| Parabelle | |
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| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | None |
| Associated acts | Evans Blue Framing Hanley 32 Leaves Neverset |
| Members | |
| Kevin Matisyn Chris Giovenco Kyle Mathis Aaron Burton Joe Maurer |
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Parabelle is a rock band that initially formed in 2007 as a side project by Kevin Matisyn, the former lead singer of Evans Blue, and Kenneth Nixon of Framing Hanley. Since then, the band has undergone numerous line-up changes. The band's first release was a double album entitled A Summit Borderline/A Drop Oceanic in 2009. In the fall of 2010, they released their second album Reassembling the Icons. Their third album will be an acoustic CD/DVD due out in May 2011.
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The band's first incarnation came in 2007 when Kevin Matisyn and Kenneth Nixon began playing acoustic shows together under the name Parabelle.
Later in 2008, Kenneth Nixon left Parabelle to focus exclusively on Framing Hanley. Tim Huskinson left Framing Hanley due to back problems[1] and joined Parabelle full-time. Ryan Abramowitz was replaced by Blaine Porpiglia.[2] The band, no longer a side-project, announced that an album would be released in the spring or the summer of 2009.
Their debut album, A Summit Borderline/A Drop Oceanic, was released on July 7, 2009. It is a double album. The first disc is titled "A Summit Borderline," whereas the second is titled "A Drop Oceanic." The artwork for the album was a joint effort by frontman Kevin Matisyn and Julia Royal of Julia Royal's Team Vanity.
Near the end of 2009, Parabelle added drummer Joe Maurer and guitarist Kyle Mathis to the line-up when their band Neverset parted ways. Parabelle had opened for Neverset during their "Hooker and Hand Grenades" tour before their breakup.
In 2010, Parabelle began recording a new record. Kevin Matisyn announced that it would be produced by Mike Langford, who recorded the first two Evans Blue albums.[3] When asked about the sound of the album, Matisyn commented “I think it’s similar, that moody kinda style, that’s definitely what we are going for with this new record. I wanted to do a darker record musically, but a little more positive lyrically.”[4]
The band debuted the first song from the album, "More", on Alternative Addiction in April 2010. "More" peaked as the number 2 song on Alternative Addiction's Top 20 Chart.
On November 3, 2010, Parabelle premiered the music video for "Kiss the Flag: The Widow."[5] It was stated in the video's description that the new album, Reassembling the Icons, would be available on November 16.
On November 11, the band released another song from their new album titled "Reassembling the Icons".
On November 15, the album was released a day early via iTunes and Amazon.com. Reassembling the Icons debuted at No. 8 on iTunes Top 100 Rock Albums.
On April 14, the band released a YouTube video of the single "Us (Walk Away)".[6]
On April 22, Parabelle released the track list for their upcoming album via Facebook. The album was released on May 24, 2011. Amazon listed the ten songs on their website, "When the World Wakes Up (feat. Jasmine Virginia)", "(I Was Told) to Never Let You Go", "First", "Out There", "The Conversation Ends", "The Clocks", "Us (Walk Away)(feat. Jasmine Virginia)", "Bend", "Are You Alarmed?", and "Q (feat. Jasmine Virginia)", the latter was originally performed by Evans Blue. [7]
On October 3, 2011, Parabelle released a new single titled, This Life on iTunes[8] and everywhere else on October 4, 2011.[9][10]
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