Drylands (album)

Drylands
Studio album by
Mel Parsons
Released10 April 2015
GenreFolk-pop, indie folk[1]
Length51:27[2]
LabelCape Road Recordings[3]
ProducerMel Parsons, Gerry Paul[4]
Mel Parsons chronology
Red Grey Blue
(2011) 		Drylands
(2015) 		Glass Heart
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
New Zealand Herald[5]
Otago Daily Times[6]
Pop Magazine[7]

Drylands is Mel Parsons' third album, released on 10 April 2015 on Cape Road Recordings.[3][8] The album was recorded in engineer Lee Prebble's Surgery Studios in Wellington, New Zealand. One of the songs Parsons wrote was a duet, and she decided to cold e-mail Ron Sexsmith to see if he would perform the other half of the song "Don't Wait", and he agreed. Along with Ron Sexsmith, the album showcases local and international guest musicians Anika Moa, Vyvienne Long, and Trevor Hutchinson.[9] Another song on the album, "Get Out Alive", is the result of her writing about a dangerous car accident she was in where the car rolled four times and was totaled, but she walked out without serious injury, but found herself re-evaluating her life for a time.[10][7]

  1. ^ Reid, Graham (13 April 2015). "Mel Parsons: Drylands (Border)". Elsewhere. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Drylands - Mel Parsons". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Drylands by Mel Parsons". iTunes NZ. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Drylands liner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Gillespie, Kim (17 April 2015). "Music Review: Drylands, Mel Parsons". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  6. ^ Gilchrist, Shane (27 April 2015). "CD reviews: Mel Parsons". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b Perkins, Mai (21 April 2015). "Review: Mel Parsons – Drylands". Pop Magazine. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Drylands by Mel Parsons". Bandcamp. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Mel Parsons 'Drylands' Release Tour with Christof (NL)". EventFinda. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Finding the Balance Between the Pragmatic & the Poetic". The Music.com.au. 7 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2019.