The second record from these Brooklyn noise-punks expands on the soaring melodies and cracked electronics of 2006's Stay Afraid, exploring a wider array of berserk, malfunctioning instruments and intricate, pummeling rhythms. These twelve political/personal anthems about ambition and distraction boast bigger choruses, denser drones, and shinier hooks. They cite Husker Du, Sonic Youth, Boredoms, Minutemen, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Amps For Christ as influences. "Brilliant, sustained noise-rock minimalists wi...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! Comes with free download coupon! Brooklyn noise punk outfit Parts & Labor has dramatically altered their wall of sound on their fourth album. It focuses on open spaces, longer movements, expansive arrangements, and loftier goals. Though they've maintained their love affair with glitchy oscillations and anthemic vocals, they're now a mature art-rock quartet. This is a heady mix of psych, noise, and pop influenced by the arty minimalism of Wire, the surreal pop of ear...   [ read more ]

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Brooklyn trio Parts & Labor combines tumultuous noise with enormous, triumphant melodies on their latest album, Stay Afraid. 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-a unique blast influenced by the clamor of Husker Du, the bluster of Boredoms and the homemade spirituals of Neutral Milk Hotel.

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