Creeping towards their ten year anniversary, Parts & Labor’s industrious tone of yesteryear rings a new truth and sincerity in these dire times of economic need and greed. Their music is the love child of everything from the fear of Y2K to the frenetic electro rock explosion that has taken over the world.
Members Dan Friel, B.J. Warshaw, and Joe Wong remember the days before Williamsburg became the swank Upper West Side of Brooklyn, gigging extensively in the area to support their music and label, Cardboard Records. Parts & Labor have released five full length albums and a ton of 7” compilations – and graced the cover of The Deli in 2007. Their latest release, “Constant Future” is meticulously produced, but they maintain their fuzzy experimental roots with louder than Zeus power chord choruses layered with Dan Friel’s haunting vocal work.
Parts & Labor plan to take a hiatus after a string of ongoing shows in Brooklyn, each replicating live one of their albums. On December 16th they will be playing tracks from their 2006 release, “Stay Afraid” at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn with Pterodactyl. February 24th is the 10th anniversary fest at 285 Kent Ave. where they will be playing with other bands that came out of the Williamsburg scene in the sketchy time after the turn of the new millennium: Oneida, Talk Normal, and more to be announced. – Ed Guardaro (@wangtungchufu)
