On October 21, Parts & Labor will release Receivers, their fourth full-length album via Jagjaguwar Records. The eight track effort is also being billed as the band’s most complex effort to date, thanks to an evolving lineup that now features drummer Joe Wong and guitarist Sarah Lipstate in addition to founding members Dan Friel and BJ Warshaw.

Receivers showcases the band’s catchiest and darkest moods to date, reveling in a growing dynamic sensibility only hinted at in their previous work. Though they’ve maintained their love affair with glitchy oscillations and anthemic vocals, they are now utilizing the full possibilities of a band that was once a scrappy punk trio, and now a mature art-rock quartet. It’s is a heady mix of psych, noise, and pop influenced by the arty minimalism of Wire, the surreal pop of early Eno, and even the spaced out psychedelia of Dark Side-era Pink Floyd.

Also worth note is the unique fan participation behind the development of the album as the New York natives encouraged fans to voice their thoughts on possible themes and sounds of the album.

And if that’s not enough for you, we, via Parts & Labor, have Receiver’s first single and latest tour dates to check out…

Check Out:
“Nowheres Nigh”

Receivers Tracklist:
01. Satellites
02. Nowheres Nigh
03. Mount Misery
04. Little Ones
05. The Ceasing Now
06. Wedding In A Wasteland
07. Prefix Free
08. Solemn Show World

Parts & Labor 2008 Tour Dates:
07/19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Siren Music Festival
07/20 - Baltimore, MD @ Whartscape Festival
10/23 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
10/24 - Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
10/25 - St, Louis, MO @ The Billiken Club (Free)
10/27 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
10/28 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
11/01 - San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
11/03 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
11/07 - Houston, TX @ Walters on Washington
11/09 - Dallas, TX @ The Lounge
11/10 - Hot Springs, AR @ The Exchange
11/13 - Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
11/19 - Bloomington, UN @ Bear’s Place

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