Parquet Courts

Still rooted firmly in the unshackled exploration & bombastic playing of their earlier work, everything here is amplified in its lucidity & intent - The songs wander through threads of blurry brilliance, exhaustion & fury at the hilt of every note.

Following their quietly released 2011 debut 'American Specialties', 'Light Up Gold' caught the ears of everyone paying even a little bit of attention, garnering glowing reviews across the board for its weird colours & raw energy. 'Sunbathing Animal' is a sharper, harder follow up. Fleeting moments of bliss are also captured in its grooves & extended at length as if to preserve them. Pointed articulations of these ideas are heard as schizoid blues rants, shrill guitar leads, purposefully lengthy repetition & controlled explosions, reaching their peak on the blistering title track. "its energy & invention points to big things for Parquet Courts" 7/10 - dis, "free-ranging, stylistically sprawling album" - pitchfork.