The Parachute Testers, a multimedia collective of sound adventurers from South East Ireland and beyond, have released a stunning new single, a beautifully reimagined cover of John Martyn's "Don't Want to Know." And assuming you didn't want to know before, you definitely will now.
This isn't a mere cover. It's a conversation across time. Christopher R. Weingarten 27 Adult. Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart Working off a riff from an anonymous hand drum, Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart transform Martyn's original restless, wounded into a leviathan dub whose drums swagger, not wander, and chorus stalls before you ever want it to. Featuring members of Wexford, The Parachute Testers bring a borderless sensitivity to this ageless tune, which is both truly reverent and entirely their own.
Front and center is the soaring, supple, and ethereal voice, a vocal turn that skews somewhere between the midnight whisper of Mazzy Star and the crystalline glow of London Grammar. It's a voice that isn't just singing, it's sighing, aching, and soaring. Instrumentation swells around her with restrained, warm analog textures that drift in and out like memory, enrobed in ambient tones that suggest Elbow or Zero Seven but still nod to Martyn's folk roots.
The band's ethos is woven into the track subtly over spectacle, emotion over ego. There's no particular place to get to, just a sensation of floating, a being towed along by something just beyond reach. Parachute Testers don't just make music; they craft soundscapes you want to inhabit.
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