
This is among the best and most vital sounding post-punk albums that I’ve heard this year, Themes: no-nonsense, something to say, business suits and beanies, mental states, working class. You could be convinced that Brooklyn band B Boys are really Parquet Courts in disguise. but I’m also a sucker for this kind of Devo meets Wire meets Tubway Army stuff and Dada rocks it like it’s 1979.Essential listening for Parquet Courts fans, Abstraction takes a triangular form: vibrant guitar melodies, undulating bass lines, deep swirling grooves. Sounds that transcend a linear timeline, splintering out across multiple spectrums. Interlocking vocals skillfully bob and weave overtop, their mantras resounding.