Sympathy for Life

by Parquet Courts

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 October 2021
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:10
  • Community rating: 3.37/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Rodaidh McDonald

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Constructed from lengthy, improvised studio jams heavily inspired by New York club culture and classic 90s dance music. The Brooklyn band edited the sprawling sessions into tight, rhythmically driven post-punk tracks emphasizing heavily synthesized grooves over traditional guitar leads. Lyrically, the album examines the necessity of human connection and nightlife following global isolation.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, political, repetitive, conscious, funky, guitars, groove-laden, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Walking at a Downtown Pace (4:46)
  2. Black Widow Spider (2:50)
  3. Marathon of Anger (4:35)
  4. Just Shadows (3:56)
  5. Plant Life (5:50)
  6. Application/Apparatus (4:36)
  7. Homo Sapien (2:55)
  8. Sympathy for Life (2:50)
  9. Zoom Out (3:02)
  10. Trullo (3:01)
  11. Pulcinella (6:44)

Credits

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