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Dec 4, 2014The album is sparse and its minimalism is round-edged the whole way through, yet the plethora of moods it induces--brooding to bittersweet--and its constantly meandering cadence are awe-inspiring.
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Dec 4, 2014Mr. Mitch goes full experimental, recalling the work of similarly minded artists such as Evian Christ and Shabazz Palaces, albeit in a more muted way.
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Dec 4, 2014Drums are present, but they often function as little more than pensive timekeepers. All the better to frame those tunes – artful, delicate things, rarely saying more or less than they need to.
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Dec 9, 2014Now he's breaking out with a full-length record that's more restrained, more skeletal, and often more mournful than anything he's done before, a metamorphosis from somebody who's had fans growing to expect them on the regular.
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UncutDec 4, 2014Parallel Memories is, in places, almost too minimal.... But Mitchell's softness of touch leads to some moving moments. [Jan 2015, p.75]
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Dec 15, 2014For something as weighty as a debut album from a hotly-tipped artist, Parallel Memories feels a little too light for its own good.
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Q MagazineDec 8, 2014What remains is a skeletal approach to production, all spare pulses and baleful samples channeled echo-chambered effects. It turns out, thought, that Mitchell also has a feel for deceptively simple melodies. [Jan 2015, p.129]