Sunbathing Animal by Parquet Courts

Sunbathing Animal, Parquet Courts' third album, came out in June 2014 on What's Your Rupture? and Rough Trade, and it was pieced together on the fly. The Brooklyn four-piece recorded it across three sessions in 2013, grabbing a few days in the studio whenever the touring let up; the first of those sessions turned into the Tally All the Things That You Broke EP, and the leftover songs were saved for this. They'd been writing ever since wrapping up Light Up Gold in 2012.

Andrew Savage and Austin Brown trade vocals and wiry, needling guitars, Brown adding keyboards, while Sean Yeaton's bass and Max Savage's drums keep everything jittering forward. It's restless, wound-up rock that never sits still long enough to sulk. "Black and White" is the nervy standout, strung tight and in a hurry. Content Nausea came next.

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