Parts and Labor

Back to concert reviews. So, where was I? Ah yes, February 9th Parts and Labor [myspace/website] gig for Girl Talk.

Parts & Labor - The Gold We're Digging off the forthcoming Mapmaker

Parts and Labor have been one of those perennial bands I almost nearly see and yet for some reason [Destiny? Dharma?] always tend to miss. Perhaps it's my impatience with opening acts or that their name is just too familiar in the local music scene that I discounted them. It was pleasant to see the audience pay so much attention to the trio who seem like they play somewhere in New York every few weeks. Maybe this isn't even true, but I remember since I started this blog that Parts and Labor have been on my radar and that's exactly where they had stayed. No longer.

Most memorable of the three was the drummer. Moving at speeds inhuman -or just punk- he drives the songs over their Brooklynesque sound. On the new album Mapmaker - not available until May- that tour de force/france percussion is most apparent on tracks like "Vision of Repair". Sonically they remind me of the local brethren Oxford Collapse, and like that band, the album takes a few spins to grow on you.

Some P&L tourdates:
04/04 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
04/05 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
04/06 Brooklyn, NY - Luna Lounge
04/07 Allston, MA - Great Scott
04/08 New Haven, CT - BAR Nightclub
04/09 Washington DC, - Rock and Roll Hotel
04/10 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
More Dates here.