SOTD: Parts & Labor - 'Nowheres Nigh' from Receivers (2008)
An unseasonably warm day in Kansas City such as the one we're having today demands something unusually upbeat. Brooklyn-based Parts & Labor have been around since 2002, but it wasn't until 2008's Receivers that the noise/art band really brought together all the elements hinted at in 2007's Mapmaker. While still maintaining their noise roots, the hooks are much more in evidence as evidenced by 'Nowheres Nigh.' It almost might even be called a pop song.
Snowy Kansas City
It has been a relatively mild winter with regard to snow in Kansas City. Some of the area's meteorologists actually predicted a slow snow season after last year's 41" of snow; the predictions are accurate so far. However, the past two days have delivered the first significant snowfall we've seen this winter. Now that the snow has stopped we can prepare for Arctic air with highs in the teens and wind chills below -10°F. At least it's sunny outside.
These photos were taken while driving snowy roads downtown the past two mornings.
Through a crack in the shield our eyes look screaming
Yellow wide unyielding lines
Spreading dread leaves roadkill sleeping
We float we fly we gloat we glide we hide we find
We don't deny we've left our destiny behind
But really, this is one of those tunes by one of those bands where it's just better to turn up the song and go with it. On a bright sunny day like this it doesn't *need* to make sense. It just is.
Parts & Labor live in Paris in 2008:
A fan-made video done as a media project assignment. Makes as much sense as the song, but the lightsaber fight is amusing.
"The Gold We're Digging" is from 2007's Mapmaker album.