Can we talk about how awesome Parquet Courts are?

I found that Pfork review totally baffling

i thought it was great but mike powell's one of my fav music writers

I'm finding Savage's vocals sort of unbearable at this point.

I listened to half of that p4k concert yesterday afternoon, all new songs I think, sounded good.

show last night was great. the best i have seen them, afaicr. they were very on, lots of energy, seemed to be enjoying themselves. the new songs sounded very good, total football was an explosive opener. even inspired the always-embarrassing indie mosh. fuck tom brady was unexpectedly well received (in boston). interesting setlist overall, mostly stayed away from the singles from previous records but they are still playing master of my craft>borrowed time and light up gold ii, god bless them. we got a very loud, extended jam, audience participation version of wide awake which even to me sounds horrible as i type it but was honestly incredible, like they were leaning in to the ridiculousness of it. minor quibble would be that they biased the sound towards the loud songs so those really popped but the more midtempo stuff lost something. even so, i think austin's songs are always a bit more convincing live, and mardi gras beads was a highlight.

anyway, highly recommended. so glad i went, as i had been on the fence and in the end only really decided to go because of the support (goat girl - also terrific)

that's good to hear about borrowed time & show overall, would def see them again

Can't believe all the hate upthread for Wide Awake -- I think it's their best album since LUG.

At least each of the other intervening LPs had one or two great songs that I would put on a playlist or something. They’ve completely lost me here.

Even the all-offending title track isn't that bad

Unofficial anthem of World Cup '18

FUCK TOM BRADY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP9l9HBJ1o0

panini design in the video is a delight

so, how awesome are they?

That is one of the best lyrics video I’ve seen in my life.

SUAC!

(That's "Stands up and claps" which probably doesn't exist but hey)

So I cooled hugely on this band when I heard Sunbathing Animal... BUT this album is really really really good fun.

Do people hate the title track? It's a highlight for me

Mardi Gras Beads = Range Life. Not my favourite on the record. But as a whole, the record has this cut-up chocolate box selection vibe that kind of reminds me of Check Your Head for some reason

the Wide Awake song grew on me, still find the Dangermouse production useless and off-putting - just adds low end, rounds the bass, softens everything, a slightly weaker version

no doubt this will be fun live

wide awake (the song) has grown on me too

I like all their albums bar "human performance" which was kinda dreary - "Berlin got blurry" is a good track from it though

It was the song that stood out when I first heard it, but then I'm very susceptible to tracks where bands deviate wildly from their usual style, and also lightweight whiteboy new wave funk, so

Wide Awake the song is pretty inoffensive, was never getting the 'worst song ever' vibes as mentioned upthread. The video seemed to be the most annoying element (didn't bother me)

i mean, it's hilarious and tongue-in-cheek and self-deprecating and manages to self-consciously out-do LCD Soundsystem at their own game in just a couple of minutes, so for me it's win/win

i can see how people would hate it for those exact reasons but if i wanted to hear more Pavement nostalgia I'd reach for Sparkle Hard

That's the thing -- LCD needs to go away, not get outdone.

i'm not even a big fan of LCD - can take or leave them, but it's a jam and it would fit right into a mix between the Rapture and Lescop

Specifically:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HP04nfUi4g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njpw2PVb1c0

also makes for light relief about 3/4s into the album

new album is A+

i think i missed one but this is their best album

their name probably put me off back when it came out, but man, this debut LP is incredible

Are you speaking of Light Up Gold, or American Specialties (their actual debut, but hard to imagine it considered incredible)?

oh, hmmm (checks spotify) — “light up gold/tally”

👍

debut LP indeed a little wonder

"caster of worthless spells" is an amazing alien lanes-era GBV song

listen to the new one

counterpoint: stop at “Light Up Gold”

2ounterpoint: listen to Light Up Gold, Sunbathing Animal, Content Nausea

New one is so much better than Human Performance.

The new album is great and all of their albums are worth listening to.

Light Up/Tally

One disc is all great, one is halfhalf. Trouble being, the 'wrong' one would get random play in the car and would get ej.

The new one, still getting the "Wow who is this? Oh yeah, of course"

I drank right from your tears of plenty and
I exchanged all the gifts you sent me
Dreary beats over fast rapped verses
Leaked through windows in hatchback hearses

The new one is my favorite record of the year, by a pretty wide margin.

its perfect

yeah ok I need to listen to it

The one that finally brought me around to them after several false starts.

#2 ou #3 for me, beaten only by Camp Cope and maybe Graveyard

saw their show recently & it was really fun

Just went back to revisit to Light Up Gold, and I was thinking that I actually like their new album better... that maybe my tastes have matured along with the band.
Then "Stoned and Starving" came on, and I had that "oh, yeah" moment.

Anyway, glad to see Wide Awake getting some love on this thread after a rocky start.

Wow! What are you guys hearing in this record?