Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold

• Available November 28th, 2025

Light Up Gold is the sophomore album from Parquet Courts, originally released in 2012.

The album is a dynamic and diverse foray into the back alleys of the American DIY underground. Bright guitars swirl serpentine over looping, groovy post-punk bass lines and drums that border on robotic precision. While the initial rawness of the band's early output remains, the songwriting has gracefully evolved. Primary wordsmiths A. Savage and Austin Brown combine for a dynamic lyrical experience, one part an erudite overflow of ideas, the other an exercise in laid-back observation. Lyrically dense, the poetry is in how it flows along with the melody, often times as locked-in as the rhythm section.

The album includes "Borrowed Time", "Stoned and Starving" and "Master Of My Craft". 

This vinyl edition produced by Rough Trade Records in 2025.

TRACKLISTING:

1. Master Of My Craft
2. Borrowed Time
3. Donuts Only
4. Yr No Stoner
5. Yonder Is Closer To The Heart
6. Careers in Combat
7. Light Up Gold I
8. Light Up Gold II
9. N Dakota
10. Stoned and Starving
11. No Ideas
12. Caster of Worthless Spells
13. Disney PT
14. Tears of Plenty
15. Picture of Health