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Apr 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts Parquet Courts

Parquet Courts are releasing their new album, Human Performance, this Friday via Rough Trade. Now they have shared the album’s title track in your final chance to try before you buy before the album is out. Check it out below.

The band’s Andrew Savage had this to say about “Human Performance” to NPR Music: “Ultimately the song is about living in the company of one’s own shame. Perhaps it was the years spent as an altar boy that gave me an inclination toward repentance and atonement. I’ve never been a believer, but I can understand the appeal of faith, especially when it includes the promise of unconditional love and forgiveness. ‘Human Performance’ is about the absence of that faith, and how haunting it is.”

Also this Friday the band will take part on an Ask Them Anything on Reddit at 12 PM EST.

Previously Parquet Courts had shared the videos for “Dust,” the album’s opening track, and “Berlin Got Blurry.” The band had also shared the audio for “Outside.” Human Performance is the band’s first full-length for iconic London-based indie label Rough Trade and follows last November’s Monastic Living EP, which was their very first release for the label. Previously the band was singed to New York-based indie What’s Your Rupture?

Parquet Courts Tour Dates:

Fri. Apr. 8 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Bell House (SOLD OUT)
Thu. Apr. 14 - Providence, RI @ The Met w/ Soda
Fri. Apr.15 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club w/ Soda
Sat. Apr. 16 - Kingston, NY @ BSP Kingston w/ Soda
Sun. Apr. 17 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit w/ Soda
Mon. Apr. 18 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups w/ Soda
Wed. Apr. 20 - Chicago, IL @ Metro w/ Soda
Thu. Apr. 21 - Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar w/ Soda
Fri. Apr. 22 - Toronto, Ontario @ Phoenix Theater w/ Soda
Thu. Apr. 28 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
Sat. Apr. 30 - Austin, TX @ Levitation Festival
Mon. May 2 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
Wed. May 11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer w/ B Boys
Thu. May 12 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club w/ B Boys
Fri. May 13 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle w/ B Boys
Sat. May 14 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl w/ Priests, B Boys
Sun. May 15 - Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
Mon. May 16 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge w/ B Boys
Tue. May 17 - Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight w/ B Boys
Wed. May 18 - Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater w/ B Boys
Fri. May 20 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall w/ B Boys
Sat. June 4 - Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound Festival
Sun. June 5 - Nimes, FR @ This Is Not A Love Song Festival
Tue. June 7 - Bilbao, ES @ Kafe Antzokia
Thu. June 9 - Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound Porto
Sun. June 12 - London, UK @ Field Day
Tue. June 14 - Bristol, UK @ Trinity
Wed. June 15 - Liverpool, UK @ New Kazimier
Thu. June 16 - Edinburgh, UK @ La Belle Angele
Fri. June 17 - Leeds, UK @ Irish Centre
Fri. June 18 - Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
Tue. June 21 - Antwerp, BE @ Trix Club
Thu. June 23 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord
Mon. June 27 - Paris, FR @ Gaite Lyrique
Sun. Aug. 24 - Portland, OR @ Project Pabst Festival