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| 4.5 superb | juiceviaorange | October 23rd 21 |
After a few spins, I'm fairly sure this is my favorite Parquet Courts album. This is a move I pulled a lot say, ten years ago, but not anymore. I love PC, but this is doing a lot of things I've wanted from their albums and it's odd bends, melodic bends, and just frankly making me feel like I have er, the bends, is why I'm loving it so. That early 3.1 is bumming me out, but whatever, Sputnik will Sputnik.
2 Bumps | Bump |
| 2.7 average | Erwann S. STAFF | October 25th 21 |
kinda mid tbh bc they couldn't/wouldn't make the extra step to fully commit to their new aesthetic. it's a compromise both from a dancefloor pov as well as from the more raucous vibe Wide Awake had. dommage.
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| 2.5 average | aaronrkc | October 24th 21 |
Aside from a few tracks, this is a very tedious and unrewarding listen. I say this as a big fan of the band?s work both old
and recent, but I forgot they could get this boring (as they do on Monastic Living and Human Performance).
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| 4.0 excellent | reethyfrank | October 22nd 21 |
This album is the Sunbathing Animal to Wide Awake's Light Up Gold.
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| 3.0 good | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | October 22nd 21 |
Parquet Courts' cute album. I really like them branching out into a more minimalistic and minimal synth direction, emanating the old-school 70s and 80s post-punk, which is increasingly waning in popularity these days. Making this style work is difficult, as one can easily fall into pits of repetition and bore. Parquet Courts fall there quite often, despite the grower qualities of some of the tracks. All of the album is grower and I am uncertain how many chances do I need to give it to really be certain that all the hidden secrets are revealed.
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| 3.0 good | alexslavco | October 22nd 21 |
Typical grower of an album, might bump after more listens. Pulcinella is great closer though
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| 2.5 average | Marci | December 23rd 21 |
| 2.5 average | Khattak | December 22nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | encomium | December 17th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Corney | October 30th 21 |
| 3.0 good | iGuter | October 28th 21 |
| 3.0 good | bharry | October 26th 21 |
| 3.5 great | tom79 | October 26th 21 |
| 3.5 great | gijsr | October 22nd 21 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | October 22nd 21 |
| 2.0 poor | fdrc | October 22nd 21 |
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