Parquet Courts Human Performance art print Beautiful melodies and fragrant accompaniment

Beautiful melodies and fragrant accompaniment

the album feels like both a continuation of past work and a fresh start

Gil Coggins (piano)

includes Murray Hill Fall 1978 Catalogue

Stormtrooper

Parquet Courts Human Performance art print Beautiful melodies and fragrant accompanimentAfter getting a bunch of weirdness out of their system on the Monastic Living EP, Parquet Courts return with their most focused album to date. Human Performance finds the band at its songwriting peak: almost every song is catchy and tight enough to be a single. Kicking off the album with the driving, droney "Dust" sets the tone right away, with its clean production and punchy rhythm section pounding the chorus directly into the brains of listeners.