Monastic Living is an EP by the American indie rock band Parquet Courts, released on November 27, 2015, on Rough Trade Records.

Comparing the EP to the band's first studio album, American Specialties (2011), Andrew Savage noted that the release marked a deliberate departure from their previous work: "Monastic Living felt like a cycle in the band starting over again.

[...] It became apparent that we’ve got all this material that is experimental and drone-y and less song-based and more concept-based, so obviously these songs need to have their own record.

"[1] The release was mostly improvised by the band, with Savage stating: "The first Parquet Courts practice was me and Austin [Brown] getting together and playing guitar at the same time and stumbling into these ideas.

wrote that "ultimately, the project serves best as a check-in, letting fans know where the band's heads are at after a year on the road.