Parts & Labor

Battles, Parts & Labor at London Koko, Thu 11 Oct

Review by Mike Diver

Heart beats double-time back here – TV screen the only eye on a stage hidden by bouncing bodies too many to brave a forward rush. Still, contentment rolls into excitement; rolls into knee-jerk joy: Battles would sound awesome if the listener were stuck in the foyer. Of a building across the street...»

Koko

Train: Camden Road (10 mins) Euston (10 mins) St. Pancras (12 mins)

Tube: Mornington Crescent (2 mins)

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Parts & Labor

MySpace

Parts & Labor explore a wide array of berserk, malfunctioning instruments and intricate, pummelling rhythms. P&L cite the following bands as influences and are totally cool with you name-checking them: Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, Boredoms, Minutemen, Neutral Milk Hotel and Amps For Christ.

Battles

Battles are:

Ian Williams (Don Caballero)
John Stanier (Helmet, Tomahawk)
Tyondai Braxton
Dave Konopka

Mirrored (2007)

Photograph from the band's MySpace page, here.