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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, June 27-30, 2020 B-3 The Park Record Utah-based band finds its folk-influenced pop sound A B O V E I T A L L O N M A I N S T R E E T. PHOTO BY MCKENNA CHATTERLEY The National Parks, which formed in Provo in 2013, is currently on a sold-out tour of the Intermountain West, and will stop in Midway on Tuesday. Park City firmly in the heart of Provo’s The National Parks SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Brady Parks and his wife Megan Parks have a special connection to Park City. The respective guitarist/vocalist and violinist for the National Parks, a folk-influenced independent pop band, got engaged at Hotel Park City in the early 2010s. “I wrote a song and played it for Megan on the hotel’s grand piano as part of the proposal,” Parks said. “I would love to come back to play somewhere in Park City again.” As of now, however, the Provo-based group, which has become a national act in the past three years, is currently on a tour of the Intermountain West as dictated by COVID-19 protocols. And the closest gig to Park City is a sold-out appearance on Tuesday in a backyard in Midway. “Since all the tours and festival bookings have been postponed, we brainstormed about how we could still play our music and support our new record that was coming out,” Parks said. “We came up with his idea of doing little acoustic and intimate campfire shows in people’s backyards. We offer 40 tickets to make sure we stay within the 50-person gathering size and allow for social distancing.” The new album Parks referred to is “Wildflower,” the band’s fourth, which was released on June 19. Parks said “Wildflower” is another step in the band’s musical evolution. “Our first albums are really on the folk side of the spectrum, while the album ‘Places’ that came out a couple of years ago is more an indie-pop album,” he said. “Places” also featured Caleb Chapman, director of Caleb Chapman’s Soundhouse music school, who played saxophone on a couple of tracks. Chapman is a Grammy-nominated music producer who works closely with Chris Taylor, Park City High School’s director of bands. “Caleb is a great friend, and we were able to get him to play a few songs on ‘Places,’” Parks said. When The National Parks entered the studio to record “Wildflower,” the band members knew what kind of album they wanted to make. “We took our time and worked to find the sound, and we didn’t just settle for something we didn’t like,” Parks said. “In that regard we’ve been able to push ourselves through the playing and the songwriting.” Parks says songwriting, while cathartic, needs to tap into his emotions. “I feel if I’m not feeling something as I write a song, how can I expect others to connect to it as well?” he said. “So, I allow myself to go as deep as I can, because I have to in order to get that emotion.” Sometimes revealing too much of his personal life in the songs makes Parks uneasy. “It can be a little intimidating to know I’m pretty much an open book, so I tend to hide behind metaphors,” he said. “Nature is a 540 MAIN MA N STREET, TR EE HI TREE HISTORIC IC OLD LD TOWN WN PARK AR CI CITY COURTESY OF PRESS HERE Friday, June 26, 6:00-9:00 | Robyn Kemp Saturday, June 27, 6:00-9:00 | Dan Weldon Sunday, June 28, 3:00-6:00 | Matt Frey Sunday, June 28, 6:30-9:30 | Scott Foster “Wildflower,” which was released on June 19, is the fourth album by The National Parks. For information about The National Parks, visit thenationalparksband. com. big metaphor that I use to dress up the things I go through.” When it comes to the music, Parks looks to his bandmates who include his wife Megan, keyboardist Sydney Macfarlane and drummer Cam Brannelly. “It’s been great to be in a group with all of these incredible musicians,” he said. “They lift me up, because I constantly try to up my game to reach their level.” The National Parks’ origin story starts in 2011 at Brigham Young University where Parks met Macfarlane. “We just started jamming,” Park said. By 2013, the group settled on the current lineup, and quickly became a staple in the Provo music scene that launched the careers of bands such as Imagine Dragons, Neon Trees and The Used. “Provo is a melting pot of a lot of talent, and it is cool to be part of that scene and have those types of artists to look up to,” Parks said. 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Harrison is his 8-year-old son, who, with occasional assistance, has been doing crosswords for more than a year. The jokes in this puzzle’s theme are a collaboration between the two. Byron spearheaded the fill — although the top right and lower left corners are completely Harrison’s. The two wrote the clues together. — W.S. AC R O S S 1 Fancy water pitcher 7 Cranks (out) 13 Iranian president Rouhani 19 National park near Bar Harbor 20 Shoulder-supported launcher 22 Go against 23 Put in another light 24 What do you get when you cross 26-Across with a 5-Down? 26 A group of them may be called a memory 28 Bestow 29 Not down so much? 30 Item that can be blown or thrown 31 Coastal-environment simulator at an aquarium 34 Onesie protector 36 Some Instagram-feed posts 37 Pool unit 38 Tokyo-to-Iwo Jima dir. 39 Iraqi currency 41 Symbols of watchfulness 46 Krispy ____ 49 Musical tone below A 53 Rock climber’s tool 54 Neighbors of Saudis 56 ‘‘Cheese’’ products? Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more than 4,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). 57 What do you get when you cross 63-Across with a 45-Down? 61 Jungian feminine side 62 Not natural, say 63 Coop group 64 Dazed and confused 66 Went (against) 68 Caper 69 London theater district 72 Flatbread often garnished with rosemary 77 Creatures that can have two sets of jaws and teeth 81 Kind of squash 82 What do you get when you cross 77-Across with a 40-Down? 85 Begin dozing 87 Dandelion look-alike 88 Congregate to rest 89 Fill with love 90 ____ Malfoy, Harry Potter antagonist 91 Logs on to, say 94 Criticizes harshly 96 Tirana’s country: Abbr. 98 Cabinet inits. since 1980 99 Abe Lincoln’s youngest son 102 ____ de los Muertos 103 Napoleonic symbol 106 ‘‘If all ____ fails . . . ’’ 110 Confess 112 Got to work 114 ‘‘____ in the Garden’’ (Robert Frost poem) 116 What do you get when you cross 114-Across with a 93-Down? 120 ____ 101, world’s tallest building before the Burj Khalifa 121 Sporty Chevy 122 Picked (up) 123 Shaping wood using a curved blade 124 Get short with 125 Coldly determined 126 Direct 16 Gandhi of contemporary Indian politics 17 Queried 18 They might take a few swallows 21Along with 25 Geographical locale whose name means ‘‘waterless place’’ 27 Back of the neck 32 ‘‘For shame!’’ 33 Make bubbly 35 Rice variety 37 Lex Luthor’s sister 39 Classroom assignment 40 What’s known for its DOWN poker face? 1 Wasn’t indifferent 41 Take in the newspaper 2 D.C.-to-Boston 42 ____ Stix transport 43 Suffix with launder 3 Nonvenomous, fast44 Department stores moving snake since 1901 4 Get accustomed (to) 45 Ika, at a sushi bar 5 School group 47 Ireland, poetically 6 Erode 48 Some lapel 7 ‘‘CSI’’ broadcaster attachments 8 Spots on ships for 50 First letter of the anchor cables Arabic alphabet 9 Weapon used by the 51 Do, ____, fa . . . Terminator 52 Exam for 10 CD-____ collegebound H.S. students 11 Aurelius, for Lucius Aurelius Commodus 55 ‘‘Mad Men’’ channel 12 Burrowing lizard 58 Pest-control brand 13 Spicy appetizer founded by Lee Ratner (!) in the 14 When National Beer 1950s Day is celebrated: Abbr. 59 ____ Island 15 Tater 60 Sega mascot 19 20 23 24 26 28 31 32 37 42 43 45 53 54 57 58 62 63 66 69 70 34 46 47 48 56 60 89 73 74 75 94 83 84 87 88 124 65 Home to Natural Bridges National Monument 67 1,000% 68 Ghana’s capital 69 Lessen in power 70 Business class, for short 71 Pop 72 ‘‘Never ____!’’ 73 Prefix with -gon 74 M.R.I. alternative 75 Cactus bump 91 95 96 102 121 65 76 90 116 61 68 86 111 49 55 72 101 36 40 64 82 100 35 39 59 71 85 110 33 67 81 99 29 38 44 22 25 27 30 41 21 103 112 97 104 92 93 98 105 113 114 117 118 119 122 115 120 123 125 76 Org. with a classified budget 78 Many stars have big ones 79 ____-majesté 80 Concordes et al. 83 Some HDTVs 84 Father of the Amazons, in Greek myth 86 ‘‘Sorry, Charlie’’ 92 ‘‘Moonstruck’’ Oscar winner 126 93 Smallest of the big cats 106 ‘‘My Fair Lady’’ protagonist 95 Home to the Hana Highway 107 Fatty acid, e.g. 97 Touchingly? 109 Endorse online 99 Soothing powders 111 Striking sound 108 ‘‘____ evil’’ 100 Flighty? 113 Big name in vitamins 101 Strongly held beliefs 115 Lessen in power 103 Weather-forecast 117 Singing syllable figures 118 16th letter 104 Inception 105 Hen 119 Palindromic preposition |