Best of 2006. Cale Parks
Illuminated Manuscript
( Polyvinyl Records ) 2006

Listening to Illuminated Manuscript made me see and breathe places far away, remember vicariously.. feel tomorrows not yet arrived. I somehow took a long walk on wet urban pavement in a city I have never visited and saw light reflecting rows of windows of buildings not even constructed. Over undertones of horizons well past 180 degrees, Cale Parks seamlessly provides a veritable environment like a clean water swim without getting wet. I would like to be listening to this while riding some form of public transportation, ideally at sunup or down . . and then perhaps look a tired stranger in the eye with a wish to free them their tediums and see their childface return.

Cale recorded this solo debut in his freetime between and during moments spent in various cities. All accomplished while recording his primary love Aloha's recent release, Some Echoes, and being a touring member of several other projects. See: Joan of Arc (Perishable|Polyvinyl), Love Everything (Record Label), Georgie James (ex-Q and Not U), CEX (TigerBeat6|Record Label), Pit Er Pat (Thrill Jockey), Chin Up Chin Up (Suicide Squeeze), and Owen (Polyvinyl), for some recollection of his footprints.

dreamy not sleepy, listen while doing and do more wonderfully. fourth dimension exit door :: simultaneously :: futuristic timeless and classic.

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