Parts & Labor
From Brooklyn
Popularity
Parts & Labor has one upcoming show in the Netherlands: on April 15, 2027 at 013, Tilburg.
About
Also known as: Parts and Labor
Parts & Labor built a whole career on smashing noise and melody into the same room. The Brooklyn band, formed in 2002 by BJ Warshaw and Dan Friel, took cues from the likes of Mission of Burma, Hüsker Dü and Boredoms, and stacked up five albums, a couple of EPs and a pile of 7 inch singles over their first run. Most of that landed on Jagjaguwar, including Stay Afraid, Mapmaker, Receivers and Constant Future. They liked to push things to extremes. In 2008 they put out Escapers Two, a record cramming 51 songs into around 29 minutes. Around then the lineup briefly grew into a four piece with a new drummer and a second guitarist. They played a tenth anniversary show in 2012 that doubled as their last, but the story did not stop there: the band is back in 2026 with a double drummer setup and a sixth album, Set of All Sets, introduced by the 20 minute, four part track Endless Cycle Pts. 1 to 4. Friel and Warshaw also run Cardboard Records.
