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Apr 15, 2013It’s a pitching and yawing listen, and it’s compelling and punchy in a way that’ll have you bouncing straight out of your chair.
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Jan 14, 2013Parquet Courts have produced a debut that's both instantly addictive and lastingly rewarding: a smart, snappy concoction of worldly wisdom and garage-rock gratification.
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Feb 26, 2013The hook on these 14 two-minute songs isn't tunes except occasionally. It's whichever of the two guys who "sing, if you must call it that" comes packing the most anxiety.
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Apr 15, 2013By intention or coincidence, the band's debut boils over with frustration. And all you crave is a piece of it.
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Jan 28, 2013Light Up Gold is one of the best debut albums you'll hear all year.
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Jan 14, 2013The album is sometimes languid, often jittery and beaming, but mostly an almost subconsciously storytelling collection of moments that would be boring and forgettable if they weren't captured in songs so accidentally perfect.
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May 30, 2013It's an album of brainy rock songs that state their claims then defiantly step out from beneath the ethereal haze.
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Jan 22, 2013The album's relative indie rock minimalism stands out in stark contrast to many other bands who feel that this kind of straightforward approach is either too uninteresting or too tied to certain years in music.
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Q MagazineMay 13, 2013Parquet Courts are a charmingly old-fashioned band, transmitting cryptic, collapsible songs to an anyone who can build a receiver from Guided By Voices-coloured vinyl and Pavement fanzines. [Jun 2013, p.104]
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UncutApr 25, 2013Light Up Gold packs 15 songs in 33 minutes, and most are great. [Jun 2013, p.78]
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Apr 11, 2013As the title of the opening song goes, Parquet Courts are swiftly becoming masters of their craft on an assured debut album brimming with unimpeachably great songs.
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Apr 11, 2013Light Up Gold isn’t total hedonism, but as riotous, guitar-led escapes from the drudgery of the day to day go, it’s more than enough fun to convince you to go along for the ride.
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Feb 11, 2013The singing and songwriting mostly split between Austin Brown and Mr. Savage, who are astute enough to write taut, smart lyrics, and self-aware enough to arch an eyebrow while maintaining the pose.
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Jan 28, 2013Parquet Courts are especially versed in the clipped, repetitive buzz of Wire's '77 classic Pink Flag, but, like Pavement, they soften post-punk's cranky edge with the glazed, lonely wonderment of fresh, wide-eyed New York transplants.
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Jan 28, 2013A finely crafted collection of indie rock.
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Jan 24, 2013Most songs clock in under two and a half minutes but manage to say plenty.
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Jan 18, 2013Light Up Gold may sound like a string of slacker anthems, but it's so much deeper than that.
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Jan 15, 2013While Light Up Gold's re-release is quite literally nothing new, it's sure to garner a rash of deserved credit this time around, opening Parquet Courts to a wider audience that can further foster the appreciation of this excellent album.
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Jan 14, 2013Light Up Gold finds Parquet Courts looking to breakout through any available means: intense reflection, resin hits, or rock'n'roll.
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Jan 14, 2013Parquet Courts' over-the-top energy, speed, and succinctness makes the combination sound fresher than anything the original elements have managed in years.
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Apr 2, 2013More and more, the term [slacker is] just a synonym for the young, frustrated, and disenfranchised, and Light Up Gold strikes a nerve as a result.
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Jan 17, 2013Most of Light Up Gold's songs are either filled with clever insights or self-aware honesty.
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Jan 15, 2013A little more variety certainly would flesh out the band's releases, but as it stands these 15 songs fit together nicely, giving the impression of one deliriously long writing session.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 54 out of 60
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Mixed: 5 out of 60
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Negative: 1 out of 60
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Feb 28, 2014
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Feb 8, 2013
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Jan 18, 2013