Human Performance

by Parquet Courts

Human Performance cover art

The Brooklyn-based indie outfit refines their notoriously ramshackle, Velvet Underground-inspired garage rock into a surprisingly meticulous, emotionally vulnerable record. The album explores themes of severe urban isolation, dust-gathering anxiety, and romantic fallout, maintaining their signature deadpan delivery. It is frequently cited as their most thoughtful, mature, and sonically diverse collection of songs.

Genres

  • Indie Rock
  • Art Punk

Tracklist

  1. Already Dead
  2. Dust
  3. Human Performance
  4. Outside
  5. I Was Just Here
  6. Paraphrased
  7. Captive of the Sun
  8. Steady on My Mind
  9. One Man No City
  10. Berlin Got Blurry
  11. Keep It Even
  12. Two Dead Cops
  13. Pathos Prairie
  14. It's Gonna Happen