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Parquet Courts – Human Performance (CD)

$ 19.95
$ 19.95
Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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Andrew Savage and Austin Brown formed Parquet Courts in Denton, Texas before relocating to New York, bringing a literary restlessness to their songwriting that sets them apart from most of their contemporaries. Human Performance arrived after a remarkably prolific stretch that included multiple releases in a single year, and the relative patience behind this one shows; the band had clearly been sitting with these songs, letting them breathe and bruise.

Their third album, Human Performance, establishes Parquet Courts as simply one of the best rock bands active in the world right now, no qualifiers needed. Not “in Brooklyn,” not “something-something millennial,” not “art-rock this” or “slacker indie that” - but a brilliant, accomplished rock band that have established themselves as deserving a role in the historical legacy of the genre alongside the likes of The Velvet Underground, REM, Sonic Youth, and (okay, fine) Pavement. The LP – their masterpiece - brings together the tunefulness, wit, and guitar wizardry that earned them a crush of critical praise & excitable fans right out of the gate, with a deeply human sense of drive, of yearning, and of wisdom earned. At times nearly overwhelming in its emotional density, at others astonishing with sheer sonic deftness, Human Performance is a rare achievement: breathtaking and brilliant.

Tracklist
1. Dust (3:57)
2. Human Performance (4:15)
3. Outside (1:44)
4. I Was Just Here (1:48)
5. Paraphrased (3:01)
6. Captive Of The Sun (2:04)
7. Steady On My Mind (3:38)
8. One Man No City (6:24)
9. Berlin Got Blurry (3:26)
10. Keep It Even (2:47)
11. Two Dead Cops (3:05)
12. Pathos Prairie (2:51)
13. It's Gonna Happen (3:20)

UPC: 883870081023
Label: Rough Trade Us
Release Date: 4.8.16
Format: CD