Content Nausea
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{{Infobox album
| name = Content Nausea
| type = studio
| artist = Parkay Quarts
| cover = Contentnausea.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 28, 2014
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| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock, post-punk, experimental rock
| length = 35:00
| label = What's Your Rupture?
| producer =
| prev_title = Sunbathing Animal
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = Monastic Living
| next_year = 2015
}}
Content Nausea is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Parquet Courts, released on November 28, 2014 under the name Parkay Quarts. Recorded chiefly by bandmates Andrew Savage and Austin Brown, the album was released less than six months after its predecessor, Sunbathing Animal.
Background and recording
Bass guitarist Sean Yeaton and drummer Max Savage were largely absent from the recording process for Content Nausea, due to Yeaton starting a family and Savage focusing on a mathematics degree.{{cite web |url= https://www.nme.com/reviews/parquet-courts/15845|title=Parkay Quarts - 'Content Nausea' |first=Rob |last=Webb |work=nme.com |accessdate=2 November 2015}}
The album was recorded, mixed and mastered in less than two weeks, on a four-track cassette, by vocalists and guitarists Andrew Savage and Austin Brown.
Reception
{{Music ratings
|MC=76/100{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/content-nausea/parquet-courts |title=Content Nausea |website=Metacritic}}
|rev1=AllMusic
|rev1score={{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/content-nausea-mw0002768094 |title=Content Nausea Review |last=Thomas |first=Fred |website=AllMusic}}
|rev6=Pitchfork
|rev7=PopMatters
|rev7score=7/10{{Cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/188255-parkay-quarts-content-nausea/ |title=Content Nausea Review |last=Fitzgerald |first=Colin |website=PopMatters |publication-date=25 November 2014}}
|rev3=Consequence
|rev3score=B–{{Cite web |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/11/album-review-parkay-quarts-content-nausea/ |title=Content Nausea Review |last=Henry |first=Dusty |website=Consequence of Sound |publication-date=11 November 2014}}
|rev8=Rolling Stone
|rev8score={{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/parkay-quarts-content-nausea-20141111 |title=Parkay Quarts: Content Nausea |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |magazine=Rolling Stone |publication-date=11 November 2014}}
|rev4=Cuepoint (Expert Witness)
|rev4score=A–{{Cite web |url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/robert-christgau-expert-witness-dc19d4335eff#.io8lct1il |title=Parkay Quarts / Slutever / Wire / White Lung / Total Babes / Spider Bags Parkay Quarts: Conte |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |website=Cuepoint |publisher=Medium |publication-date=29 May 2015 |access-date=12 February 2017 |archive-date=9 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709121705/https://medium.com/cuepoint/robert-christgau-expert-witness-dc19d4335eff#.io8lct1il |url-status=dead }}
|rev2=American Songwriter
|rev2score={{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://americansongwriter.com/2014/11/parquet-courts-content-nausea/ |title=Parquet Courts: Content Nausea |last=Rutledge |first=Chris |website=American Songwriter |publication-date=3 November 2014}}
|rev5=NME
|rev5score={{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-parquet-courts-15845 |title=Parkay Quarts – 'Content Nausea' |last=Daly |first=Rhian |website=NME |publication-date=11 December 2014}}
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In a positive review for Pitchfork, Mike Powell wrote: "Nausea is easier to listen to than Sunbathing Animal in part because it seems less ambitious. Four of its tracks are around a minute long; one is a so-so cover of "These Boots are Made For Walkin’" (itself a punk staple as ubiquitous as the safety pin); one is basically spoken word over noise—a reminder that for all the band’s nervous intensity, they’re basically bookworms."{{cite web |url= https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20005-parkay-quarts-content-nausea/|title=Parkay Quarts: Content Nausea |first=Mike |last=Powell |work=Pitchfork Media |accessdate=2 November 2015}}
Track listing
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| title1 = Everyday It Starts
| length1 = 2:56
| title2 = Content Nausea
| length2 = 3:04
| title3 = Urban Ease
| length3 = 0:55
| title4 = Slide Machine
| note4 = The 13th Floor Elevators cover
| length4 = 4:22
| title5 = Kevlar Walls
| length5 = 0:59
| title6 = Pretty Machines
| length6 = 4:41
| title7 = Psycho Structures
| length7 = 2:53
| title8 = The Map
| length8 = 2:55
| title9 = These Boots
| note9 = Nancy Sinatra cover
| length9 = 3:31
| title10 = Insufferable
| length10 = 1:35
| title11 = No Concept
| length11 = 0:43
| title12 = Uncast Shadow of a Southern Myth
| length12 = 6:26
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