![]() Throughout this novel, Golding represents the conflict between civilization and savagery in the conflict between Ralph, who represents order and leadership and Jack, who represents savagery and the wish for power. The Lord of the flies is an allegory which is essentially a metaphor in which a character is used to deliver a broader message. We don’t have really lofty ambitions other than we can be the best artists that we can be.What would you do when you’re stuck on an island with 3 other people on an island and some civilization such as a tribe of boys? This is what the Lord of the flies is about. I think bands that have these expectations are always going to be disappointed and I think we’ve been really lucky but also part of that has come from maybe we don’t take ourselves all to seriously, even though we are serious about what we do. I guess one thing I’ve learned is that, I don’t know if I ever really had any expectations in Parquet Courts. I don’t even know if I would’ve expected that last year. We didn’t expect anything really, we expected to put out a record and go on tour. Savage: Of course not, how can you expect that 8 years in advance. It ended up feeling really natural having him around and having him guide us to reach the place that we were aiming for.ĭid you expect or hope for these kind of collaborations when you were first starting out? He brought that extra 10% that maybe we wouldn’t have had otherwise. ![]() And his wealth of knowledge of music is vast and there wouldn’t be any sort of concept for a song that we could float past somewhere and he wouldn’t be, “I’ve never heard of that” or something. I think he brought to the table a really great sense of rhythm, it’s a very rhythmic-forward record that we were planning on making. I think we had more ideas about what we didn’t want, than what we did want. I think there was some apprehension that we had about the idea of working with any producer and one of those would be someone who would try and come in and control things and want you to do things in a certain way that would make you feel uncomfortable. Did it feel weird to have someone new with you in there at first?īrown: It didn’t feel weird. I want people to know what Parquet Courts stood for during this time.ĭanger Mouse produced the record with you guys and it’s the first time you’ve ever had an outside hand producing your work. ![]() Even if it makes you feel like shit, which it often does, I still think it’s important to be aware of what’s going on. You want to be engaged, I’m not trying to just ignore reality because of how grim it is right now. Savage: I do spend time listening to the radio and I do check news sites. I think the idea of being present and being a part of something bigger than yourself is less lonely and you make it through a culturally dark time together. Is that an important thing to be a part of?īrown: There’s kind of like a dark cloud hanging over people’s daily lives at the moment and you can find a lot of solace and peace but also joy and happiness in being with a group of people that you can kind of tune out the ugliness of the world. The response to political uncertainty by the arts community has been united. Everyone is so scared and doesn’t know what to expect so I guess it’s either optimism or pure pessimism or nihilism. Savage: I think in order to be an American you just kind of have to be. So it sits on a spectrum of emotion and energy on the end of optimism, rather than pessimism. It’s a bit tongue-in-cheek but also serves an important purpose on the record, which I think at times can be a bit gloomy. Why did you settle on the name ‘Wide Awake!’ for the album?īrown: There’s kind of a new energy that’s happening with people, I hope a sign of better things to come. The title track, ‘Wide Awake’ is acutely aware of American society’s role to stop it sleepwalking towards the abyss, while ‘Before the Water Gets Too High’ tackles the legacy we leave on the planet – “ In whose throat belongs the swan song of crisis, warming, denial, change?” The Brooklyn-based band are happy to switch roles, but ‘Wide Awake’ sees them up top, leading the charge. ![]() ‘Total Football’ doesn’t act in isolation on their sixth record, which is out today. Parquet Courts’ new album ‘Wide Awake’ was so influenced by their love of the game – and the collective ideal on pitch, they named their new album’s opening song after it. It was so successful, it took them to the final of the whole bloody tournament. Each player was able to fill the role of any position, creating a fluid style of play and collective responsibility among all outfield players. Coined ‘Total Football’, the idea was simple: no one part is bigger than the sum of the team. At the 1974 World Cup in Mexico, the Dutch football team gave the ultimate showcase of their brand of the beautiful game. ![]()
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