Parker Millsap is an artist who embraces change. His new album Be Here Instead is a bold step forward instrumentally, maintaining his folkie style but experimenting with electronic effects that bring about a change in his approach to his already well proven talent for songwriting..

Millsap is not yet thirty years old but on his fifth album he sings with a seasoned, sharp spirit that translates these songs about the need for connection into a timeless mode of expression.

He is moving beyond the stripped back elements of his previous records. Longtime fans will miss the insane fiddling of David Foulks but he is bring something new to the table, a fully, more introspective vibe that relies on his full band to bring it to fruition.

With lyrics that are more stream of consciousness than straight ahead story-telling and more intricately layered musicianship, Millsap’s Be Here Instead is like the result of a painter who is using more of his palette to say what he wants to say.   

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