To keep us out of lulling into acquiescence, these releases should snap us back awake… please note a small delay in Fucked Up vinyl will see deliver early next week – should be def-o instores by Wednesday…xx
Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal (Rough Trade / Rhythmethod)
BUY THE ALBUM ON ITUNES, FROM MIGHTY APE OR VIA JB HI FI or walk into your favourite record shop….
The year and change since the release of Parquet Courts monumental Light Up Gold is reflected in ways expected and not with Sunbathing Animal, its sharper, harder follow up.
To be sure, Sunbathing Animal isn’t a record about hopelessness, as any sort of incarceration implies an understanding of freedom and peace of mind. Fleeting moments of bliss are also captured in its grooves, and 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 and controlled explosions, reaching their peak on the blistering title track. A propulsive projection of how people might play the blues 300 years from now, “Sunbathing Animal” is a roller coaster you can’t get off, moving far too fast and looping into eternity.
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FUCKED UP – GLASS BOYS (Matador / Rhythmethod)
BUY THE ALBUM ON ITUNES, FROM MIGHTY APE OR VIA JB HI FI & on vinyl from JB HiFi – or walk into your favourite record shop….
On their fourth album Toronto’s Fucked Up pare things back to a single LP. In contrast to the sprawling epic of their last album, the punk rock opera David Comes To Life, the new album returns to rock’n’roll basics, verse-chorus-versechorus. It also features guitar solos, mellotron and piano.
Recorded for the first time in analogue, with Bill Skibbe (The Dead Weather, The Kills, Lower Dens, Andre Williams), the album is bathed in a warm, almost romantic glow. The overall effect is a more human, relatable Fucked Up.
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