Parquet Courts - Human Performance Jazzy Hip-Hop Thankfully

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play like coded spells set to music

Brown paraphrases Parliament's "Aqua Boogie" as he outlines a new workout plan -- minus a proposition

trombonist Ryan Porter

With additional vocals by the celebrated Egyptian-Belgian singer Natacha Atlas

Parquet Courts - Human Performance Jazzy Hip-Hop ThankfullyAfter getting a bunch of weirdness out of their system on the Monastic Living EP, Parquet Courts return with their most focused album to date. Human Performance finds the band at its songwriting peak: almost every song is catchy and tight enough to be a single. Kicking off the album with the driving, droney "Dust" sets the tone right away, with its clean production and punchy rhythm section pounding the chorus directly into the brains of listeners.