actually maybe not that different
― mizzell, Friday, 10 May 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
hope y'all like my piece :)))))0
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Friday, 10 May 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
heh someone was playing this in a record shop i went into this evening, and i thought it was a feelies alb i somehow didn't know, until i asked and was enlightened
they need anton fier, tho
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 10 May 2013 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
New EP is good. A little more muscular.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 27 September 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
Is that "Tally All The Things You Broke"? Seems like I heard this all before.
― I'll take the jangle-jangle over the throb-throb (brg30), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
just bought it! i don't care if it's samey; i could listen to this sound forever.
― licorice om source (get bent), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 23:56 (ten years ago) link
"You've Got Me Wonderin Now" and "The More It Works" are both great.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 23:58 (ten years ago) link
On Jimmy Fallon tv show tonight
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 January 2014 15:34 (ten years ago) link
any idea what they'll be playing? stoned and starving i guess...
― arel, Thursday, 9 January 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
borrowed time ftw.
I can't tell if the long track on the new EP is awesome or garbage. Maybe it's awesome garbage.
― intimately bellowing (staggerlee), Thursday, 9 January 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
that's the one that sounds kinda like beck? it's okay. i decided i like the first two tracks a lot but i can take or leave the rest.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 9 January 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
playing here next weekend with destruction unit - weird match-up but i'm stoked
― the late great, Thursday, 9 January 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
they were so good last time i saw them live
both bands were good-to-meh
― the late great, Sunday, 19 January 2014 21:29 (ten years ago) link
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, September 26, 2013 7:00 PM
they were much louder and noisier at this show. more shouting, more punk. there was even a pit at this show. that might have been down to the venue.
― the late great, Sunday, 19 January 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
started with something slow, that i think was new. i thought it was painfully bad.
i have to admit i liked all of the old songs better than all of the new songs. they did a kind of motorik stretching-out of the ends of some of the old songs which was cool. i think it would be cool if they explored that direction a bit more.
― the late great, Sunday, 19 January 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
fuck, i love all thse records:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G78dxojn8I
― nurse with attitude (get bent), Monday, 2 June 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
wow never seen that Fall video before! did not know they worked with Clark that early.
― sleeve, Monday, 2 June 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
I just heard about em, so the bloom should be coming off shortly
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link
“The music we play, it’s kind of like a quaint relic,” Mr. Brown said. “I feel a responsibility to show them, look what we’re doing. I’m hammered drunk right now and having a blast, and I’m playing a guitar, and there are no laptops onstage. It makes me feel old.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/arts/music/parquet-courts-proudly-hews-to-tradition.html
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
Driving over to Memphis to see them tomorrow night.
Just gonna drop this here re: Stoned & Starving because it's the very first thing that came to my mind upon hearing and I haven't seen it referenced yet either in interviews or on the mixtapes of likes/influences the band has made avail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma0gZAgIkfw
― andrew m., Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
nice track
― skip, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
Fave part of the new album is the guitar solo on "Ducking & Dodging."
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
They really like to stay on one chord for a long time.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
that makes me even more excited for this release
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
"Raw Milk" chorus is not just a Sonic Youth homage but a Dirty-era Lee Ranaldo Sonic Youth homage.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
i had a similar thought (tho less specific than your thought)
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
It's like exactly halfway between "Theresa's Sound World" and "Sugar Kane."
I do like this band btw, if my tone was unclear.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
"instant disassembly" reminds me of stoner-cowboy '70s dylan. it's a good look.
― nurse with attitude (get bent), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 22:07 (nine years ago) link
here's what i say about "duckin and dodgin" in my review, which will be up this week:
“Duckin and Dodgin,” which appears late in the album, is a dark horse: it’s the one people may forget about since it’s immediately after “Instant Disassembly.” The structure of the spoken-word meter has shades of Sonic Youth’s beatnik-cum-tribal “Making the Nature Scene” but has more spiritual connectivity with John Doe’s barkier moments with X. Parquet Courts’ biggest musical signifier, as diverse as the sounds can be, is first-generation punk, and that’s what “Duckin and Dodgin” gives us — the speed and lean build of those early UK singles, triple-filtered through someone’s memories of Dylan busting through pop culture and language conventions in the haze of an amphetamine binge.
― nurse with attitude (get bent), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 22:09 (nine years ago) link
i agree with pitchfork.the new one is so much better than the previous which i didn't care about really.
― nostormo, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 10:39 (nine years ago) link
fuuuuuck this album is so good. gonna be listening to this all summer
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:17 (nine years ago) link
yeah i'm digging this
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
So far I think I like "Light Up Gold" more, it was a little songier and more of a pleasant surprise, but the new one could grow on me. I really like the lyrics.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
new one sounds pretty good but the idea that it's much better than the first is o_O
― alpine static, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I dunno, I'm not feeling the new one as much.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
"ducking & dodging" is what i assume all hold steady songs sound like.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
Ha ha NOPE
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:35 (nine years ago) link
only 1+ listens but i'm impressed at how different it is from the first album. definitely a gear i wasn't sure they had.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
Man that Chrisma song andrew m. posted is absolutely killer - thanks for that! Got it on repeat!
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 5 June 2014 11:00 (nine years ago) link
Ok this new one is pretty boring. Couple of winners, but not enough hooks!
― famous instagram God (waterface), Thursday, 5 June 2014 13:13 (nine years ago) link
yuppp
I stan hard for both the Modern Lovers and Pavement -- the most obvious reference points here imo -- and this has all their signifiers but none of their charm.
― franklin, Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
On first listen, I don't like this as much as the previous album or EP. Will give it a chance though.
― o. nate, Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, June 4, 2014 7:17 AM (4 weeks ago)
― Pew Nornographers (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 July 2014 05:30 (nine years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/15777-parquet-courts-sunbathing-animal-review
― 3kDk (dog latin), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
This is my fave album of the year. I certainly don't think it's a bad facsimile of Pavement. I mean I hear a lot of bands in their sound and it doesn't detract from my enjoyment. You seem to be hung up on originality all the time which probably isn't the best attitude when reviewing a rock album in the '10s. There's some great lyrics on this record as well but you make no mention of that.
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Thursday, 17 July 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
This record reminds me a lot more of Swell Maps than Pavement. "Instant Disassembly" is an instant classic but I kinda miss the tunefulness of the first LP and EP a lot of the time. It feels like a record that was written on tour - don't know if it was. It's got that road-weary vibe and the emphasis on stuff that would translate well on stage. Feel like they were aiming a lot more for one specific mode that on previous releases.
― o. nate, Thursday, 17 July 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
I think the tunes are stronger on this one tbh.
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Thursday, 17 July 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
Huh- apparently it was written on tour:
Vocalist and guitarist Austin Brown stated, "We had to kind of squeeze recording in between long runs of touring; whenever we had a couple of weeks off, we’d try to arrange a few days in the studio."... Many of the album's lyrics were written whilst on tour in support of Light Up Gold.
I swear I hadn't read that before posting.
― o. nate, Thursday, 17 July 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
Sorry meant to post the link too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbathing_Animal
― o. nate, Thursday, 17 July 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link