THE PARLOR

Named after a room in the 19th century farmhouse where they live, farm, and create, The Parlor is a project by husband and wife team Eric Krans and Jen O’Connor. The multi-instrumentalist, producer-composers create intimate art-pop intended to reflect some of the most powerful aspects of the human experience. Their greatest inspirations are life’s challenges. Turning the concept of grief on its head, The Parlor creates danceable and upbeat songs, as well as intimate ones, capturing life’s most vulnerable moments. Subjects range from struggling with the loss of a loved one, to an entire album outlining the range of emotions felt by those going through the painful and lonely struggles of multiple miscarriage. The Parlor gives voice to the meek, strength to the struggling, and brings hope to the brokenhearted. Their unique brand of immersive soundscaping and aural synesthetic-composition is the vessel through which they share their most vulnerable moments with grace and joy, in ways both gentle and thought provoking. Their hope: for listeners to accept the beauty in the wholeness of the human experience.

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