Parquet Courts - Monastic LivingMonastic Living is the new mini album from New York indie rock outfit Parquet Courts since they signed a worldwide deal with Rough Trade Records. This is their first new music since last years Content Nausea EP.

Following shows in Great Britain

Examining the A and B-sides

crisper hi fi punch

Blondes - Swisher double vinyl LP

Edition of 300 copies

and also my love of the weirder side of synth-prog

The album shows Flowers reaching a new level of song writing confidence and having a whole heap of fun in the process

Destroyer's Poison Season opens swathed in Hunky Dory strings

this unclassifiable arty-fact renders tags like ‰Û÷Pagan punk‰۪ utterly redundant

the record reveals an artist at her peak

we know where he’s coming from

Which is not to say that Hadreas has completely abandoned the shimmering