| Member Since | 2/9/2007 | | Band Website | http://www.thenationalparcs.com | | Band Members | Music and Lyrics by Chimwemwe & Vincent "Freeworm" Letellier
Directed by Ian Cameron | | Influences | 
"The National Parcs are just bizarre...we all hated them as they came on and by the end it was our favourite thing of the night."
NME
"their stage show, which also shows off their considerable filmmaking skills, is a knockout multi-media experience."
Brooklyn Vegan
"This Montreal group will likely blow your mind"
CJAM
Windsor/Detroit
"A deep, remarkable, and innovative record"
John K. Samson
DNTO, CBC radio
"The foundation of the imaginative mix of global folk and laidback ghetto grooves here is rhythms ’n’ bits cobbled out of sounds sourced way out in the woods—sticks and stones, quite literally. The process is best explained through the accompanying DVD, which offers a video for every track and doubles as an artful explanation of their M.O. The innovative process is plenty cool, but are the results a good listen? Hell, yeah—the memorable material ranges from goofy rap and folk-funk fun to poignant twilight ruminations. 8/10"
Rupert Bottenberg
Music Editor
Montreal Mirror
"Jug-band-hip-hop? Bluegrass electro? You might find yourself searching for new descriptives after hearing the debut by Montreal's The National Parcs, featuring three members of now-defunct nature-inspired electronica act Freeworm. Recorded in the wilderness (with the accompanying DVD to prove it), this disc is rife with new sounds - thumping along to Afro-Caribbean, hip-hop and techno-type rhythms, with spiritual-derived harmonies, bluesy turns, fast-talking raps and an infectious energy that makes you want to stomp your feet, clap your hands, and dance! Totally original, and thoroughly invigorating. Rating 4 1/2 Stars"
T'CHA DUNLEVY
Montreal Gazette
"Former members of the wacked-out Freeworm spin rhymes in English and French that boast soul choruses, Malian blues and Latin electro fixes. It's backpackerdeluxe brain beat with a pure party-action vibe. It works, and the live show is s'posed to be HOT."
Stuart Derdeyn
Vancouver Sun
"...the DVD’s direction is so stunning that if you didn’t already appreciate the songs by listening to them, you definitely will after seeing how they were recorded in the outdoors....Ultimately, whatever genre you try to peg Timbervision in is irrelevant; The National Parcs have taken the streets to the cedars, and given us the best of both worlds."
Kristina De Guzman
The Gateway | | Sounds Like | The three young men were born in the backwoods of Quebec, Malawi and B.C., but bred on Montreal streets buzzing with the noise of every nation on earth. For this groundbreaking CD/DVD album, they strip back down to basics, returning to their roots in the bush. The great outdoors becomes their studio, and their songs come alive with all-natural samples of wood splitting, sand slipping, paddles slapping, water dripping. Their cameras and microphones are trained on the trackless woods around them, but their ears have been trained on Grime and Hip Hop, Afrobeat and Baile Funk, American Spirituals and Malian Blues. The resulting Timbervision tracks are an invitation for the world to dance, starting with the half-remembered hum of our own backyards and smuggling in the best that the world has to offer. | | Record Label | Audiogram | | Type of Label | Indie |
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