Parquet Courts release Plant Life remixes EP

Following the announcement of their upcoming Australian tour this July 2022 and hotly-anticipated festival appearance at Splendour in the Grass, today Parquet Courts share two remixes of ‘Plant Life’, a standout track from last year’s acclaimed album Sympathy For Life – out via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. Previously available as a physical 12” exclusive, today marks the first widespread release of Yu Su’s Transient Version and the Peak Wifi ​(a.k.a. Austin Brown and Bryce Hackford)​ Vibes Mix. Of her remix, Yu Su explains, “I knew...

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Parquet Courts premiere new single ‘Watching Strangers Smile’ on The Ellen Show

Parquet Courts have debuted a brand new single, ‘Watching Strangers Smile,’ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. This follows the release of Sympathy For Life, their new album available now on Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. ‘Watching Strangers Smile’ came out of the same sessions the band did with Rodaidh McDonald for Sympathy for Life. The Ellen performance puts A. Savage’s fiery vocal performance at the forefront, once again cementing them as one of the most lauded indie bands of the last decade...

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Parquet Courts present video for ‘Marathon of Anger’

Parquet Courts present the music video for ‘Marathon of Anger’, off their new album, Sympathy For Life, out now on Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. The video, directed by Mara Palena, was originally part of Sympathy For Life, Visualised, a live-streamed Noonchorus film event broadcast earlier this year that featured videos for all 11 songs from the album, and features guest appearances from Bill Walton and Joe Pera. ‘Marathon of Anger‘ is the first of the previously unreleased videos to be...

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Parquet Courts release new album Sympathy For Life, share video for ‘Homo Sapien’

Parquet Courts have released their much-anticipated new album, Sympathy For Life, via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records, alongside a scorching new single & video,‘Homo Sapien’. Sympathy For Life is Parquet Courts at their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their unique identity.  Although new track ‘Homo Sapien’ is guitar heavy, it still has a grooving edge as A Savage’s vocals ruminate: “The erotic quality of not feeling meaningless //...

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Parquet Courts release ‘Walking at a Downtown Pace’

Parquet Courts have announced their new album, Sympathy For Life, out October 22nd on Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records, and share the first single/video, ‘Walking at a Downtown Pace.’ On Sympathy For Life, Parquet Courts’ thought-provoking rock is dancing to a new tune. The album finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their unique identity. In the video for...

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