Julez, Jeff and I went down to The Silverlake Lounge to catch the first day of The Pity Party's residency. Jeremy (also a contributor here on the blog) met up with us shortly after we arrived there. I was elated to see The Pity Party play finally, as I missed them by an hour or so when they played The Echo with Great Northern, Division Day, and Light FM due to a misleading flyer.
(Tsk!) It was fine though, Division Day is one of our other contributor's (Oliver) favorite L.A. bands and some friends of mine went to see Light FM too. (All around a great show at The Echo that night.)
Anyhow, back to last night... as I was saying I was happy to finally see The Pity Party. Heisenflei (aka Julie whose sibling is in an equally interesting band and was previously in another rad band) and I met almost a decade ago, and I have always appreciated her voice - even when we were just singing aloud in her charcoal grey Jeep Cherokee. The comparisons to Blonde Redhead, though an accurate quick-fix, completely discount the Quasi, Sleater-Kinney elements. (Also missed: early that dog. and more recently Pit Er Pat.) They have pretty great documentation of their local press coverage in their myspace blog, if you're interested.
Oh! I almost forgot - The Pity Party's EPs are available at Sea Level and are only $5. They're very cool and the sleeves are handmade from cereal boxes donated by friends and fans. Actually, I don't know for a fact, but it seems to me like all The Pity Party related merchandise is hand-crafted. Which makes sense since creative Heisenflei also runs The Little Knittery in Los Feliz. The residency also offers a limited amount of these 'zine + cd compilation of all the bands throughout the residency + quarter (for good measure) - for FREE! Totally worth the trip to a free show at the dark and intimate The Silverlake Lounge on a Monday night.
If you live in/around L.A. or are going to be in L.A. in January - The Pity Party are playing The Silverlake Lounge every Monday this month for free:
[mp3] The Pity Party - The War Between Eight And Four (Radio Edit) [/mp3]
[mp3] The Pity Party - Lullaby [/mp3]
*MP3s are only available for the first 100 downloads.
Click here to add or listen to The Pity Party on myspace.
martes, enero 9
The Pity Party
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7 comentarios:
I found this band through the Hype Machine filter and wish I could be in California to see the band play! Tell them to make videos or come to Berlin!
Whoa, a new good la band!
Maybe I'll see you at the Silverlake Lounge next Monday!
I don't know if I can make it next Monday but the two after that for sure!
don't forget to pick up the free zine+compilation+quarter
Definitely worth the trip. I know I will be back for more! Thank you Celeste for turning me on to them : )
glad you liked it! isn't heisenflei inspiring? what stamina!
Hey Celeste are you going to the show tonight?
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