Parting Lines

Southern California duo Parting Lines is the new project of Tim Ramsey and Trevor Beld Jimenez, longtime members of the bygone Los Angeles folk-rock outfit, Tall Tales and the Silver Lining, and sidemen to bands Vetiver, Little Wings, and DIOS. Their debut LP, “See You On The Other Side”, was released on August 31, 2018 on Night Bloom Records.


Written by Beld Jimenez and recorded and produced by Ramsey in his basement studio on a hill overlooking the Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park, “See You On The Other Side” is an existential pop record dealing with everything from feeling displaced in the consumer culture (the hypnotic loop of "Caught On the Outside"), true love (the tender musings of "Under Your Spell"), confronting a childhood trauma (the anthemic "Black Tint Sunset”) and turning to love in the face of the end of the world (“Climb”).


Though nods to Petty and Springsteen can be heard, there are also more oblique influences including the guitar stylings of Lindsey Buckingham.


With “See You On The Other Side”, Beld Jimenez and Ramsey don’t try to reinvent the rock n' roll wheel, but rather remind the listener of the power of strong melodies, a shared language, and a few simple chords.