Richard Reed Parry from Arcade Fire announces two albums, and drops two new tracks

The Canadian multi-instrumentalist, and Arcade Fire member, has revealed two tracks from one of his upcoming albums announced today, Quiet River Of Dust Vol. 1.

Alongside Quiet River Of Dust Vol. 1, Richard Reed Parry revealed a second album due to arrive in early 2019, Quiet River Of Dust Vol. 2.

His two new singles revealed today "Sai No Kawara (River of Death)” and “On the Ground”, are his first solo material since the 2014's Music For Heart And Breath.

Pitchfork point out that the new albums are inspired by a "recent trip to Japan, Buddhist myths, death poems, and British folk songs."

The video presents a colourful animations directed by collaborator Caleb Wood and Parry.

Explaining the story behind "On The Ground", Parry states, “The song ‘On The Ground’ was inspired by an encounter with ghost voices in a Japanese forest near a temple on the sacred mountain Koya-Sān. I told director Caleb Wood the story of being alone in this magical environment of giant cedar trees and hearing a loud chorus of powerful harmony singing that sounded inexplicably identical to my late father’s folk band the Friends Of Fiddler’s Green, who were the soundtrack to my entire childhood and upbringing.”