I got an email a week or two ago urging me to check out this Brooklyn trio called Parts & Labor. So I did and I'm now eagerly waiting for the release of their new album Stay Afraid which comes out April, 11th on Jagjaguwar.
P&L dish out great indie-punk tracks and smother them with copious amounts of distortion and shrieking feeback noise. The addition of vocal melodies to once-instrumental band has added a pop dimension to their gloriously dirty wall of noise.
"Malfunctioning electronics howl in agony, drums rupture like fireworks, battle cries are belted through a monolithic layer of distorted bass and guitar. P&L revel in day-glo noise, charred drones, punk velocity and phoenix-like hooks."
While all the Husker Du/Bob Mould comparisons hold up and the band does indeed often make a Boredoms-like racket, I keep coming back to a reference point of Rogue Wave. I'm not really sure why. Maybe it is the vocal melodies or maybe the lo-fi production, but whatever. You make the call.
MP3 | Parts & Labor - New Buildings Stay Afraid
MP3 | Parts & Labor - Drastic Measures Stay Afraid
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this stuff is great....i really really really like it.
thanks for sharing...
this is definitely making my "need to purchase, pronto" list...
Yeah, this is great stuff I sat on as well . . I have to post these folks just 'cuz they deserve the press.
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