American Specialties

American Specialties
Studio album by Parquet Courts
Released 2011
Recorded 2011, New York City
Genre Indie rock
Length 27:27
Label Cut the Cord That... Records (cassette)
Play Pinball! Records (vinyl)
Producer Parquet Courts
Parquet Courts chronology
American Specialties
(2011)
Light Up Gold
(2012)

American Specialties is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Parquet Courts, initially released in 2011 as a limited edition cassette on Cut the Cord That... Records. A vinyl version of the album was subsequently released on Pinball! Records in 2012.

The album was partly mixed by Woods multi-instrumentalist Jarvis Taveniere.

Recording

In 2016, vocalist and guitarist Andrew Savage noted that the album stands mostly alone within the band's discography, in terms of its songwriting and overall aesthetic: "There’s a lot of stuff on American Specialties that didn’t really get revisited in the band, although its essence has informed everything the band has done."[1]

Release

Regarding American Specialties initial release on cassette, vocalist and guitarist Andrew Savage noted, "Cassettes force you to be patient and digest what you're listening to. People that are curious and go out and search for music are listening to cassettes because maybe there's only a hundred of them – and that's all the more incentive because they'd like to hear it before it becomes completely unavailable. I like to reward people's curiosity."[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Parquet Courts. 

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Her Boyfriend's Band"   1:12
2. "Food Stamps Office"   1:17
3. "Mezzanine"   2:31
4. "American Specialties"   1:21
5. "Other Desert Cities"   6:31
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Square States"   2:53
2. "College Chess Circuit"   3:49
3. "Nation of Islam: Nunavut"   1:46
4. "Largish/Dominant"   2:58
5. "A.M. Reprise (Rebelious Outtake)"   0:41
6. "Tidal Hisses"   2:28

Personnel

Parquet Courts
Recording personnel

References

  1. Lastson, Jeremy D. (April 21, 2016). "Ask Yourself the Same Question: An Interview With Parquet Courts". Spin. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  2. Beaumont, Mark. "Parquet Courts: 'We've thawed towards the UK'". theguardian.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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