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| Dayton, Ohio's Lab Partners
are the newest addition to the Reverb family. Our friends
at Under the Radar Magazine turned us on to them for our
Fuzzy Ball compilation and we've been mates ever since. They've
toured with everyone from The Warlocks to BRMC and they've
put out a string of amazing releases. Their 4th full length "Wicked
Branches" was
just released in North America. It’s
available NOW from our Webstore, through Apple's iTunes
and at all good record stores. The album has been getting
rave reviews from both regional and national press. It’s
only just beginning to catch a buzz at national radio. |
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Dayton Ohio's LAB PARTNERS formed
in 1998 by guitarist/vocalist MIKE SMITH and keyboardist
AMY SMITH, the band originally featured lead guitarist KEVIN
PARRETT (A Ten O'Clock Scholar) and drummer MATT SCHULZ,
who has been a longtime collaborator with Mike Smith dating
back from their days together in Honeyburn. Schulz
went on to perform full-time duty with Enon. Today Lab Partners'
drum work is handled by TODD CARLL (Ultra Vega, Kommandoz)
and features veteran rocker MIKE VOLK on lead guitar (also
formerly of Honeyburn and Let's Crash). Lab Partners also
serve as one of the few bands not to include a bass player,
with Amy Smith's keyboards and sequencer work uniquely filling
in the low end of the rock spectrum.
Lab Partners have been fairly prolific over the last several
years, participating in three compilations and putting out
three full-length albums. Their last release, Daystar, really
put them on the map with national press and radio really hopping
on board. Spin Magazine called them the “Band To Watch” and
Under The Radar Magazine and Pitchfork Media talked the band
up. Tours with The Warlocks, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and
US Maple also helped win the band some great new friends as
they criss-crossed the country on tour. Their 4th album “Wicked
Branches” was just released in
North America in July 2005. The 12 song release covers ground
If early reviews are anything to go by, the album is going
to be a big one for the band. |
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LAB PARTNERS
Keep Quiet E.P.
2007 Reverb Records
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Littleradio.com Sampler
Various Artists
2005 Littleradio.com / Split USA |
WICKED BRANCHES
2005 Reverb Records |
THE FUZZY BALL
Various Artists
2004 Reverb Records |
TEST TONES VOLUME 2
Various Artists
2003 Claire Records |
DAYSTAR
2002 Big Beef Records |
TURN IT ON
2000 Lab Partners |
OUR MUSIC CINCINNATI
Various Artists
2000 Our Music |
LAB PARTNERS
1999 Lab Partners |
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SPIN MAGAZINE
"BAND TO WATCH. ..Epic, old-style dream pop radioed in from the spaceways
of Dayton, Ohio. Mixing the brainy cloudbursts of Ride with the druggy
swagger of Spaceman 3, the LAB PARTNERS bring the genre closer to earth with
instantly hummable songs that are at once affecting and remote."
UNDER THE RADAR MAGAZINE
"Enough layers, grooves, and space-rock psychedelics to give bands like
BRMC and the Warlocks a run for the effects pedals."
PITCHFORK MEDIA
"Beautifully strangled notes gasp for air through waves of feedback
while the vocals glide just over top, clean and clear. It's lush, flowery
music that easily lends itself to such lush, flowery description, and the
early tests are a real success... "Lab Partners have seen farther
because they usually just stand on the shoulders of giants, not because
they've ripped them off."
IMPACT WEEKLY
"The group's lofty, space-bound indie sounds reflect Coldplay and Doves,
while offering something special all it?s own. Top-notch melodies with a mellow
air of sophistication that clings to the ear like a warm dew of steam."
REAL DETROIT WEEKLY
"These charming mystics fuse epic Brit-pop with the stellar capabilities
of synth-bass, transplanting supernatural wings on your back and lifting you
straight up to Neptune."
POP MATTERS
"If Dayton, Ohio's Lab Partners prove anything with their first long-player,
Daystar, it's that injecting some power-pop sensibilities into space-rock produces
some very fine results. Despite their stratospheric inclinations, they are
at their core great pop writers who share a surprising amount in common with
Fountains of Wayne, pulling one lush nugget after another from what seems like
an inexhaustible supply."
NOW ON TOUR
"As narcotic-laced as anything Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is doing and
definitely reminiscent of greats like the Jesus & Mary Chain and Ride."
SPONIC ZINE
"The wall-of-sound chorus and lazy melodies are as delicious as any morsel
on your old My Bloody Valentine albums, although far less browbeaten. What
Lab Partners really bring to the psychedelic/space-rock table is a reassuring
hand and a warmth of sentiment that's refreshing compared to indie rock's typical
distanced irony or detached pathos."
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Mike Smith : Guitars, Vocals
Amy Smith : Keyboards
Todd Carll : Drums, Percussion
Mike Volk : Guitars |
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