Parenthetical Girls “Evelyn McHale“

“Ever the pragmatists, Parenthetical Girls are set to release Privilege --the band’s new full length--as a box set of five extremely limited 12“ EPs on their own Slender Means Society label. These EPs will be sold separately in sequence every quarter over the next 15 months, each as they are completed. They will not be distributed to stores. As the cycle concludes in May of 2011, the fifth and final 12“ will come packaged in a beautiful, aesthetically cohesive LP box designed to house all four of the preceding releases, forming the complete Privilege album. Limited to 500 physical copies per EP, the 12“s will each feature original art by renowned Swedish illustrator Jenny Mörtsell, and will be hand-numbered in the blood of their respective band members. The first 12“--subtitled On Death & Endearments--will be released on February 23, 2010. When last we left Parenthetical Girls, the group had undergone a seismic shift in both scope and purpose, shedding the trappings of their past--and of indie rock altoget