Parquet Courts on being a New York band, 'Light Up Gold'
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Like a photo feed of classic New York in all its gum-blackened sidewalk splendor, the debut LP of Parquet Courts is a new decade's take on the laid-back but tightly wound NYC rock tradition coursing down from the Velvet Underground and perennially finding purchase in the ranks of the young and striving.
Packed with propulsive riffs and poetic lyrics about poorly aimed lives and walks with no aim at all, the genuine, vibrant "Light Up Gold," originally released last July, will receive a wider release on Jan. 15.
amNewYork spoke with co-songwriter Austin Brown.
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