Boston, MA
August 16, 2024

Ok, so they really mean THIS summer. The one slipping through our fingers right now. The summer of 2024. But this concerns all summers. Whether it be 2024 or 1984. Because summer is for killers…most specifically those creepers donning hockey masks: Summer Slashers. On Friday August 16th Parlour Bells release the second single “Slasher Movie Weather” from their new EP To Be Or Not To Behave and it arrives packaged with a short horror film / music video written and directed by singer Goddamn Glenn and his wife and creative partner, burlesque performer Honey Pie.

Both the song and video are a nostalgic homage to the 1980s slasher movie aesthetic.

“One of my guilty pleasures on a sweltering summer night is sitting in my office with the AC cranked and watching some of the lousiest, cheesiest slasher movies from the 80s,” says Glenn of his inspiration for the song and video.

When asked about how women are presented in many of the slasher films of the 80s, Honey Pie says, “Growing up on those movies made me who I am today, where I want to be scantily clad and I want to see other women scantily clad. I always wanted to be the girl in the 80s music video and in the horror movies, and now I get to be both.”

And since no summer slasher movie is complete without a group of skimpily-clad campers, Honey Pie suggested that they gather some of her good friends and dance troupe members to take on these roles.

“Working with them was as seamless and ideal as I imagined,” says Honey Pie of her fellow dancers. “Most of these women I have been dancing with for over a decade and we are all comfortable in each other’s presence in both a professional and friendly setting. I am familiar with how each of them moves, uses their face and personality on stage. Over the years, Glenn and I have watched horror movies together and would always imagine our friends as some of these characters. It was the most fun we had all summer!”

Of the dancers, Glenn adds, “You get so much more than performances from them. They are like this creative brain trust constantly thinking on their feet and so quick to provide a creative solution. They know so much about set and prop design, makeup, movement. I’m so lucky to have such fun and talented people in my life. This video would be nothing without them.”

Performing in the video alongside Honey Pie are dancers Maggie Maraschino, Tracey “Muthafuckin” Vaughan, Abby Normal and Pearl Buttons. Maraschino and Vaughan were also responsible for all of the special effects, gory prosthetics and makeup. Also featured in the video is local drummer Mark Goveia playing the hitchhiker. Goddamn Glenn also delivers his vocal performance bloodied and face down in the dirt.

Tracey MF Vaughan also brought something else to the table–or in this case to the street: her red 1987 Volkswagen Cabriolet convertible, which gets a fair amount of screen time as the campers head off to their doomed weekend in the woods!

On working creatively with Glenn, Honey Pie says, “With my background in dance and choreography it was very natural for me to take the reins of directing and say what I wanted to see. There’s never any conflict or need to control the project. We just let each other roll with it. We had a lot of fun with it, but we have fun every day!”

“We first met when I cast her in ‘Bachelor Hours’ back in 2013, the first music video Parlour Bells ever released,” Glenn says of Honey Pie. “Since then, we got married and always provide each other creative feedback on our respective projects. Her opinion means everything to me. So it feels so perfect to present this new video as a team effort under both our names. She always says that, together, we’re unstoppable. When we co-create things like this, I know she’s right about that.”

Filming for “Slasher Movie Weather” began in early June of 2024 and wrapped on August 3rd.

The track “Slasher Movie Weather” was recorded at both Q Division Studios and Rare Signals and was mixed and mastered by Brian Charles of Rare Signals. The band Parlour Bells is composed of Goddamn Glenn (vocals), Allison Sigrist (keys), Mike Leggio (bass), Tony Porter (drums) and Michael J Johnson (guitar).
The full EP from Parlour Bells, To Be Or Not To Behave, will be released in late September. The first single “Knight Owl” was released on July 4th.