Monastic Living

Parquet Courts’ new mini-LP Monastic Living contains just one song with words; the remaining eight tracks aren't just wordless, they're also tuneless. It feels like their first true statement of total rejection.

Modern art, as the old saying goes, can often leave you feeling a mix of “Hey, I could have done that” and “Yeah, but you…

Parquet Courts have once again pushed their capabilities to the max, and the results are like nothing you’ll find elsewhere.

Brooklyn-based indie punks Parquet Courts (sometimes known as Parkay Quarts) received an enormous amount of critical acclaim since the 2012 release of their second album, Light Up Gold.

Monastic Living is a compilation of (mainly instrumental) thoughts from a touring band, and the New York four-piece explore some pretty revealing territory.

On the jittery, abrasive opening track to Monastic Living, Parquet Courts proclaim that they don't want to be essayists, they don't want to...

Hell-bent on grappling with moderate success on their own terms, Parquet Courts open Monastic Living with the straightforwardly titled "No, No, No!," which finds them rejecting everything that can be stuffed into a 73-second song. Fair enough. However, af

Parquet Courts 'Monastic Living' album review by Evan McDowell. The New York band's debut release for UK label Rough Trade, comes out on November 27th.