Music is a very real barometer to
our true nature. You can’t write
music if you have never heard any.
More then that, great musicians take things from experiences, environment,
and culture. Every musician takes
what they were given and disassembles it, reassembles it, and uses the parts to
build something new. The final
product should resemble the musicians themselves, even if the musician might
not recognize it. Parquet Courts
seem like cool guys. I never met
them, but from what I read they seem to share this idea of music with me.
For a punk album it is surprisingly
personal and sincere. Topics like,
getting drunk, being hungry, and living in New York are side by side with songs
concerning writers block, living up to your own expectations, and mortality, a
slightly heavier set of topics then your average post-punk song. Take the song “Borrowed Time” which
talks about the fleeting nature of…well a lot of things. The lyrics itself would be just at home
at a poetry reading because their emotional weight as they are in this song.
The music that surrounds these
lyrics is fantastic as well. A
great mixture of different punk and post punk elements fill this album. “Donuts Only” is only a minute and a
half and feels almost like a punk prayer while “Stoned and Starving” plays a
bit more like a Pavement song and clocks in at over 5 minutes. They are especially great at catchy
guitar hooks, which combined with these great lyrics is a deadly combination. “Master of My Craft,” the opening track
showcases their knack for the hook pretty well.
“Music scene is crazy, bands start
up, each and every day.” However,
these guys certainly stick out from the other bands clearly influenced by,
Pavement/Sonic Youth/other bands by adding a bunch of clearly new ingredients
to the recipe. I’m looking forward
to seeing what these guys do next.
Until then I’ll just play this album again. You can get the album here. Also their website!!!
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