Parts & Labor is an American

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 experimental rock

Experimental rock

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/noise rock

Noise rock

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 band. The group was formed in 2002 by B.J. Warshaw and Dan Friel in Brooklyn, NY. Drummer Joe Wong joined the band in 2007. Parts & Labor has released five albums, two EPs, one split album (with Tyondai Braxton), and numerous 7"s and compilation tracks. Their music is influenced by DIY punk, experimental/psychedelic rock, and lo-fi electronic music.

Friel and Warshaw also run Cardboard Records, an independent record label that has released music by Pterodactyl, Gowns, Ecstatic Sunshine and others. Former members of Parts & Labor include Christopher Weingarten, Sarah Lipstate, Joel Saladino and Jim Sykes.

Current lineup

• Dan Friel – keyboards, guitar, voice
• B.J. Warshaw – bass, voice
• Joe Wong – drums

Discography

Full-lengths

• Groundswell (JMZ Records, 2003)
• Stay Afraid
  Stay Afraid
  Stay Afraid is the second full-length album from Parts & Labor, released in 2006 on Jagjaguwar Records.-Track listing:#"A Great Divide"#"Drastic Measures"#"A Pleasant Stay"#"New Buildings"#"Death"#"Timeline"#"Repair"#"Stay Afraid"...
  
  (Jagjaguwar Records, 2006)
• Mapmaker
  Mapmaker (album)
  Mapmaker is the third full-length release from Parts & Labor, released in 2007 on Jagjaguwar Records.-Track listing:#"Fractured Skies"#"Brighter Days"#"Vision of Repair"#"The Gold We're Digging"#"New Crimes"#"Long Way Down"#"Ghosts Will Burn"...
  
  (Jagjaguwar Records, 2007)
• Receivers (Jagjaguwar Records
  Jagjaguwar
  Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...
  
  , 2008)
• Constant Future (Jagjaguwar Records
  Jagjaguwar
  Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...
  
  , 2011)

Splits and EPs

• Rise, Rise, Rise (split LP with Tyondai Braxton
  Tyondai Braxton
  Tyondai Braxton is an American composer and performer, largely known as the former guitarist/singer of Battles, and as a prominently featured artist on record label Warp Records...
  
  )(Narnack Records
  Narnack Records
  Narnack Records is an independent record label founded in 2002. The label developed in NYC & Brooklyn’s underground music scene, quickly becoming known for its ability for developing new artists, but also working with established bands like The Fall and The Slits...
  
  , 2003)
• Escapers One 12" (Brooklyn Beats, 2007)
• Escapers Two (Ace Fu, 2008)

External links

• Official website
• [ All Music Guide page]
• MySpace page
• 2008 Parts & Labor Interview at Bandega.com
• NY Times Stay Afraid review
• Village Voice interview/review
• Cleveland Free Times live review
• Interview with Chief Magazine
• Parts & Labor talk Plan B Magazine through Stay Afraid (September 2006)
• Interview with BJ in a toilet cubicle (October 2007)
• Mini-interview with Parts & Labor about Whartscape 2008 (July 2008)