Parasol, by The Sea And Cake.
This song is one I have wanted to play all the way through for a good solid 25 years, so this is pretty satisfying, even with all the fumbling before the chorus.
The Sea And Cake is one of my favorite bands ever. Truly. You’ve probably never heard of them, and that’s fine. Yes, I know what I sound like. This is another band my indie rock friends back home in Miami got me into the summer after Freshman year of college. When I went back to school in the fall, it was CMJ season, and one of them made the trip up, took me to this Too Pure showcase at Wetlands, and we saw The Sea And Cake, and I kinda think Pram and Laika and idk but it was pretty amazing. I got the setlist. I lit Sam’s cigarette for him. He seemed pretty drunk, but then again, that was kinda his thing. Seeming that way, anyway.
Parasol is the song they closed shows with (I saw them as many times as I could after that night), off their second album, and from my perspective, always kinda cryptic to be everyone’s favorite? But I loved it.
Once, I swear, they played a show at Tramps — I don’t think this was the night they played there with Tortoise and 5ivestyle (and closed with a mind-melting all-hands Grazing in the Grass with like dueling vibraphone thingies omg), I think this was a different show, like, right after a new album was released, and it was… not great? The new songs didn’t sound super rehearsed, and they seemed all out of whack, and I swear to this day, they cut it a little short, played Parasol, and during the chorus, Sam sang “caught us on an off night, we’re in tune and that’s all” but how can that really have happened? I don’t think it really happened.
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Hey I found a guitar with six strings that stays in tune, and it’s my electric. Pretty neat trick! Extremely pleased with how the guitars came out, again, despite me not really knowing how to play the pre-chorus bit right, and not having the patience to keep watching the live YouTube video I found to figure it out, after having figured out which F# and E they’re playing for the chorus, which was pretty crucial.
Layered on a buncha stuff, but didn’t attempt to ruin it with drums, because I am no John McEntire.