Wide Awake! is New Yorkâ€™s Parquet Courtsâ€™ fifth record since their formation eight years ago. Itâ€™s also their most groundbreaking. Itâ€™s an album about independence and

Wide Awake!
- Parquet Courts - Wide Awake - Vinyl LP Brand New
Wide Awake! is New Yorkâ€™s Parquet Courtsâ€™ fifth record since their formation eight years ago. Itâ€™s also their most groundbreaking. Itâ€™s an album about independence and individuality but also about collectivity and communitarianism. Love is at its center. Thereâ€™s also a freshness here, a breaking of new territory thatâ€™s testament to the groupâ€™s restless spirit. In part, this may be attributed to the fact that itâ€™s produced by Brian Burton, better known as Danger Mouse, but itâ€™s also simply a triumph of their songwriterâ€™s art. The songs, written by Austin Brown and Andrew Savage, are filled with their traditional punk rock passion, as well as a lyrical tenderness, but are elevated to even greater heights by the dynamic rhythmic propulsion of Max Savage (drums) and Sean Yeaton (bass). Ultimately then the message contained in Wide Awake! is complex. â€œIn such a hateful era of culture, we stand in opposition to that â€” and to the nihilism used to cope with that â€” with ideas of passion and love,â€ Brown says. For Savage, it comes back to the deceptively complex goal of making people want to dance, powering the body for resistance through a combination of groove, joy, and indignation, â€œexpressing anger constructively but without trying to accommodate anyone.â€ â€œThe most exhilarating exercise from New Yorkâ€™s reigning indie-rockers laureate since their legend-making â€œStoned and Starvingâ€ â€“ as if you didnâ€™t already have reason enough to be on high alert for Wide Awake!â€ â€“ Stereogum â€œAn urgent, fantastic return that sees the band at the very top of their game, and more together than everâ€ â€“ DIY Mag
Country USA
Brand Rough Trade
Manufacturer Rough Trade
Binding Vinyl
ItemPartNumber RT 1
Model RT 1
Color multi-coloured
ReleaseDate 2018-05-18
UnitCount 1
Format Import
UPCs 191402000115
EANs 0191402000115

Country	USA
Brand	Rough Trade
Manufacturer	Rough Trade
Binding	Vinyl
ItemPartNumber	RT 1
Model	RT 1
Color	multi-coloured
ReleaseDate	2018-05-18
UnitCount	1
Format	Import
UPCs	191402000115
EANs	0191402000115

Wide Awake!

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