The Red Crayola - Parable Of Arable Land

Experimental, chaotic, and unapologetically weird—Parable of Arable Land is the 1967 debut from The Red Crayola (originally Red Krayola), and it still sounds like it crash-landed from another planet. A true cornerstone of the psychedelic underground, this album defies genre and convention with gleeful abandon.

Tracks like “Hurricane Fighter Plane” and “War Sucks” blend jagged garage rock with spontaneous noise bursts from The Familiar Ugly, a collective of friends and artists armed with industrial tools and anything that made sound. It’s proto-punk meets performance art, with a touch of Texas acid.

Reissued for modern ears, this edition lets a new generation experience the brain-bending brilliance of a record that was too far out even for 1967. Essential for fans of the avant-garde and fearless sonic explorers.