The moment the jaunty guitar kicks in on John Smyths’ new single, "Now I'm Wiser", you feel a familiar, comfortable warmth. It’s the sound of a good chair in a bar where the floor is sticky with spilled truths. And then the story starts, a classic yarn of a hard-living past yielding to a peaceful present. Smyths, a Dutch ex-metalhead singing country out of...

Parked Outside forces us directly into the deep, uncomfortable dimensions of our own subconscious with their new original single, "Whispers of 1000 Dreams Ago". Operating out of Los Angeles and Houston, former "Six Days Off" bandmates Chris Kinkade and Slayden Clarkson have reunited here alongside Mike Brown and Brett Busch. https://open.spotify.com/track/0DZP6D0x3uTL3dqygJ14n7?si=254589c6eff54943 Together, they conjure a bizarre and highly potent atmospheric mutation. The track begins brooding and heavily...