Tess Parks
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Tess Parks

Toronto, Ontario, Canada | MAJOR

Toronto, Ontario, Canada | MAJOR
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Discography

Ryan Brown (self-released single) (2008)

Bedroom Recordings (self-released LP) (2010)

Work All Day/Up All NIght (self-released EP) (2013)

Blood Hot (359 music LP) (November 25 2013)

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“Tess is a true believer in the church of rock’n'roll. She’s got great taste and is really sharp. I got lucky again!“
- Alan McGee

Tess Parks is a musician and photographer born and raised in Toronto. The granddaughter and daughter of musicians and an art school dropout, she moved to London at seventeen years of age to pursue music and to study photography.

After overstaying her visit in London, she reluctantly moved back to Toronto on the advice from one of her heroes. Once home, she put together her amazing psychedelic backing band of “sexy and talented musicians”, The Good People, in late 2012, compromising gifted guitarist Andrew McGill, bassist Thomas Huhtala and her record’s producer and multi-instrumentalist Thomas Paxton-Beesley.

Early in 2013, she released a self-funded EP Work All Day/Up All Night, which was recorded in Toronto. At the same time, Tess began demoing songs for what will become her debut album, which were also available via Bandcamp.

“I was brought up on Bob Dylan and Nirvana and The Beatles and Rolling Stones and Zeppelin and all that good shit,” says Tess. She’s hung out with the likes of the Dandy Warhols and met Alan McGee in London. “We stayed in touch, that was it really. I just got so lucky,” adds Tess. “I love Oasis, Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine… He’s affiliated with all of my favourite musicians.”

Tess Parks’s debut record, Blood Hot, is out 18 November 2013. “It’s like the project that my whole life has been leading up to,” explains Tess. “I think it’s gonna be really special. I’m just the happiest I have ever been. I have the best band, they’re my best friends. It’s just so good to be alive. Music is the greatest.”