Parkay Quarts Content Nausea Review
Earlier this year, Parquet
Courts released their second album Sunbathing
Animal and now they have announced another LP entitled Content Nausea and its coming out under the name Parkay Quarts. Content Nausea is definitely different to the bands previous
release, it’s still a basic, stripped down album but there are some added
surprises the like of which we haven’t heard from the band thus far.
Content Nausea is
a blend of raw, beautifully simple, energetic riff based songs which is what Parquet
Courts are all about. Title track ‘Content Nausea’ is a three minute two chord
thrash where vocalist Andrew Savage rants sarcastically about modern life and
celebs over scuzzy guitars, “Ignore this part it’s an advertisement, these
people are famous I trust them”.
The album is also split by three interludes
which is something the band haven’t had before on previous albums, these
interludes split the album in to three different styles which suggests that the
band are experimenting more with their music, however adding these interludes
isn’t breaking any new ground.
Despite this, the album does have some stand out tracks, for
example ‘Slide Machine’, ‘Pretty Machines’ and ‘Uncast Shadow of an Urban Myth’.
These stand out in particular because they are extremely evocative not only
musically but lyrically, and these songs could even take on a life of their
own. ‘Pretty Machines’ is a nod to The Velvet Underground’s ‘Sweet Jane’. It’s
a very simple pop inspired melody but it also contains a brass section
previously unused by the band which has added a new texture to the music.
‘Uncast Shadow of an Urban Myth’ is beautifully simple. It has a slow pace and
Savage’s subtle, emotional vocals create a unique atmospheric feel and it’s a
great end to the record because it leaves the listener with questions to ask.
‘Content Nausea’ has the feel of an album that has been made
with no sense of direction, from this album it’s difficult to know where
Parquet Courts or Parkay Quarts will go next or maybe that’s the whole purpose
of this release. It leaves more questions asked than answered.
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