Parabelle
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| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Alternative rock, alternative metal |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Independent |
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Parabelle ('para' meaning 'to resemble; 'belle' meaning 'beauty' in French) is a Canadian rock band that initially formed in 2007 as a side project by Kevin Matisyn, the former lead singer of Evans Blue, and Kenneth Nixon of Framing Hanley. Following Kevin Matisyn's departure from Evans Blue in 2008, Parabelle was formed into a full band and has undergone numerous line-up changes since then. The band's first release was a double album entitled A Summit Borderline/A Drop Oceanic on July 6, 2009. With the subsequent addition of Kyle Mathis (formerly of Neverset) and Aaron Burton, they released their second album Reassembling the Icons on November 15, 2010. An acoustic album, These Electric Pages Have Been Unplugged, featuring studio acoustic tracks, was released on May 24, 2011. The band released a third studio album,Your Starry Eyes Will Never Make Us Even, on August 21, 2012.
The band was originally formed in the Toronto area, but is now based in Dallas, Texas.
The band's first incarnation came in 2007 when Kevin Matisyn and Kenneth Nixon began playing acoustic shows together under the name Parabelle.
Later in 2008, Kenneth Nixon left Parabelle to focus exclusively on Framing Hanley. Tim Huskinson left Framing Hanley due to back problems and joined Parabelle full-time. The band, no longer a side-project, announced that an album would be released in the spring or the summer of 2009.
Their debut album, A Summit Borderline/A Drop Oceanic, was released on July 6, 2009. It is a double album. The first disc is titled "A Summit Borderline," whereas the second is titled "A Drop Oceanic." The artwork for the album was a joint effort by frontman Kevin Matisyn and Julia Royal of Julia Royal's Team Vanity.
Near the end of 2009, Parabelle added drummer Joe Maurer and guitarist Kyle Mathis to the line-up when their band Neverset parted ways. Parabelle had opened for Neverset during their "Hooker and Hand Grenades" tour before their breakup.
In 2010, Parabelle began recording a new record. Kevin Matisyn announced that it would be produced by Mike Langford, who engineered the first two Evans Blue albums. When asked about the sound of the album, Matisyn commented “I think it’s similar, that moody kinda style, that’s definitely what we are going for with this new record. I wanted to do a darker record musically, but a little more positive lyrically.”
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