Content Nausea

Content Nausea is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Parquet Courts, released on November 28, 2014 under the name Parkay Quarts. Recorded chiefly by bandmates Andrew Savage and Austin Brown, the album was released less than six months after its predecessor, Sunbathing Animal.

Content Nausea
Studio album by
Parkay Quarts
ReleasedNovember 28, 2014
GenreIndie rock, post-punk, experimental rock
Length35:00
LabelWhat's Your Rupture?
Parkay Quarts chronology
Sunbathing Animal
(2014)		 Content Nausea
(2014)		 Monastic Living
(2015)

Background and recording

Bass guitarist Sean Yeaton and drummer Max Savage were largely absent from the recording process for Content Nausea, due to Yeaton starting a family and Savage focusing on a mathematics degree.[1]

The album was recorded, mixed and mastered in less than two weeks, on a four-track cassette, by vocalists and guitarists Andrew Savage and Austin Brown.[1]

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76%[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
American Songwriter[4]
ConsequenceB–[5]
Cuepoint (Expert Witness)A–[6]
NME[7]
Pitchfork7.7/10[8]
PopMatters7/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]

In a positive review for Pitchfork, Mike Powell wrote: "Nausea is easier to listen to than Sunbathing Animal in part because it seems less ambitious. Four of its tracks are around a minute long; one is a so-so cover of "These Boots are Made For Walkin’" (itself a punk staple as ubiquitous as the safety pin); one is basically spoken word over noise—a reminder that for all the band’s nervous intensity, they’re basically bookworms."[8]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Everyday It Starts"2:56
2."Content Nausea"3:04
3."Urban Ease"0:55
4."Slide Machine" (The 13th Floor Elevators cover)4:22
5."Kevlar Walls"0:59
6."Pretty Machines"4:41
7."Psycho Structures"2:53
8."The Map"2:55
9."These Boots" (Nancy Sinatra cover)3:31
10."Insufferable"1:35
11."No Concept"0:43
12."Uncast Shadow of a Southern Myth"6:26

References
  1. Webb, Rob. "Parkay Quarts - 'Content Nausea'". nme.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. "Content Nausea". Metacritic.
  3. Thomas, Fred. "Content Nausea Review". AllMusic.
  4. Rutledge, Chris (3 November 2014). "Parquet Courts: Content Nausea". American Songwriter.
  5. Henry, Dusty (11 November 2014). "Content Nausea Review". Consequence of Sound.
  6. Christgau, Robert (29 May 2015). "Parkay Quarts / Slutever / Wire / White Lung / Total Babes / Spider Bags Parkay Quarts: Conte". Cuepoint. Medium.
  7. Daly, Rhian (11 December 2014). "Parkay Quarts – 'Content Nausea'". NME.
  8. Powell, Mike. "Parkay Quarts: Content Nausea". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  9. Fitzgerald, Colin (25 November 2014). "Content Nausea Review". PopMatters.
  10. Sheffield, Rob (11 November 2014). "Parkay Quarts: Content Nausea". Rolling Stone.
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