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PARCELS Bring Out Video for ‘Withorwithout’

Parcels are certainly gearing up for Halloween in style this year, as they release horror-inspired video for Withorwithout.

Parcels WithorwithoutThe latest video from Parcels is much more than your average music video; describing it as a cinematic masterpiece would be more reasonable. Starring the queen of horror movies, Milla Jovovich, it’s got all the elements of a memorable slasher and you’ll find yourself holding your breath and feeling the fear race through you.

Parcels explain how the music video came to be, saying:

The video to Withorwithout is our celebration of the American slasher film, a genre which is fascinating in its traditionalism and strict maintenance of its classic tropes with each new rendition. The masks, the kitchen knife, the home invasion and of course the final girl – which in our case got to be Milla, the iconic queen of horror herself. We met Milla at Cannes Film Festival earlier this year when she waltzed in and absolutely tore up the dance floor at a tiny show we were playing, admitting to us afterwards she was a fan. After bonding over a shared love of horror movies, we showed her an idea we already had for a slasher music video and she put us in contact with a talented director friend of hers, Ben. We developed an idea of Milla being this darkly obsessive Parcels fan in a strained marriage and where this could go in a slasher movie. Before we knew it we were in a rented villa in Beverly Hills with bright blue glitter caked thick on our faces working with a real Hollywood film crew until the sun rose. It was truly mind blowing and so much fun, just like any good horror film should be.

 Withorwithout is taken from the band’s recently released self-titled debut album.

Catch Parcels on their upcoming live shows – they’ll be less bloody than the video (or at least we hope so).

November

05 – Manchester, Academy 2

06 – Bristol, SWX

07 – Leeds, Stylus

08 – London, Roundhouse