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 feedback 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
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.