| Parlor Hawk | |
| Type: | Studio Album |
| Artist: | Parlor Hawk |
| Cover: | Parlor Hawk album.jpg |
| Released: | February 18, 2014 |
| Recorded: | 2013 at June Audio Recording Studios (Provo, Utah, United States) |
| Genre: | alt rock, indie folk, baroque pop |
| Producer: | Nate Pyfer |
| Prev Title: | Hoarse & Roaring |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
Parlor Hawk is the second full-length album by indie rock band Parlor Hawk. It was released on February 18, 2014.[1] The album was produced by GRAMMY nominated composer and friend Nate Pyfer (Kaskade, The Moth & the Flame). It was mixed by Scott Wiley (Elvis Costello, Neon Trees) and mastered by Joe Lambert (The National, Local Natives, Animal Collective).
Tracks "Better Gone" and "We Better Run" featured in the season 6 finale of Sons of Anarchy.[2] Track "Scars" featured in the Switched at Birth season 3 episode "The Scream".[3] Track "Silhouette" featured on Teen Mom 2 (2014). NoiseTrade featured the album the week of March 25, 2014.[4]
The "Maryanne" music video debuted on August 30, 2013.[5] It was directed by Jonathan Frey and filmed on a Canon 5D Mark II. The video centers on a man and the widow of his recently deceased brother. The song is about losing a loved one and learning to cope with the people you still have as evidenced by the lyrics “Maryanne, please take my hand, though it is hard for you and I don’t understand.”[6]