Parts And Labor (Brooklyn Noise)

Hurlo is OTM in that they seem to be much more into really herky-jerky rhythms and grating-but-catchy melodies. Kind of like Deerhoof in that way, sans vocals. I suspect they listened to The Fall and Wire when Hair Police were listening to Whitehouse and Throbbing Gristle.

Better NYC bands include Coptic Light, Battles, Endless Boogie, The SB, Humecetant Interruption, etc., etc., yadda yadda yadda.

i love how lauren just totally writes off sightings... *sniff*

Really?

(gygax! I'm sending an email your way soon)

My friend Nate is like that too. He saw them do some improv thing and now he's all "eh, fuck sightings. they suck." BUT THEY DON'T!! AND HE COULD SEE THEM *ALLTHETIME*--first impressions. I've been kind of sad that I've lived here for a few months now and still haven't seen 'em. Saw em in Providence a long while back with Olneyville Sound System, and it was amazing.

ps- coptic light are goddawful. just sayin'.

Also, I guess I forgot Sightings, I do like them all right (although I'm not sure if I'll ever get around to buying anything by them). Another good NYC band (via LA): Young People.

Didn't know your true feelings on Coptic Light, lauren. I promise I won't tell Coach Winterberg!

When they're on, tho, Coptic Light can be like my favorite band ever.

A dude who lives in my dorm has a band that played with Coptic Light a few weeks ago. I went to see his band, who were decent, but Coptic Light were indeed pretty bad.

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about 3 years ago (after he moved to SF from RI)...

YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM AS BROWN FROM PINK AND BROWN.

but still, the don cab stuff i really don't hear wrt: P&L (liek who's the fripp-wannabe in P&L????), the drummer is totally ft. thunder-esque, ef awl ewe. aaron dub's cousin holds down the melodies naturally he's the focus of all the crit here. not to say y'all aren't free to disagree but hey, pick on someone your own age.

hstencil: gembaku onanies = "those whose orgasms via masturbation are comparable to an atomic bomb explosion replete with mushroom cloud sprouting from the loins". the first hardcore band from japan. go see them live. it will all fall in to place.

dude! providence bands(fortthunderbands) do not have a distinctive drum sound! landed != Lightning Bolt != Olneyville Sound System != The White Mice.

Adam Autry, probably one of the only non-Chippendale drummers people have heard in large quantities, sounds NOTHING LIKE BRIAN. Where does this come from?

I don't think the drummer is, though, much like either of those bands (or sounds.) I'm pretty drunk now;---granted, the only P&L stuff I've heard recorded is their 7"; I don't listen to it much, but when I listen to it, I think the drums kind of remind me just a more traditional dubby/gr00vy rock band--swings like the stones but not without much purpose.

lvvvv yoouu.

We took our drummer to the hospital after Siren Fest. Brooklyn emergency medical care is THIRD WORLD, and sucks horribly. Other than that, Siren was cool, but the bands just aren't the point. Except Ted Leo, I love him.

i hate the word i'm about to use, but "gold we're digging" is the most anthemic song i've heard this year that isn't "all my friends". i think it's in the production, the way the singer sounds so far away from you. it kinda feels like being at the way way back of an ampitheatre show or something, like you're almost being begged to yell the words right back.

also hits collegiate/post-collegiate angst (groan, i know) like "all my friends", like, yeah, there is something in the gold we're (i'm) digging, even though we (i) might not know what it is just yet.

i've been hesitant towards talking about Mapmaker here due to whiney's presence, but i fucking love the shit out of the record. it's something- i guess i'm gonna call it a pop-punk record with noise tendencies- that i didn't know i needed until i heard it. production is so superb, the playing is great, lyrics i can make out really hit. anyway now that the cats out of the bag so to speak, hats off whiney, shit is great.

i've been hesitant towards talking about Mapmaker here due to whiney's presence

Hahaha... So THAT'S why no one on this board ever appeared to give a shit about this band.

Say whatever you want. I might actually be the biggest fan of Dan and BJ's songwriting there is. From what very little I know about the lyrics, a lot of the Mapmaker stuff did kind of come from a similar place as "All My Friends," which is maybe why both songs hit me so hard.

And, Jordan, btw, thanks a ton for listening so close. It means a lot to me, and I was just the drummer, so I know the other two dudes would be stoked to hear it.

yeah np. tell those to dudes to make it out to missouri one of these days. when i made the connection that you were the drummer i was pretty new here so i didn't know if bringing up the record would be kosher or not. like just the other day j0hn d. was like "don't bring up my band" but tonight i just said fuck it.

i just heard these guys for the first time on some comp and they're great!

the song was "fractured sky"

i think i mentioned this before but one of my bros is the new drummer in this band :>

Jess Harvell and Alex in Baltimore put the cd in their 2007 top 10 lists for the Baltimore City Paper.

I love this band, but for me the Mapmaker standout is the Dismemberment-Plan-on-PCP "Brighter Days".

my favorite P&L song is "A Pleasant Stay" off Stay Afraid

talk about anthem

this record is still neck and neck with lcd for my favorite alb of the year.

Should have stolen the record from my ex

I need to put on Mapmaker some more. I got it and listened a couple times and was like "yeah this is good it sounds like Stay Afraid" and it went back in the pile

You guys are super.

Stay Afraid was my favourite album of last year and this thread is reminding me to feel guilty that it's already the time of year for people to start making best-of lists and it's been so busy I haven't managed to give Mapmaker more than one listen yet. Also, some great tracks on the split with Tyondai Braxton, which I hope all those Battles fan kids are tracking down right now.

And I only realised who Whiney was after I'd been excited about the split for some time, saw them live (excellent show) and took the newly released Stay Afraid home and read the liner notes, and now if I manage to see them live again (I hope I will) you're not the drummer any more and I missed my chance to embarrass us both in public with stumbling "so... you're that guy... that's pretty cool" non-conversation. Which is just as well, I guess.

I "met" Whiney for the first time what, a month ago?

Yep. On the last day of CMJ!

I heard a band -- from Philly -- ripping off a P&L synth riff!

Whiney were you the 2nd drummer of P&L?

Glad somebody revived this, as I've been meaning to for a while. Damn, I love this band! Mapmaker and Stay Afraid are two of my very favorite records of right this moment now. So catchy, anthemic, freaky & great! Reminds me off the best things about Zen Arcade era Husker Du (best things in this case = all of them). Funny that people continue to say "noise band", 'cuz it seems totally off the mark at this point. I just hear rock, spazz, rock.

Thank you, Whiney, though I don't know you. You rules, this rules, aaaaahg flaggl.

Whiney were you the 2nd drummer of P&L?

third!

thx contederizer!

They're writing their fourth album right now.

And that fourth album is pretty frickin' spectacular so far, based on a first listen.

the last one was great so i'm v interested

me too. i heard some demos awhile back (the drummer is a good friend of mine) but not the final product yet.

They are a four piece now?

saw this band on Friday in Brighton and thought they were brilliant. Loved the way they affected to make a venue that holds maybe fifty people feel like an epic concert space.

I saw them last week in Glasgow and agree that they were awesome. I can never get all that excited by the albums, but live they're totally kick-ass.

http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p950898040-3.jpg

More Parts & Labor photos

So, I only know the fuzzpoppy stuff, but did these guys used to be a noise band or is this the No Age type "noise" thing. Serious question, really like the last album, would be intrigued by a power electronics backstory.

did these guys used to be a noise band

nah not really. they were less poppy when they were a duo though

this is off their first lp, Groundswell
http://www.partsandlabor.net/mp3/partsandlabor_gs.mp3

I actually love the singing on this album, but then crooked indie vocals are something I totally stan for.

stan and deliver

stan and receiver

hey how's the new one? love P&L but kinda wary about the Fridmann production. thoughts?

An announcement from Parts & Labor in their own words:

Dear friends,

This January, Parts & Labor turns 10 years old. We're planning a string of celebratory shows, in which we play selected material from all of our full length albums, leading up to a big 10th anniversary blow out on February 24th, 2012.

Following these performances, we're going to take an extended hiatus. We feel incredibly fortunate having had a decade of amazing experiences -- making records and new friends, performing with so many killer musicians and artists. But it's time for each of us to focus
on personal projects for a while. We're all going to continue to make music through other endeavors.

We'd like to thank everyone who's supported us, bought our albums, seen us live, offered us a floor to sleep on. We love y'all. As a token of our esteem, we're giving away a final song called "No Nostalgia (featuring Todd Bailey and Where's The Party At)", which was recorded during the Receivers sessions, but suddenly seems all too prescient.

Love,
Dan/BJ/Joe (Parts & Labor)

And now Whiney can arrange for that big ol' cover story.

they had a good run! hopefully i'll get to see them again on this last run. haven't listened to the last album enough, i didn't even know it was produced by Fridmann until reading ilxor's post upthread just now.

just mixed by him iirc

stoked for their (last?) show tomorrow night

i heard this show will be...cool

i heard it hasn't sold out yet

really wish i could make the trip up for it

http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/parts-and-labor/Content?oid=2214280

this is neat but lol how pissed can you imagine a certain someone being at the band being described as "Fugazi with ‘effed-up keyboards"

they're more like She & Him Meets Fugazi With Effed Up Keyboards, right?

why hello giggles

lol @ the difference in verbosity between whiney's and joe's interview

i'm also getting a kick out of watching them play double drums on youtube

deaf. great show