2021-10-22
Sympathy For Life
Parquet Courts
By Maeve C.
Long improvised jams, some stretching to forty minutes, were the raw material for Sympathy for Life. Parquet Courts recorded in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, cut those sessions down into songs and kept only the work done with producers Rodaidh McDonald and John Parish.
Most of the album was finished before the pandemic. The exception is “Marathon of Anger”, written and recorded during the protests of June 2020. “Walking at a Downtown Pace” was the first single, with “Plant Life” and “Black Widow Spider” following before Rough Trade issued the full record.
Sources
Label release-day post (22 Oct 2021): “Today, Parquet Courts release their 7th studio album Sympathy for Life”; producers Rodaidh McDonald and John Parish; built from improvised jams; recorded before the pandemic.Label announcement: “Sympathy For Life, out October 22nd”; Walking at a Downtown Pace first single.
Corroborates October 22, 2021 on Rough Trade; recorded in the Catskills; jams up to 40 minutes; Marathon of Anger written and recorded during June 2020 protests; singles Plant Life, Walking at a Downtown Pace, Black Widow Spider.