NEW RELEASE : WE ARE PARASOLS - BODY HORROR (THE FULL HORROR)

We’ve known since before we even finished the original Body Horror album that we wanted to put this extended version of the record together. We just weren’t sure what the format would be and we didn’t know that it would involve remixing and remastering the entire project. Body Horror (The Full Horror) contains all the pieces of our 5 year exploration of the body horror theme. The Full Horror includes the original 8 song Body Horror album along with the 4 non-album singles; “Feels Like I’ve had Enough”, “1995”, “Waste”, and “Tell Me When It’s Over”, and our 2020 instrumental industrial EP, Orphaned, which is 4 songs that started as demos for the album but were cut because D was never inspired to sing on them.

Days after we approved the final masters for the original Body Horror album a few events aligned, the purchase of a new computer and an unexpected software update to the program that we use to write, record, and mix, that allowed me to record and mix at higher sample rates than my system could previously handle. I was doing some tests, listening to mix sessions that were previously done at 44.1kHz processing at 96kHz instead. I immediately noticed a massive change in the overall sound of the mixes. There was more width and depth. There was a more open high end. There was just more space. We decided that Body Horror was already done and we would release the recently completed album as it was. But I immediately started working at 96k for everything moving forward.

Once we decided we would compile and release The Full Horror I went back and forth on the idea of remixing the entire record. We knew we had to remix at least two of the singles, “Feels Like I've Had Enough” and “1995” because we just weren’t happy with the original mixes. I also remixed the Orphaned EP and the new single, “Tell Me When It’s Over” was being recorded and mixed entirely at 96k. After months of back and forth we decided to move forward with the full remix and remaster because if anything was going to change or possibly improve these songs it was the added space. Also, remixing provided a consistency to the entire project.

Is the remixed and remastered version better than the original? Upon completion I can honestly say that it’s just different. I, for the moment, prefer the new version overall but there are still sections of certain tracks that when I do a picky A/B comparison I might prefer the original. Adam, our mastering engineer, described the new version as a “different listening experience”. It’s not a different album at all but listening to this version of the album feels different and I think this is the listening experience I prefer. I think this version invites the listener into the sonic environment we’ve created while the original keeps the listener on the outside, observing from a distance.