Parts and Labor - Receivers
Artist:
Parts and Labor
Review:
The Facebook generation just got its own spectacularly overblown
epic in the tradition of Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Channeling
the motorized grooves of Can and the industrial experiments of
Throbbing Gristle, these Brooklynites deliver a chilling,
post-apocalyptic concept album about failing to keep up with
capitalism and technology. On the synth rocker “Nowheres Nigh,”
singer Dan Friel shouts, “Consumption is our plight/These wasteful
Westerns of our time.” And “Satellites” is a rush of electro…
Rating:
3 Stars
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