Currently on the last leg of their UK tour as guests to The Damn Truth, Nashville-based, blues-soaked Southern rockers Parker Barrow has a new 5-track EP out going by the handle Hold The Mash.
Hold The Mash marks the band’s first release since their debut album Jukebox Gypsies back in 2023 and features the previously released 2025 singles ‘Make It’ and ‘Novocaine’.
“The recording process for the EP was a completely new experience, unlike anything we’ve done before,” said Parker Barrow’s lead singer Megan Kane. “With guitarist Alex Bender joining the creative songwriting journey with us, everything felt refreshed and reimagined. Balancing our touring schedule while carving out time to record came with its own challenges. Watching the songs grow from voice memos, to fleshing out ideas in the basement of our house to finished recordings has been incredibly rewarding.”
The EP also includes new single ‘The Healer’, and two more new songs in ‘Glass Eyes Crying’ and ‘Olivia Lane’.
Regarding new single, ‘The Healer’, drummer Dylan Turner commented “It’s an exciting track because it shows a brand-new side of Parker Barrow,” explaining he continued, “Our music has always been groove based, and guitar driven, but this track called for something different. It features Eric Safka’s psychedelic-tinged organ solo which sets it apart from the rest of the tracks we’ve released so far.”
Parker Barrow know how to lay down a Led Zeppelin groove and shimmer. On new single ‘The Healer’ they add Southern sparkle and the vocal promise of spiritual healing; well, that or a sensual release.
“’Olivia Lane’ is a personal favourite of mine off of the EP,” said guitarist Alex Bender. “The track gradually builds using various textures and dynamics until it climaxes when the full band features on the final chorus. The first single we released from the Mash EP, ‘Make It’, is a hard-hitting rock song that crashes in, and doesn’t let up until the final drum fill. Creating diverse styles of music on the EP shows depth and musicality that is very characteristic of who we are as a band.”
‘The Healer’ is available on all streaming platforms here and you can watch the official music video here at RAmzine.
The Hold The Mash EP is available on all streaming platforms here.
In February 2026 the band will set sail on the sold-out Rock Legends XIII Cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Turks and Caicos, joining Gene Simmons, Blue Öyster Cult, REO Speedwagon, The Guess Who, Uriah Heep, Loverboy, The Outlaws, Eric Burden & The Animals, and many more.
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