Parquet Courts have announced their new album Sympathy for Life. It arrives October 22 via Rough Trade and it features the lead single “Walking at a Downtown Pace.” The track arrives with a new video directed by street photographer Daniel Arnold. Watch it below.
Sympathy for Life evolved from a series of improvised jam sessions and was produced alongside Rodaidh McDonald and John Parish. The album is inspired by New York Clubs, Primal Scream, and Pink Floyd.
The band has also announced The Power of Eleven—a series of 11 “global happenings” with unique merch. A recent event in Manhattan included the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corp Marching Band performing the new single “Walking at a Downtown Pace” and flying a Parquet Courts flag.
On October 20, Parquet Courts will hold a ticketed screening of the visual album Feel Free - Sympathy for Life, Visualised. They band will soon tour.
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Sympathy for Life:
01 Walking At A Downtown Pace
02 Black Widow Spider
03 Marathon of Anger
04 Just Shadows
05 Plant Life
06 Application Apparatus
07 Homo Sapien
08 Sympathy for Life
09 Zoom Out
10 Trullo
11 Pulcinella
