Parquet Courts - 'Just Shadows' (Official Music Video)

Director: Ben Rayner
DP / EDITOR: Joe Bressler
Puppeteer: Ben Durocher
Featuring: Jesse Miller-Gordon, Kristian Sorge, Eric McFarland and Louis Madrid
Gaffer: Zane Schaeffer
AC: Paola Oliveros
PA: Taryn Ward
Thanks to Limited to One Records

[logansworth]

I watch their vids to learn the guitar parts so this is perfect

[dylanlee]

I've always loved their "gentler" more contemplative songs - love having them in addition to angry bangers like Total Football. A Parquet Courts for every mood!

[ClueSign]

Nothing better than a Parquet Courts waltz tune with puppets, I've always said.

[method]

I work in a call centre and was speaking to a customer blasting this and I thankfully got the song name from him, if you're reading this I just wanted to let you know thank you so much for this amazing song and I hope you had a lovely trip to yass :)

[PaulCloves]

I can’t leave this tune alone either, just love it

[cloudforest]

Something satisfying about seeing puppets living out life.

[PaulCloves]

Oh man I’m indulging again, just love this tune

[franciscobalagtas]

this video is incredible. had this stuck in my end for the entire day. best part was when he was getting a haircut

[alissadesigns]

I love everything about this album, and this vid is perfect.

[drumgold]

My least favourite on first play of the album is now my favourite, as usual with this band. They have depths. Perfect video too.

[PaulCloves]

That guitar bit could go on forever for me though that said it’s just sublime

[PaulCloves]

Just the most sublime guitar rift I’ve ever here’d in a song not to much not to little just perfect

[PaulCloves]

How they have not become massive in the music world is a mystery to me

[kendodd]

I’ve only just discovered this band man they r good just luv there sounds

[PaulCloves]

U know in this world u just gravitate to music u love and for here the apple just fell for me

[leonsalgeuro]

*LYRICS [pulled from our good friend Genius]*

Delivery, mouth watering
Optimized for pleasure, it seems
I f...s with it not
It can’t be helped, thy police state
Fodder to a vast database
Under influence
Trash goes in green, glass goes in blue
This heart of mine’s audience to
Pesky inner voice

Then suddenly, I am alone
In the truest sense of the word
With nothing else to hear or watch, just shadows
Like an inmate that’s finished his term

My merry way, on it, I saw
Civilization rise and fall
Now you’ve gone and done
Algorithm waltz sets the pace
Indicates an authentic taste
Tell me what I love
No cleaning charge, no shipping fee
Holy and hosed off like a beast
Economic crash

Then suddenly, everything’s calm
And there’s black winter mud on your feet
And the thick net of fibers that you passed through
Are like a memory you dragged to delete

Amazon fire, twenty percent off
Global cost, vast species death
Suggested for you
Curated life agrees with me
Programmed to know when I should sleep
And when to wake up
Preferences set, authorizing
Life’s not as modern as it seems
Can’t pick who you love

[megaforse]

Damn, that muppet sure got them magic fingies.

[Didact]

I caught this on the visualizer not too long ago on NoonChrorus with Joe Pera and Bill Walton. Needless to say, the video was AWESOME, and this is one of my favorite songs. "Walking at a Downtown Pace" actually turned me on to you guys, and I've been peeling through your backlog backwards since, but you've no doubt a new (yet stauchly devoted) fan. I'm gonna catch you boys at Mr. Small's Theater near Pittsburgh in March! Keep rocking guys!

[LuisMedinaInformador]

"Berlin Got Blurry" vibe. AWESOME.

[alepgo]

Is it my imagination or puppets are getting very popular again??
nice video!