-=- SHGZ -=- * Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal * ARTIST..: Lab Partners ALBUM...: Seven Seas GENRE...: Indie STYLE...: Indie Rock, Shoegaze YEAR....: 2014 LABEL...: Pravda ENCODER.: LAME 3.100 -V0 BITRATE.: 282 kbps avg QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo SOURCE..: CD TRACKS..: 10 SIZE....: 101.50 MB URL..: http://www.labpartners.net/ - TRACKLIST 1 Because Of You / Because Of Me 3:48 2 Simple Machine 4:30 3 Taking Our Time 5:22 4 Starlight 3:27 5 Do You Feel Life 5:21 6 Basket Case 3:38 7 Six Times 7:18 8 The Set Up 5:41 9 Mothman Night Terrors 4:39 10 Seven Seas 6:27 Total Playtime: 50:11 Dayton, Ohio's favorite guitar hero's the Lab Partners have returned with their first record since their 2010' LP Moonlight Music, which was released by Chicago Label Pravda. The same label is behind the band's new LP entitled Seven Seas, which was just released on Record Store Day. If you take 4 years between records it better be good. Well, let me ensure you that this record is well worth the wait. Ex-Guided By Voices and The Breeders drummer Jim Macpherson is behind the kit and has never sounded so fluid. Mike Smith and Mike Volk's guitar work have gone to a new level on this recording as the sonic madness and space inspired melody rank them with peers like the Spaceman 3 and My Bloody Valentine. While you can hear their influences in their music there is a true uniqueness to their songwriting craft. On the opening track, "Because of You/ Because Of Me," the band sounds ready to conquer larger stages. When Smith sing's "We can make it happenα" you can envision thousands of rock fists raised to the sky. "Starlight" would be an instant feel good classic in any galaxy. We are just fortunate it was written in ours. The trippy guitar intro of "Do You Feel Life" is the type of sound that will get stuck in your head for weeks at a time. At 48 minutes and 10 tracks long, there is not a bad moment on Seven Seas. The band has definitely returned with a sonic vengeance, so if you get the chance to catch them live do it and for sure grab yourself a copy of the LP. * Lab Partners first formed in Dayton in 1998 by Mike Smith, Amy Smith and Matt Schultz of the band Honeyburn and Kevin Parrett of Ten O'Clock Scholar.[1] After releasing two EPs in 1999 and 2002, drummer Matt Schultz left the group to join Let's Crash, and later, Enon.[1] He was replaced with Ian Kaplan, and the group released its first full-length, Daystar, in 2002 to critical acclaim.[2][3][4][5][6] After Daystar's release, Mike Volk (another Honeyburn veteran) replaced Parrett on guitar and Todd Carll took over for Kaplan on drums. Appearances at SXSW and several tours around the US followed over the next several years, as well as another LP and EP. Moonlight Music was released in 2010 and featured Kevin Vaughn (Heartless Bastards) on drums. -=- SHGZ -=- P.S. ** Thanks *** *** BCC FNT IPC SSR *** *** For Knowing Where The Music Is At *** *** Props to CaHeSo, awesome Asian Indie/Shoegaze *** *** And to FANG/HOUND for supporting all the Indie lovers out there *** --===-- ********************* * NuHS we miss you! * *********************