Tiscali Showcase - Parka

Parka played a special London Tiscali Showcase at the Soho Revue Bar London, on August 16th 2007. You can watch the video from the event exclusively here.

• WATCH PARKA PLAY 'BETTER ANYWAY'
• WATCH PARKA PLAY 'DISCO DANCER'
• WATCH PARKA PLAY 'HOXTON HAIR'
• WATCH PARKA INTERVIEWED

• PARKA'S OFFICIAL SITE

Late 2004 and Parka lead singer/songwriter Matt Thomson, becoming tired of his music studies at Perth College of Music, decides to head back to sunny Glasgow and put his collection of home recordings to good use. Music shops, internet and colleges were scoured for players and finally February 2005 saw the birth of Parka as a 4 piece indie/electro rock outfit with the smiley energy of a drummer called Neil, the calm presence of bassist - Ian, and the eerie strangeness of a keyboard technocrat named Mark. Now, with the addition of ADD saxophonist James, Parka are as lively as a bag of cats.

In April 2006 they were offered a single deal for their manic anthem 'Disco Dancer' through influential tastemaker 7" label Worst Case Scenario. Summer 2006 brought Parka to London in preparation for their debut single where they found themselves living in an old strip club in Whitechapel, resplendent with pole in the living room and chair screwed to the floor outside the shower cubicle! First time guests to the Parka residence must perform at least one initiation pole dance for the band.

'Disco Dancer' took many by surprise, winning Zane Lowe's Fresh Meat on Radio 1, getting playlisted on XFM with the video (complete with balloon drum kit, guitar and sax) making it onto The Box and Q.

The bigger labels came calling and Jeepster won the race for their signature whilst the band continued to claim London's indie clubs as their own, toured with Boy Kill Boy, opened for The Automatic, The Enemy, Foals and The Young Knives.