“We really enjoy good pop music and we really hate bad pop music”: Major Parkinson go 80s!

Jon, Øystein, Lars, Claudia and Sondre from Major Parkinson called in from Bergen and Oslo respectively to talk about the creation of “Valesa - Chapter I: Velvet Prison” (with hints to Chapters II and III), good and bad pop music and upcoming live plans.

Chapters:

01:10 Introducing Major Parkinson

03:55 The initial response to Valesa - Chapter I: Velvet Prison

05:10 Good pop music - bad pop music

08:50 Finding the new direction for Major Parkinson

11:30 The usual writing process in Major Parkinson

15:15 Writing the lyrics for Valesa

17:59 Writing shorter songs vs. writing longer songs

21:26 Upcoming live plans

🎵 Major Parkinson is:

Jon Ivar Kollbotn / lead vocals, synths

Sondre Skollevoll / guitars

Øystein Bech-Eriksen / guitars

Lars Christian Bjørknes / synths, piano, backing vocals

Peri Winkle (Claudia Cox) / violins, co-lead vocals

Eivind Gammersvik / bass, synths

Sondre Veland / drums

💿 Discography:

Major Parkinson (2008)

Songs from a Solitary Home (2010)

Twilight Cinema (2014)

Blackbox (2017)

Valesa - Chapter I: Velvet Prison (2022)

✔️ Follow Major Parkinson:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/majorparkinson

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/majorparkinson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MajorParkinson

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/MajorParkinsonTV

Bandcamp: https://majorparkinson.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3SMqAMe

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