83 - Consequence of Sound
Parquet Courts may have just released their most realized, independent, and articulate album yet. Read full review
80 - The Skinny
Human Performance might have sacrificed the band's rickety immediacy, but they compensate with wise, grass-stalk chewing authority and grubby, plentiful hooks.
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80 - Under the Radar
There are no radical departures from past albums, but this is the most crisply recorded and varied Parquet Courts record yet. Musical ideas hinted at previously appear here in full color.
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80 - Slant Magazine
Fortunately, throughout the rest of the album, the band writes songs that allow them to excel as they stay well within their limitations. These are tight, economical pop songs actually worthy of Pavement comparisons in terms of not just sound, but melody.
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80 - Spin
What makes Human Performance a narrowly great record is that it bucks narrative. It’s not their most sensitive record or politically astute or least dissonant but all of these things--their most convincing performance as humans to date.
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60 - Observer
There’s still a degree of inconsistency: I Was Just Here is unpleasantly jarring, the wilfully flat vocal delivery not adding to its charm. But there are enough highs to make this worthy of a listen.
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60 - Mojo
Though inconsistent, the quartet have siphoned the best of punk and '90s slacker pop to create an album that couldn't be any more Rough Trade if it tried.
Tracklist
01. Already Dead (Bonus Track) (3:51)
02. Dust (3:57)
03. Human Performance (4:15)
04. Outside (1:45)
05. I Was Just Here (1:48)
06. Paraphrased (3:01)
07. Captive of the Sun (2:03)
08. Steady on My Mind (3:38)
09. One Man No City (6:24)
10. Berlin Got Blurry (3:26)
11. Keep It Even (2:47)
12. Two Dead Cops (3:05)
13. Pathos Prairie (2:51)
14. It's Gonna Happen (3:20)
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