PARTS & LABOR

Stay Afraid

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.

For their new record, Parts & Labor sought a bigger, more expansive sound. Dan Friel (keyboard/guitar/electronics/vocals) increasingly
juggles guitar alongside his trademark mutilated keyboard, while BJ Warshaw (bass/keyboard/electronics/vocals) blankets everything with
bass and additional electronic squall. They’ve picked up jackhammer drummer Christopher R. Weingarten, who hits so hard that the band
was forced to double their amplifiers. Warshaw and Friel share lead vocal duties, emphasizing a lyrical element largely unexplored by the
once-instrumental band. The result is a pop record that yowls like noise, a noise record that captivates like pop.

Simultaneously uplifting and unsettling, Stay Afraid’s sunny, technicolor hooks provide stark contrast to lyrics concerning media scare tac-
tics (“Stay Afraid”), government surveillance (“Drastic Measures”) or the seeming futility of protest (“Changing Of The Guard”). Album
opener “A Great Divide” finds Warshaw using each verse to explore a different division between classes and social spheres. “Repair” has
Friel singing through an amplified walkie-talkie about the wastefulness of disposable technology.

After honing his iconoclastic sound using toy keyboard and budget electronics, Friel formed Parts & Labor with Warshaw in early 2002.
Since then, Parts & Labor has released a clattery instrumental full-length (JMZ Records), a pastoral split full-length with Tyondai Braxton
(Narnack Records) and several 7”s (including a recent split with Aa on their own Cardboard Records label). The band has traversed the
country four times, playing with many of their favorite musicians along the way (TV On The Radio, Deerhoof, Melt Banana, Lightning
Bolt, Enon and Brah CEOs Oneida). With Stay Afraid, Parts & Labor have released their most anthemic, accessible and realized outing to
date.

Parts & Labor “Stay Afraid”

on JAGJAGUWAR/BRAH, catalog no: JAG077

Release date: April 11, 2006

Format: CD/LP (VINYL NON-RETURNABLE)

CD BOX LOT: 25 units

LP BOX LOT: 45 units

CD UPC: 656605207728

LP UPC: 656605822211

[phone] • www.jagjaguwar.com • [e-mail]

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1. Parts & Labor plan a full North American tour upon release of Stay Afraid.

2. Playing alongside TV On The Radio, Enon, Oneida, Melt Banana and Lightning Bolt has created a burgeoning grassroots fanbase for
Brooklyn, NY-based Parts & Labor.

3. Full domestic and international publicity will be serviced. Full domestic radio will be serviced. Promo CDs and promotional posters
are available to retail outlets.

4. A co-release by Jagjaguwar and Brah records, the new imprint curated by distinguished rock and noise innovators Oneida.

A Great Divide • Drastic Measures • A Pleasant Stay • New Buildings • Death • Timeline • Repair •

Stay Afraid • Springtime Hibernation • Changing Of The Guard

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