By the time Parcels took the stage at the Kia Forum on what would become a rare, rainy Monday night in Inglewood, the crowd was already glowing. The floor inside the classic venue, one the Los Angeles Lakers used to call home, glistened with sequins as fans prepared to dance with one of Australia’s hottest contemporary sonic exports.
The five-piece, who’ve made a name for themselves by blending Byron Bay breeziness with Berlin cool, arrived in the U.S. days earlier to begin a domestic tour behind their lush new album Loved. For a band that’s spent the last decade-plus turning harmony into hypnosis, this show was a love letter to disco, L.A., and the timeless joy of a perfectly synced groove.
Few acts working today can make a cavernous arena feel like a cozy late-night jam, but that’s Parcels’ superpower. Their sound (think Beach Boys harmonies filtered through Daft Punk circuitry, with a splash of Bee Gees shimmer) turns big rooms intimate and rainy nights radiant.
Formed in 2014 and still anchored by the same five friends—Louie Swain (keys/vocals), Patrick Hetherington (guitar/keys/vocals), Noah Hill (bass/vocals), Anatole “Toto” Serret (drums), and Jules Crommelin (guitar/vocals)—Parcels has steadily built a reputation as the band that made disco human again. Their live shows, from Coachella to Red Rocks, walk the line between dance club and gospel tent revival.
After a slick opening set by The Lemon Twigs, Parcels took that aforementioned energy and magnified it, complete with cinematic cameras tracking them from backstage to the opening downbeat, giving the set a kind of live-album-meets-art-film flair.
The set opened with “Tobeloved”, the lights shifting from raincloud gray to electric gold as the first harmonies rose. It was pure Parcels: crisp, layered, and perfectly locked in. Then came “Ifyoucall” and the Daft Punk co-written “Overnight”, the track that launched them into global orbit in 2017 and also marked Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter‘s final production together before Daft Punk split in 2021. The band played it smoother than silk, trading smiles as the crowd sang every word.
By the time they eased into “Somethinggreater” and “Sorry”, the dancefloor felt like a confession booth, with souls washing themselves clean in syncopation. “Safeandsound” melted into “Gamesofluck”, all falsetto flirtation and bassline bliss.
Then the lights dimmed as Parcels crooned to “Summerinlove”. All the while, the big screens showed a surprise kiss cam floating through the crowd. Couples leaned in, and the whole venue seemed to sway with a single heartbeat.
After a short pause, the band sat cross-legged at the front of the stage, chatting earnestly with the audience. Hethering spoke about the energy he and his bandmates feel when they’re in the U.S., and how it fuels their music. Then, they slipped into “Leaveyourlove”, sung almost completely a cappella, with five voices weaving around each other in buttery unison. It was intimate, disarming, and utterly beautiful.
The spell broke with a jolt as “Thinkaboutit” reignited the groove, followed by an instrumental jam that built into something borderline euphoric. Drummer Toto Serret took a breath to marvel at the list of legends who’ve played the Forum, then dedicated the next song to D’Angelo, on the day the Grammy-winning R&B icon passed away.
That launched “Tieduprightnow”, their breakout single, which had the crowd singing and swaying all the way into an Elton John, “Benny and the Jets”-esque breakdown. “Once” slowed things down with a moment of soft reflection framed by hundreds of phone lights. But then came the emotional one-two punch of “IknowhowIfeel” and “Yougotmefeeling”, delivered back-to-back, rolling like a disco sermon before looping back into a surprise “Tobeloved” instrumental reprise that brought the house down.
Parcels — “Once” — 10/14/25
[Video: Lila]
Parcels reemerged to roaring applause for one last number, a fitting “Finallyover”. It started quietly, just Jules on guitar under a single spotlight, before blossoming into a full-band crescendo, the audience clapping in perfect rhythm. He thanked the band’s sound crew, as well as the crowd, for giving himself and his bandmates a good excuse to be in L.A.
And he wasn’t wrong. Even as the rain picked up outside, people lingered, unwilling to let go of that afterglow. It was the feeling of warmth in the middle of a storm, harmony cutting through the noise.
Parcels — “Finallyover” — 10/14/25
[Video: Lila]
From here, Parcels keep the tour rolling across North America with visits to Chicago (10/19), Toronto (10/21), New York (10/24), and Boston (10/25) en route to Hulaween in Live Oak, FL. They’ll wrap up the year with a run of homecoming shows in Australia, including two nights at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt in December. Find tickets here.
If their latest visit to L.A. proved anything, it’s that Parcels have transcended their influences. More than the heirs of disco, they’re the architects of its next chapter. Underneath the Forum’s roof, with the rain tapping out its own rhythm on the concrete outside, Parcels reminded everyone that—though Saturday Night Fever came out nearly 50 years ago—love, groove, and harmony have never gone out of style.
Check out a gallery of photos from Parcels at the Kia Forum courtesy of photographer Josh Martin.
Setlist: Parcels | Kia Forum | Inglewood, CA | 10/14/25
Set: Tobeloved, Ifyoucall, Overnight, Somethinggreater, Sorry, Safeandsound, Gamesofluck, Summerinlove, Leaveyourlove, Iwanttobeyourlightagain, Thinkaboutit, Tieduprightnow, Once, IknowhowIfeel, Yougotmefeeling
Encore: Finallyover
