Parquet Courts - Human Performance

Taken from Parquet Courts' new album 'Human Performance', out now on Rough Trade Records: smarturl.it/Hum...
A "Performing Human" 12" is available to buy now from the Rough Trade Webstore: smarturl.it/Hum...
"Performing Human" 12" Tracklisting:
1. Performing Human (Dreamland version)
2. Human Performance (album version)
3. Performing Human (Eaters mix)
4. Performing Human (Chris P mix)
The 'Human Performance' album is available to buy now from:
Rough Trade Webstore: smarturl.it/Hum...
iTunes: smarturl.it/Hum...
Amazon: smarturl.it/Hum...

[@thagingerrrr]

These lyrics describes my PTSD/depression so well. Absolutely love this song and have played it tens of times since discovering it. It never leaves me, just visits less often It isn't gone and I won't feel its grip soften, without a coffin Breathing beside me, feeling its warmness Phantom affection gives a human, performance

[@GreenJeepAdventures]

Somewhere in the lyrics is a line that is 100% real for me. I return to this song every so often, for if I can keep it caged up here, perhaps, it won't live as much in me.

[@UKAna6]

Absolutely love this video! The visual interpretation of the lyrics, the ever present dark humour, saturated colors, film grain... Still the best thing PC ever made to date!

[@psyche234]

Human Performances is their best album

[@ODjangoo]

This will go down in history as the best thing parquet courts ever did :)

[@tomelliott6769]

Has to be one of my all time favourite music videos. This deserves to have WAY more than 76,000 views

[@joyinprocess]

One of my favourite song ever

[@daherstorian3857]

THe lady puppeteers are on another level

[@EzeICE]

Da Herstorian yo seriously man!!!

[@Dulceria_La_Princesita]

You think they fuck the puppets?

[@OneAfter-wb9gq]

Honestly one of the best song's I've heard.

[@kennethguitarfiend4493]

Incredible band! How on earth have I missed them!

[@FUTGawm]

Best band around at the minute

[@aveytare2185]

tomoshb and Spoon

[@wetdreamrecords3974]

jim jim is

[@isabellapinzonguzman7228]

COME TO MIAMI OR ORLANDO OR ANY PART OF FLORIDA PLEASE - tabasco

[@johnyeremian2899]

serious contender for song of the year.

[@manuvargasb2220]

[Verse 1] I know exactly, where I was when I First saw you the way I see you now, through these eyes, waiting to retry Those pristine days I, recall so fondly So few are trials when a life isn't lonely, and now if only I'd never felt it, I'd never heard it I know I loved you did I even deserve it, when you returned it There's no suspicion, no hesitation Believing through the eyes of sore, adoration [Chorus] Witness and know, fracture and hurt Eyes in the fire, blink unrehearsed Shield like a house, closing its doors Curved in the dark, rinses of yours [Verse 2] Ashtray is crowded, bottle is empty No music plays and nothing moves with-out drifting, into a memory Busy apartment, no room for grieving Sink full of dishes and no trouble believing, that you are leaving Mid-sentence tremors, mind at its weakest One way of shaking off the thoughts that it sleeps with [Chorus] Witness and know, fracture and hurt Eyes in the fire, blink unrehearsed Shield like a house, closing its doors Curved in the dark, rinses of yours [Verse 3] In walks the darkness, I pitch without you Asks me do I realize what I'd done and who I'd done to, indeed I do know It never leaves me, just visits less often It isn't gone and I won't feel its grip soften, without a coffin Breathing beside me, feeling its warmness Phantom affection gives a human, performance [Chorus] Witness and know, fracture and hurt Eyes in the fire, blink unrehearsed Shield like a house, closing its doors Curved in the dark, rinses of yours

[@fockingreat1125]

Thank you

[@fockingreat1125]

This is one of my favorite music videos and songs

[@franzderpinand2715]

Nothing moves without drifting, into a memory All too real 🤟

[@Buelr]

still my favorite music video

[@choklitbar]

I love this song and video so much. If you do too, please recommend more music. ♡

[@etamommy]

This song - even just on a musical level- should not be incredibly sublime but it is. I cannot see how they welded that chorus to those verses and yet it works as though for all of time immemorial it was waiting to be born! Astoundingly good. I have yet to work out the lyrics and the art of the video (but of course see there is both humor and pathos involved). Cannot yet get past the tremendous melodies, rhythms and musicality here, only that indeed he does, recognize what he has done and to whom he has done it and that he seems to register some regret looking back.

[@dwarfturtle]

thanks so much, zI'd been feeling relatively undisturbed for a good ten minutes there. Love the song.

[@JammaLamma]

Nice

[@IanLanghow]

brilliant video

[@contestofnerds]

love the guitar part 12/03/2023

[@mattmacneil3424]

i think this is the best written song of the 2010s

[@tonegoober]

Definitely top 5

[@georgearmour52]

so great

[@tomelliott6769]

21,000 views is shockingly little. This video is brilliant!

[@stigman39]

Song of the year

[@georgearmour52]

seen them live a few weeks ago. was a good one

[@pepemolina]

que genial

[@MikeAdamsonohyababy]

Very well done

[@er6071]

This is 80s PBS level weird.

[@halfstatee]

Great song ❤

[@tannerricky77]

I’m spooked

[@GreenFlash1790]

Not the slightest bit disturbing.

[@heiswatching]

The bass in this song is unbelievable

[@raulquintanilla6793]

Chile! Excelente banda, refrescan la memoria.

[@siralbertofkidd]

amazing! love it

[@LuLu-k5i]

LOVE THIS!

[@simargue]

Great!

[@djoniMoroni]

great video

[@Jamesfirth1000]

Cameo from Mark E Smith at 2:55

[@luisvivas2937]

yes. i tought the same.

[@petemarkall9012]

Ha. That's hilarious.

[@mikeirwin2257]

Dying

[@juangango]

You can see him smoking at 1:39

[@cct17]

RIP

[@curtiswindover4564]

listened to this song a thousand times. Loved it for years. Then finally today i see the music video for my first time. .. and .. like. ... fuck.

[@patriciaacevedo4429]

Wow!

[@Fuzzbucket3358]

Thank you.

[@j_delay4691]

That puppet on the left on the mattress has to be Vladimir Lenin, right?

[@chicanoproletarian]

that's exactly what I was thinking lmao

[@sonictrasher]

The other one Mark e Smith

[@StolenFace11]

@@sonictrasher I am mark e smith. I’ve got the paperwork to prove it

[@marSLaZZ66]

indie rock not dead!!

[@faustoiv8533]

Can't expect a normal video. Hope someday come to Buenos Aires

[@HouseMusicTvNews]

Great band and great album, too bad I can't find it in stores in my country, bought light up gold the other day tho

[@rustinpiece305]

I don't normally wait for Parquet Courts to make it but, here's a fucking hit !

[@scottkclark]

Okay that's pretty weird Andrew! But wow!

[@ciancleary4075]

I'll never be the same, but no matter.

[@joelshaw2516]

If MTV after midnight still exhausted, this would be what we were watching for.

[@Blalack77]

Gratuitous puppet sex lmao When I closely examine the lyrics, it seems really familiar. I've been in some of these weird in-between mental places where I honestly wasn't sure where I was or if I was alive for days. I have an addictive personality so I had to stop drinking and doing drugs...lol

[@FiendsLikeThese]

Directed by Phil Collins? This is truly a land of confusion

[@davegrillo4761]

Kevin, Seriously I had to rewind when I saw that! Love the song, video is very... well yeah.

[@BHMRmapache_ancestral_B5889]

🛐

[@mrgungho]

2:51

[@jmason61]

Heard this on the college radio station today, great great song..... but the puppets are CREEPING ME OUT

[@frazyfry2]

The symbolism here is that we are all puppets to the people above us

[@vincentadultman104]

Great song, wont be watching the video again

[@ClueSign]

LOL

[@ODjangoo]

This video is awesome tho

[@Fuzzbucket3358]

This is the most perfect song and video mating I've ever seen. It's immaculate.

[@juanpumarojo4352]

😅😂😅

[@halfstatee]

Great video. Its called Art.

[@Stabyan]

Isn't the puppeteer Géza Röhrig from Son of Saul?

[@MrMonakat]

it's a sad story at the end

[@lucasazevedodecastrobonfa1723]

Still AOTY for me

[@sonictrasher]

Wire - Outdoor Miner

[@HugoCalazans]

Man, this guy sounds like Jimi Hendrix. Really similar voice tones.

[@ashleypg1708]

Kind of like Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Castello had a baby...

[@mgmegt5920]

For some reason I just stumbled upon these guys and I'm a little reminded of pavement

[@chrxnxmn7624]

Way better

[@breakfastmachine]

does this intentionally sound almost exactly like wire - 'outdoor miner' or nah

[@billowandbethany]

both great songs, imho. similar yeah, but not the same.

[@SuperSonicJohnson]

Extra Time Radio brought me here. cool song/band, creepy video.

[@DonutUnderpants]

GUYS YOU GOTTA COME TO HALIFAX PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!

[@HaonProductions]

YES!

[@lostinjks]

Wait... Phil Collins?

[@JohnJones-do3nb]

A wonderful song. But if Wire don’t sue them for plagiarising Outdoor Miner, will Elastica do it instead just to complete the circle?

[@mrgungho]

Modern 60's Psych Punk is cool

[@Buelr]

don’t label this

[@MrSqueets]

This is terrifying

[@thomaslaskey8961]

Phil Collins is an absolute lunatic

[@mariamaciolek5828]

What in the possesed walmart muppet show have i just witnessed?

[@jimanderson4551]

This makes me like puppets more than I already did

[@MatthewChovanec]

I want a Lenin puppet for my birthday

[@9717diego]

Parquet Courts and 31 Minutos, weird but pleasant crossover

[@gregberkhof2953]

Well I wasn't planning on sleep tonight anyways

[@aboveaxis]

Is the Directors name really Phil Collins? How unfortunate.

[@cojodoodoo112233]

Maybe it was actually Phil Collins

[@danh8386]

Lenin doll!

[@SarahJustVlogs]

directed by phil collins

[@RattleheadIV]

Is that a Vladimir Lenin puppet?

[@peopleshit144]

I think so!

[@chrxnxmn7624]

We tried to protect 200,000 people from seeing this and FAILED

[@ucuniversity2869]

saw them on jimmy fallon. like the old school feel of there music also saw the singer sporting a black panther tshirt on stage. but no black people in their video. conspiracy?

[@Vulkus]

Odd video but a strong song , anybody agre

[@SolamenteVees]

Lofi puppeteering

[@tanque728]

Frusciantes vibes

[@andrewcrane5105]

77 humans can't preform

[@zeushii9235]

How I really see people from England. Looking all rubbished and worn.😂

[@BlackPrimeMinister]

Band from America. Puppeteers from Berlin. You on strong medication.

[@AdamRader]

THE Phil Collins?

[@DonovanPresents]

The singer's puppet was off-sync with the lyrics. smh. The craftsmanship with the art is good, though. Crazy not to think that people can express taboos through puppets... because I sure didn't no so until this video! I guess we now know what "Human Performance" they were talking about :-D

[@jackbaradog]

love this song but this is the single worst music video i have ever seen in my entire life

[@georgearmour52]

i haven't seen. i just listen to the tunes

[@mrteabaggervance]

>>single worst music video Perhaps you weren’t alive in the 80s and 90s