Pitchfork

As they record their full-length follow-up to last year's Mapmaker, jittery Brooklynites Parts & Labor are asking for help. The labor they seek comes in the form of a little recording work on the parts of their fans. As they explain in a press release:

Want to be on the next Parts & Labor album?

We're in the studio working on our next album. Send us some audio samples to use on the recording.

We're looking for snippets of noises, field recordings, found sounds, drones, speaking, etc.

Send audio that responds to any or all of these questions:

1. What's your favorite or least favorite sound?
2. What are you afraid of?
3. What do your parents sound like?
4. Where are you going, or where have you been?

The deadline for submissions is May 23.

Please keep the samples under 10 seconds. WAV or AIFF formats are preferred (but MP3s are okay too).

Email your submissions to partsandlaborsounds@gmail.com. Include your name for crediting purposes if you want.

Thanks,
Parts & Labor

PS: By sending us audio files, you're agreeing to let us use them on our audio recordings in any way we see fit, forever and ever. Don't send lawyers at us.

Between the work on the new album, a live date this month, and a trip to Europe in July, Parts & Labor have plenty on their plate for the moment.

That goes double for singer/knob-twiddler Dan Friel, who will release Ghost Town, his first solo album, via Important Records on May 13. The record's opening track is available for downloading over in Forkcast.

Parts & Labor:

05-09 Hanover, NH - Fuel Rocket Club (Dartmouth College) *
07-02 Kristiansand, Norway - Quart Festival
07-04 Nuremberg, Germany - K4
07-05 Wurzburg, Germany - Cairo
07-06 Prague, Czech Republic - 007 Stahov
07-07 Munich, Germany - Sunny @ Feierwerk
07-08 Berlin, Germany - Festsaal
07-09 Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang
07-10 Dortmund, Germany - FZW
07-11 Utrecht, Netherlands - Ekko
07-12 Manchester, England - Islington Mill
07-13 Birmingham, England - Supersonic Festival
07-14 London, England - Corsica Studios
07-15 Leeds, England - Faversham
07-16 Paris, France - Maroquinerie

* with Indian Jewelry