diff --git a/lib/music_library/records/parser.ex b/lib/music_library/records/parser.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..389e8008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/music_library/records/parser.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+defmodule MusicLibrary.Records.Parser do
+  alias MusicLibrary.Records.Record
+
+  def from_entry_contents(entry_contents) do
+    with {:ok, meta, _body} <- FrontMatter.parse(entry_contents) do
+      {:ok,
+       %Record{
+         type: parse_subtype(meta["subType"]),
+         musicbrainz_id: meta["id"],
+         title: meta["title"],
+         year: meta["year"],
+         image: meta["image"],
+         genres: meta["genres"]
+       }}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp parse_subtype("Album"), do: :album
+  defp parse_subtype("ep"), do: :ep
+  defp parse_subtype("Live"), do: :live
+  defp parse_subtype("Compilation"), do: :compilation
+  defp parse_subtype("Single"), do: :single
+  defp parse_subtype(_), do: :other
+end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 56dfbc8c..58008df8 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ defmodule MusicLibrary.MixProject do
       {:ecto_sqlite3, ">= 0.0.0"},
       {:phoenix_html, "~> 4.1"},
       {:phoenix_live_reload, "~> 1.2", only: :dev},
+      {:front_matter, "~> 1.0"},
       # TODO bump on release to {:phoenix_live_view, "~> 1.0.0"},
       {:phoenix_live_view, "~> 1.0.0-rc.1", override: true},
       {:floki, ">= 0.30.0", only: :test},
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index b1984909..8093efa1 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   "exqlite": {:hex, :exqlite, "0.23.0", "6e851c937a033299d0784994c66da24845415072adbc455a337e20087bce9033", [:make, :mix], [{:cc_precompiler, "~> 0.1", [hex: :cc_precompiler, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:db_connection, "~> 2.1", [hex: :db_connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:elixir_make, "~> 0.8", [hex: :elixir_make, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:table, "~> 0.1.0", [hex: :table, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm", "404341cceec5e6466aaed160cf0b58be2019b60af82588c215e1224ebd3ec831"},
   "file_system": {:hex, :file_system, "1.0.1", "79e8ceaddb0416f8b8cd02a0127bdbababe7bf4a23d2a395b983c1f8b3f73edd", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "4414d1f38863ddf9120720cd976fce5bdde8e91d8283353f0e31850fa89feb9e"},
   "floki": {:hex, :floki, "0.36.2", "a7da0193538c93f937714a6704369711998a51a6164a222d710ebd54020aa7a3", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "a8766c0bc92f074e5cb36c4f9961982eda84c5d2b8e979ca67f5c268ec8ed580"},
+  "front_matter": {:hex, :front_matter, "1.0.1", "caca2cb16336e1d82ca5c5e9d94f88fd6d4ce84c1f05253e76d357650d4c46a9", [:mix], [{:yaml_elixir, "~> 2.5.0", [hex: :yaml_elixir, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "1c4daa17c071b245e3706795b98814392fe0ce6bbbfb7c6543be63db86a4e953"},
   "gettext": {:hex, :gettext, "0.26.1", "38e14ea5dcf962d1fc9f361b63ea07c0ce715a8ef1f9e82d3dfb8e67e0416715", [:mix], [{:expo, "~> 0.5.1 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :expo, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "01ce56f188b9dc28780a52783d6529ad2bc7124f9744e571e1ee4ea88bf08734"},
   "heroicons": {:git, "https://github.com/tailwindlabs/heroicons.git", "88ab3a0d790e6a47404cba02800a6b25d2afae50", [tag: "v2.1.1", sparse: "optimized", depth: 1]},
   "hpax": {:hex, :hpax, "1.0.0", "28dcf54509fe2152a3d040e4e3df5b265dcb6cb532029ecbacf4ce52caea3fd2", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "7f1314731d711e2ca5fdc7fd361296593fc2542570b3105595bb0bc6d0fad601"},
@@ -36,4 +37,6 @@
   "thousand_island": {:hex, :thousand_island, "1.3.5", "6022b6338f1635b3d32406ff98d68b843ba73b3aa95cfc27154223244f3a6ca5", [:mix], [{:telemetry, "~> 0.4 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "2be6954916fdfe4756af3239fb6b6d75d0b8063b5df03ba76fd8a4c87849e180"},
   "websock": {:hex, :websock, "0.5.3", "2f69a6ebe810328555b6fe5c831a851f485e303a7c8ce6c5f675abeb20ebdadc", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "6105453d7fac22c712ad66fab1d45abdf049868f253cf719b625151460b8b453"},
   "websock_adapter": {:hex, :websock_adapter, "0.5.7", "65fa74042530064ef0570b75b43f5c49bb8b235d6515671b3d250022cb8a1f9e", [:mix], [{:bandit, ">= 0.6.0", [hex: :bandit, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:plug, "~> 1.14", [hex: :plug, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:plug_cowboy, "~> 2.6", [hex: :plug_cowboy, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:websock, "~> 0.5", [hex: :websock, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "d0f478ee64deddfec64b800673fd6e0c8888b079d9f3444dd96d2a98383bdbd1"},
+  "yamerl": {:hex, :yamerl, "0.10.0", "4ff81fee2f1f6a46f1700c0d880b24d193ddb74bd14ef42cb0bcf46e81ef2f8e", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "346adb2963f1051dc837a2364e4acf6eb7d80097c0f53cbdc3046ec8ec4b4e6e"},
+  "yaml_elixir": {:hex, :yaml_elixir, "2.5.0", "45de762be6d75fa5a8b5f44ddff8c30f64c26526eab5b1d72e36d616007b7796", [:mix], [{:yamerl, "~> 0.7", [hex: :yamerl, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "80fe4e43f05582f2a90f2dcd73fc6171fbd65f2e6836f71fe4ce2154ef358c36"},
 }
diff --git a/test/music_library/records/parser_test.exs b/test/music_library/records/parser_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66df826b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/music_library/records/parser_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+defmodule MusicLibrary.Records.ParserTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+  alias MusicLibrary.Records.{Parser, Record}
+
+  @obsidian_entry_path Path.expand("../../support/fixtures/marillion-marbles.md", __DIR__)
+
+  test "parses the content of the Obsidian album entry" do
+    entry_contents = File.read!(@obsidian_entry_path)
+
+    assert Parser.from_entry_contents(entry_contents) ==
+             {:ok,
+              %Record{
+                type: :album,
+                musicbrainz_id: "20790e26-98e4-3ad3-a67f-b674758b942d",
+                title: "Marbles",
+                year: 2004,
+                image:
+                  "https://coverartarchive.org/release-group/20790e26-98e4-3ad3-a67f-b674758b942d/front",
+                genres: [
+                  "alternative rock",
+                  "art rock",
+                  "baroque pop",
+                  "pop rock",
+                  "progressive rock",
+                  "psychedelic pop",
+                  "rock"
+                ]
+              }}
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/music_library/records_test.exs b/test/music_library/records_test.exs
index 38a86bc7..f475bac3 100644
--- a/test/music_library/records_test.exs
+++ b/test/music_library/records_test.exs
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@ defmodule MusicLibrary.RecordsTest do
 
     import MusicLibrary.RecordsFixtures
 
-    @invalid_attrs %{type: nil, title: nil, image: nil, year: nil, musicbrainz_id: nil, genres: nil}
+    @invalid_attrs %{
+      type: nil,
+      title: nil,
+      image: nil,
+      year: nil,
+      musicbrainz_id: nil,
+      genres: nil
+    }
 
     test "list_records/0 returns all records" do
       record = record_fixture()
@@ -21,7 +28,14 @@ defmodule MusicLibrary.RecordsTest do
     end
 
     test "create_record/1 with valid data creates a record" do
-      valid_attrs = %{type: :album, title: "some title", image: "some image", year: 42, musicbrainz_id: "7488a646-e31f-11e4-aace-600308960662", genres: ["option1", "option2"]}
+      valid_attrs = %{
+        type: :album,
+        title: "some title",
+        image: "some image",
+        year: 42,
+        musicbrainz_id: "7488a646-e31f-11e4-aace-600308960662",
+        genres: ["option1", "option2"]
+      }
 
       assert {:ok, %Record{} = record} = Records.create_record(valid_attrs)
       assert record.type == :album
@@ -38,7 +52,15 @@ defmodule MusicLibrary.RecordsTest do
 
     test "update_record/2 with valid data updates the record" do
       record = record_fixture()
-      update_attrs = %{type: :ep, title: "some updated title", image: "some updated image", year: 43, musicbrainz_id: "7488a646-e31f-11e4-aace-600308960668", genres: ["option1"]}
+
+      update_attrs = %{
+        type: :ep,
+        title: "some updated title",
+        image: "some updated image",
+        year: 43,
+        musicbrainz_id: "7488a646-e31f-11e4-aace-600308960668",
+        genres: ["option1"]
+      }
 
       assert {:ok, %Record{} = record} = Records.update_record(record, update_attrs)
       assert record.type == :ep
diff --git a/test/support/fixtures/marillion-marbles.md b/test/support/fixtures/marillion-marbles.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f935f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/support/fixtures/marillion-marbles.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+type: musicRelease
+subType: Album
+title: Marbles
+englishTitle: Marbles
+year: 2004
+dataSource: MusicBrainz API
+url: https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/20790e26-98e4-3ad3-a67f-b674758b942d
+id: 20790e26-98e4-3ad3-a67f-b674758b942d
+genres:
+  - alternative rock
+  - art rock
+  - baroque pop
+  - pop rock
+  - progressive rock
+  - psychedelic pop
+  - rock
+artists:
+  - Marillion
+image: https://coverartarchive.org/release-group/20790e26-98e4-3ad3-a67f-b674758b942d/front
+rating: 8.8
+personalRating: 0
+tags:
+  - mediaDB/music/Album
+---