that record does indeed sound great
― niels, Monday, 16 October 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
Yes, i'm surprised it doesn't get much publication.
― nostormo, Monday, 16 October 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
enthusiasm for them peaked with Light Up Gold, I think. I like em decently, they're good for 3-4 great songs per record, I but I find them frustratingly mediocre and, especially in Savage's case, totally lacking in self-awareness & a sense of humor. Still haven't listened to his solo record, will tonight. Encouraged by posts here.
― flappy bird, Monday, 16 October 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
I loved them live. Also I thought Monastic Living was grebt but admittedly I only listened to it once. Loud.
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:44 (six years ago) link
First take on this new one is that there's a thin line between good A. Savage and bad A. Savage, and he doesn't always know where it is, but the good stuff is pretty good.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:55 (six years ago) link
buried review at p4k today, still have to listen to this https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/a-savage-thawing-dawn/
― flappy bird, Monday, 23 October 2017 17:39 (six years ago) link
the linked track in that review is great
― Οὖτις, Monday, 23 October 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
AllMusic review of Milano by Daniele Luppi/Parquet Courts
― EvR, Sunday, 5 November 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
sounds p good to me, they sure have a recognizable style
― niels, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
i love the record with luppi. just 9 songs over half an hour but all of them great.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 17 November 2017 03:17 (six years ago) link
Great new song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Bka7yNyKA
― flappy bird, Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:01 (six years ago) link
Wide Awake! - May 18, 2018
01 Total Football02 Violence03 Before the Water Gets Too High04 Mardi Gras Beads05 Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience06 Freebird II07 Normalization08 Back to Earth09 Wide Awake10 NYC Observation11 Extinction12 Death Will Bring Change13 Tenderness
https://pitchfork.com/news/parquet-courts-announce-new-album-produced-by-danger-mouse-share-new-song-listen/?mbid=homepage-more-latest-and-video
― flappy bird, Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
love the cover too
http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/Parquet%20Courts%20Wide%20Awake%20Art.jpg
feeling optimistic about this one. my favorite PC songs are the rockers. they've had a pretty weak batting average per album but the songs I love but them I really love ("Borrowed Time" and "Everyday It Starts"). an album full of songs like that first single could make their best work yet.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 22 February 2018 18:08 (six years ago) link
that's a great double single but announce-new-album-produced-by-danger-mouse is one of my least favorite url's to feature the name of an artist I like - his productions are so lifeless and rounded... I guess maybe he's nice to work with
― niels, Thursday, 22 February 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link
v strong roxy music vibes on "pretty prizes" and i'm v here for it
i saw his walletout on the tablegrab on the way outif i am ablehe fancies new thingsfor his collectionbut they inspire in timelike his erection
― andrew m., Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:33 (six years ago) link
expire, not inspire
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:47 (six years ago) link
haha u right
― andrew m., Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:50 (six years ago) link
that's from the daniele luppi/parquet courts btw fyi
― andrew m., Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
Oooh love this. The production sounds like...every other Parquet Courts song.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 23 February 2018 02:11 (six years ago) link
saw them the other night and dug the addition of electric 12-string on several of the new songs. Also re: Roxy Music vibes A Savage was wearing a jacket with CPL593H on the back. Fun show, Austin chatted to the crowd for a while about The Crown.
― JoeStork, Friday, 23 February 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXS8Jpkiac
new video is really something
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 8 March 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
Awful song
― nostormo, Thursday, 8 March 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
I think vid makes it seem more awful than it is, harmless Talking Heads parody or whatever, with that dull dull Dangermouse production
but the video is some OK Go shit
maybe it'll get them some new fans
― niels, Saturday, 10 March 2018 20:06 (six years ago) link
Max Savage looks quite a lot like Nigel from Half Man Half Biscuit
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 10 March 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
Didn't watch the video, song is great tho imo. great bass playing. i'm just glad they're doing a totally uptempo record, human performance was zzzzzzz for the most part.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 10 March 2018 20:59 (six years ago) link
That video... These guys feel so uncool all of a sudden. And that's relevant/notable only because A. Savage seemed obsessed w/retaining "cred" in the wake of LUG.... It felt like they were constantly psyching themselves out. And now here they are.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 10 March 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
they were always painfully uncool imo, serious tryhards that never succeeded. they're a really awkward band. but they have some great songs.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 10 March 2018 21:54 (six years ago) link
“LUG” is one of my favorite albums of the decade... it felt almost visionary, like a perfectly realized thing. They’ve had some other songs I’ve really liked, but I’ve accepted the fact that that album was some kind of special deal.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 10 March 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
I think they’ve always been pretty inconsistent. I loved LUG but tbh there were always songs I felt like skipping. The hit to miss ratio has its ups and downs but I don’t think they’ve ever made the album that fully realizes the potential of their best songs.
― o. nate, Saturday, 10 March 2018 23:11 (six years ago) link
“Pretty Machines: The Very Best of Parquet Courts” (Rhino, 2025)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 10 March 2018 23:23 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Saturday, 10 March 2018 23:37 (six years ago) link
Donuts is the one song on LUG that’s maaayyybe skippable for me
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 10 March 2018 23:51 (six years ago) link
Side 2 of “LUG” is for the true headz (lol)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Sunday, 11 March 2018 00:09 (six years ago) link
Another later song I love is “Pathos Prairie.” Savage is such a gifted songwriter. Some of those Teenage Cool Kids tracks also knock me out. It’s like he has the ability to write & record these perfect indie-rock songs, but is afraid of turning into the Strokes or something, so he “roughs things up” a lot, with varying degrees of success.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Sunday, 11 March 2018 00:22 (six years ago) link
agree that it seems they're not going to top LUG anytime soon, but there's been good songs on all their records (side projects included) and they def have an instantly recognizable sound (that, in a way, probably comes down to the songwriting)
― niels, Sunday, 11 March 2018 10:32 (six years ago) link
After spending a short while with LUG when it was new, I remember thinking that in the future people would be saying it was their best or only good one. Just knew they wouldn't make another album in that style and fair enough really
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 11 March 2018 12:36 (six years ago) link
man I love Human Performance
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 March 2018 12:48 (six years ago) link
human performance is my favourite, LUG not far behind. sunbathing animal is a step down from both but still has a bunch of great songs
― Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 11 March 2018 15:33 (six years ago) link
Loved stoned and starving and everyday it starts but this new vibe is like some indie band synthesized in the adult swim laboratory or something
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Sunday, 11 March 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
Yes, that’s a perfect description...
And the fact that AS’s lyrics tend to be so stridently-yet-vaguely “oppositional” (or whatever) sort of increases the dissonance.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Sunday, 11 March 2018 18:07 (six years ago) link
Yeah, that new video and song are pretty atrocious.
― Yerac, Sunday, 11 March 2018 23:18 (six years ago) link
Oof...
https://youtu.be/yLzs8SWLRoA
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
"I can't believe I used to like these guys."
http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/repo-man-circle-jerks.jpg
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
such a weird direction to go
― niels, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
wish them all the best ofc
― niels, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
but can we just enjoy this once more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACj-F63GK_M
I thought this was a “shreds” video for a minute
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
Wow, they have kind of turned into that joke band from the tv show Love. (the one that plays theme songs to movies that never had theme songs).
― Yerac, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
i'm into the Ellen performance. why not you know? song is OK
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
not sure why they are promoting this song so hard but ppl on this thread need to clam down. the first song they released off the new record is outstanding so i'm not going to join ppl jumping off a bridge just yet
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link