In October, Brooklyn's Parts & Labor released their fourth album, Receivers , on Jagjaguwar . Fans of their noise punk broken electronics wall of sound style might be surprised by the route they've decided to take for this release. Receivers has P&L drawing out their explosive music with overlapping fields of sound giving it deep stadium sized power like Pink Floyd rather than their previous ...
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The audience has a pinata, a slegehammer, a halfpipe and a rope to use before the cops show up. What would MacGyver do?For more with Parts & Labor, visit http://www.uncensoredinterview.com/artists/350-Parts-Labor
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Parts & Labor make a lot of noise. That is the usual sentiment expressed by critics of the band, and yes it is true, "noise" plays a large part in Parts & Labor's sound, but what should be noted is it is a highly focused noise. On their new album Receivers , an amalgamation of noise punk, indie rock and pop, Parts & Labor have [...]
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The large shuddering drums have been scaled back, guitar parts are more expressive, and the vocals have gained overt melody, but is it all for the best?
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- MUSIC REVIEWSOn previous releases, Parts & Labor tended to force extremely noisy, squalling sounds into the context of enthusiastic, unhesitating post-hardcore anthems, with a focus on that word, "anthems." Vocals on every track were relentlessly melodic, emphasizing huge choruses and extreme gestures. The overall sound was an electrifying, caffeine-drenched headlong rush, but the vocals...
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Initially I was shocked when I pressed play on the new Parts & Labor album. Where was the drone, the feedback, the dirty dirty bass sound. This sounded polished was unlike anything I'd heard on Stay Afraid, an album which has been on constant rotation for me since I became aware of this amazing, innovative [...]
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Her's a great video from a band I'd never heard of. I like the song too. The simplicity/complexity of the video is great - think Wang Chung "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" meets White Stripes "Fell In Love With a Girl".
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Initially I was shocked when I pressed play on the new Parts & Labor album. Where was the drone, the feedback, the dirty dirty bass sound. This sounded polished was unlike anything I'd heard on Stay Afraid, an album which has been on constant rotation for me since I became aware of this amazing, innovative [...]
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Criminally underexposed Brooklyn noise-punks Parts & Labor are to release their third album for Jagjaguwar on November 3 in the UK
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Parts & Labor, a Brooklyn band known for balancing crazy noise and melodic hooks, put out one of my very favorite albums of last year in Stay Afraid...and they're back just about exactly 12 months later with another very strong CD called Mapmaker. This one, their fourth, is much more melodic and song-structured than previous and to me, the cut that made it all fall into place, was the Minuteme...
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The audience has a pinata, a slegehammer, a halfpipe and a rope to use before the cops show up. What would MacGyver do?For more with Parts & Labor, visit http://www.uncensoredinterview.com/artists/350-Parts-Labor
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In October, Brooklyn's Parts & Labor released their fourth album, Receivers , on Jagjaguwar . Fans of their noise punk broken electronics wall of sound style might be surprised by the route they've decided to take for this release. Receivers has P&L drawing out their explosive music with overlapping fields of sound giving it deep stadium sized power like Pink Floyd rather than their previous ...
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| 2 Brighter Days |
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| 3 The Gold We're Digging |
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| 5 Vision of Repair |
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