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Mapmaker (CD)

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DISC 1 for Mapmaker (CD) Album By Parts & Labor (Artist)
1   Fractured Skies
2   Brighter Days
3   Vision Of Repair
4   Gold We're Digging, The
5   New Crimes
6   Long Way Down
7   Ghosts Will Burn
8   Unexplosions
9   Camera Shy
10   King Of The Hill
11   Fake Rain
12   Knives And Pencils
 

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Review

Magnet (p.102) - "[T]he squealing guitars and rewired electronics combine with Christopher Weingarten's exceptional drumming to make a record that's heavy, noisy and artful in a delightfully unpretentious way."
The Wire (p.49) - "By embedding the full throttle melodies of Husker Du and Minutemen within Wolf Eyes-style noise and fractured electronic shards, they have created something unique."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.58) - "Tracks like 'The Gold We're Still Digging' and 'Vision Of Repair' display a commendable quest to search out new sounds, unpredictable structures and grooves."

Title Note

Parts & Labor: BJ Warshaw (bass guitar); Christopher R. Weingarten (drums); Dan Friel (electronics).

Additional personnel: Sarah Kornbluth (vocals); Joe Kremer (guitar); Natalja Kent (flute); Brett Deschenes (trumpet); Sam Kulik (trombone); Jeffrey Ottenbacher (percussion).

Innovative Brooklyn trio Parts & Labor raise the bar yet again on their fourth effort, 2007's MAPMAKER. As on the group's other releases, MAPMAKER offers up plenty of art-damaged noise, especially given the predominance of clattering, thunderous percussion and unpredictable sonic swerves. Yet the songs on the album also deliver more melodies and hooks than any previous Parts & Labor disc.

Opener "Fractured Skies" is a case in point in the way its heavy attack lays the groundwork for hooks and pop craft. Even at its most avant garde (as on the closer "Knives and Pencils"), Parts & Labor execute their experiments with taste and an ear toward accessibility, which makes MAPMAKER a must for those who enjoy smart, challenging experimental rock.

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