Parquet Courts Human Performance 11/22/10 from stripped down acoustic folk

from stripped down acoustic folk

through Williams evocative

Blue Cheer were the loudest

this quartet stands out for its left-of-center approach

Parquet Courts Human Performance 11/22/10 from stripped down acoustic folkAfter 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.