Human Performance

A fun little album. Definitely see an old modern lovers vibe- singer seems like to be heavily influenced by older Jonathan Richman. Also agree with the folks who say it’s bit VUish with a snarky touch of Cake on a few songs.

Hadn't gotten a PC record until this one for some reason, but it does not disappoint. Very interesting pop song constructions with cogent, focused lyrics focused on city life and isolation. A little uneven at times, but that comes with the experimental territory. Really great record that recalls Velvet Underground at their aspirational peak.

Probably one of the greatest albums of all time. Impressive considering it's also a top 3 maybe top 2 PC album. For sure top 4

Yummy yummy in my tummy

Sort of like Cake - 90’s ish sound. Good enough.

Pretty good

Popular, talented bands lIke Parquet Courts fall into a void when they start to think they’re smarter and better than everyone else after they have some success. Besides sounding preachy, they start to get sloppy, believing their own hype and producing any song they come up with instead of being a little more pragmatic with the editing button. So you wind up with an album like Human Performance, that has some outstanding songs-Human Performance, which could be the single of the year, Dust, which is a irreverent blast (no pun intended) Berlin got Blurry, but also some filler, Already Dead, I Was Just Here. Parquets Courts are very gifted, and have the potential to be amazing. Human Performance get’s closer to realizing this, but doesn’t quite hit the mark because of a few missteps. Personally, I feel this album should be ten songs long instead of fourteen. At the end of the day it’s a good album that should please old and new fans alike. It definitely leaves you looking forward to their next one where you hope they focus on their sweet spot writing pop gems instead of vapid, art rock social commentary.

Catchy bass line and freshly clever lyrics that are almost sound like the 90's band Cake. "Sweet"!