescent...” -Obscure Sound

“psychedelic meanderings” // “dreamy” // “empathic” // “haunting” –Austin Town Hall

"We are always seeking a greater understanding of our lives. Ourselves. The tenets and testaments of purpose. A greater knowledge of the globe that we inhabit. Yet as we surrender to the tides of constant change and acceptance of the past and all of its complexities and calamities that shape us and form the people that we have become today; we bear witness to new levels of enlightenment. A new consciousness that develops and a greater echelon of love and higher grace of living that emerges out of the chrysalis of our collective cocoons....the secret science of the mysteries that have made us into the people we are today. The Parlor shares what happens when we recognize each other and ourselves in new ways of honest realization instead of running away and hiding from meeting things head on. A surrender to love, in praise of the omnipotent power of grace that is greater than the sum of all traumas. Jen & Eric showcase in heart-spun spiritual textures of mesmerizing illuminations what happens next after healing from the wounds of hurt, trading the perilous poisons of the past for the unlimited potential and infinite possibilities that stands at the gates of today and tomorrow." -Week in Pop

A B O U T K I K U

Our ten-song album Kiku (like all of our albums) was recorded here -in the parlor of The Kirk Estate. As multi-instrumentalist producer-songwriters, on this album we explored new sound palettes for our intimate brand of dreamy, dark artful indie anti-pop.

D E T A I L S

12” black vinyl [33 rpm]
Twelve track album recorded in the parlor of The Kirk Estate.

Full color jacket features stunning artwork by Jane Beaird. Full color sleeve insert includes song lyrics. Download code included. Experience this album the way it was intended. Kiku was written specifically for the vinyl experience.

SIDE A

1. SOON

2. YOU

3. IN

4. SUPERBLOOM

5. BLIND

SIDE B

1. LIES

2. EYES

3. SOMETHING

4. DEEP

5. TRUST

written, arranged, recorded + produced by Jen O'Connor + Eric Krans
mixed and mastered by Troy Pohl
cover art by Jane Beaird
album design by Eric Krans
c 2018 The Parlor


P R E S S

Strands of utter humanity laced throughout…” –PopMatters

“Intimate and thoughtful pop music” –The Joy of Violent Movement

“devastatingly beautiful” –Indie Current“Charming synth-enhanced indie-pop that’s severely underrated.” –Extended Play Crispy New Cuts

“Intimate, personal, and gently beautiful… a message of hope and understanding for those in the grips of grief.” –Ravelin Magazine

“the kind of contemplative, artistic anti-pop the music scene needs more of these days.” –Culture Collide

“Exquisite artistry as overwhelming as heartache itself.” –Chronogram

“Creating synergistic hymns of catharsis and healing, The Parlor’s pop odes to the processes of time and understanding loss are witnessed like a winter’s thaw that brings about new shared sensations and realizations that uplift the human spirit to new heights of unbreakable love.” –Week in Pop

”Kiku is by turns inspiring and devastating, an honest record that succeeds by breaking down its insecurities and dancing over the pieces.” –ThrdCoast

S H I P P I N G

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