The music talent of Para Lia shines through in their ability to create music that’s personal yet strikes a universal chord with listeners. The band displays this talent through their recent release “Mind Song”.
The song perfectly unites 70s rock raw power with psychedelic indie intricate textures to produce an irresistible musical experience that welcomes listeners instantly into its enchanting sonic world.
Para Lia blends musical elements from 90s indie rock with 60s garage sounds and the progressive music that emerged during the early 70s to form their musical foundation. The band Para Lia presents their mature musical direction on Mind Song through their expanded six-member membership.
Under live recording conditions the track maintains an authentic feeling while maintaining the sense of both spontaneity and careful production work. The powerful musical production of Mind Song hides a meaningful message that guides listeners to embrace their true selves by defying social expectations.
An exclusive interview will examine the creation of Mind Song and the artistic development of the band before revealing Para Lia’s musical plans for 2025.
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What inspired the introspective theme behind “Mind Song”, and Can you tell us about the creative journey that led to its development, I mean how does your collaborative process work when creating new music? Can you walk us through how this particular track came together?
Mind Song with it’s stomping rhythm is inspired by the groove and the feel of early 70s music like Slade classics and stuff like this. René, the songwriter of the band had one day this melody playing in his head, the hook line of the song. And he started the songwriting, worked out the arrangement and then recorded a demo tape for the band. Finally the band worked out final version of the song and it was nice – for the single release – to record the single tracks and to work with lakeside studio in Berlin, where Dirk Burke did the mixing and mastering of the track.
Your sound has been evolving throughout your career. How do you feel “Mind Song” represents your artistic growth?
It is the first recording in our current lie up as band of 6 and it has the Para Lia sound, which has, as we often hear, something distinctive. But at the same time you can listen here to the energy of the whole band – and the recording was done under live conditions, so it is a very authentic piece of music, showing how tha band sounds.
What were some of the technical or emotional challenges you faced while recording “Mind Song”?
We did it all in a very short time – and it was a surprising good flow, like a mirror of the band playing live gigs. So it was a pleasure to see how it goes.
Are there any specific musical influences that shaped the sound of this single?
As in all the Para Lia stuff you find influences of 90s indierock as well as influences of 60s garage and psychedelic and early 70s prog rock. The thing with Mind Song is the same as in other Para Lia songs – to melt influences and the Para Lia music Cosmos to a very own sound.
The title “Mind Song” suggests a deep psychological element. What message do you hope listeners take away from this track?
Music journalist Dave Franklin got it very well as he wrote some days ago in New York based Big takeover Magazine:
„The message is both simple and poignant, timeless and timely – don’t be pulled into the dark complexities of the ego, don’t be swayed by what seems to be too good to be true (because it always is), and don’t worry about the superficial, don’t play societies power games… keep your mind song pure and let it sing about the things that make you happy. Life is short; live it on your terms and be who you want.“
How has your approach to songwriting changed since you first started making music?
Getting better as a musician day by day, year by year. Learning a lot about arranging songs, playing a lot of instruments to record the demo version as a base fort he band to work it out. Increasing this helps a lot.
Can you tell us about the production choices you made to capture the emotional essence of this song?
We used low equipment – but we put a lot of energy, emotion and feel in it. Mybe you can hear it.
What role does your local music scene play in shaping your artistic vision?
Being part of the local music scene in our region is a very nice thing. To have a fan base here is a huge support.
Looking ahead, how does “Mind Song” fit into your broader musical journey? Does it hint at new directions you’d like to explore?
Mind Song is the first of a couple of singles, which will see the light of day in 2025. So our plan is to play some nice live gigs this year and also work out and to record some more new stuff. The Para Lia cosmos leads the direction – but the band always is good for including surprising sounds and moments.
