Rumor has it that the new Parquet Courts record could drop at any moment. Like any fan, I can't wait to see what the new music will be like. Parquet Courts are a band committed to their craft and determined to grow.
I hung out with guitarist and vocalist Andrew Savage (who also releases solo music under the name A. Savage) backstage at the Vogue Theatre while he rolled some cigarettes--or "jazz cigarettes" as he calls them. It was a warm late summer September evening and the band were in town touring the 5th record, Human Performance. I had just come from Vancouver's Wreck Beach--the city's notorious nude beach--so naturally I started our chat by asking Andrew the last time he had been to a nude beach himself...
How was the band's border crossing? Does Andrew has any priors?
What are they? Does Andrew risk setting off a fire alarm to smoke his jazz cigarette? Which band member suffers from "misophonia" and what is it? Do the co-writers in Parquet Courts ask each other what the other's songs are about? What's it like to try something different with the band's sound? Which Parquet Courts song does Andrew feel is the closest thing to the band's manifesto? What's it like to play music while high on acid, mushrooms, molly and some DMT? Which Parquet Courts song has the band NEVER played live and why? You'll have to listen to find out!
Tracks played on the podcast edition of the show...
1) Parquet Courts, Human Performance (2016) "Berlin Got Blurry"
2) Parquet Courts, Human Performance (2016) "Dust"
3) Parquet Courts, Human Performance (2016) "Captive of the Sun"
4) Parquet Courts, Human Performance (2016) "Human Performance"
5) Parquet Courts, Light Up Gold (2012) "Light Up Gold II"
6) Parquet Courts, Sunbathing Animal (2014) "Sunbathing Animal" (background/snippet)
7) Parquet Courts, Light Up Gold (2012) "Picture of Health"
8) Parquet Courts, Light Up Gold (2012) "Stoned and Starving"
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