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LAB PARTNERS BIO
From the creatively fertile grounds of Dayton, Ohio, home of the Wright Brothers and the birth of flight, comes a new type of onward and upward venture, this time of the aural realm by veteran indie spacerockers LAB PARTNERS. Lab Partners' sound washes over you with heavy doses of celestial vocals and melodic guitars. Their massive presence is driven by larger than life drums and pulsing synth bass. With an emotional purity, Lab Partners do far more than write amazing songs, they create a dense atmosphere of true rebellion.
Formed in 1998 by guitarist/vocalist MIKE SMITH and KEVIN PARRETT (A Ten O’Clock Scholar), the duo soon added keyboardist AMY SMITH to round out the lineup. In 1999, drummer MATT SCHULZ, who has been a longtime collaborator with Mike Smith dating back from their days together in Honeyburn joined the band. Schulz went on to perform full- time duty with Enon and Holy F*ck. Veteran guitarist MIKE VOLK (Honeyburn, Cigarhead) came on board in late in 2001, when Kevin Parrett left to pursue other interests. Over the years, Lab Partners has had a fair share of drummers such as Ian Kaplan, Todd Carll, and JIM MACPHERSON (The Breeders, Guided By Voices). Returning to the band, after playing on Moonlight Music, is Kevin Vaughn (Heartless Bastards).
Over the years, the band has put out 5 full length albums as well as several EPs. The latest record, Mind Control, features 11 songs and was released in October 2020 by Chicago’s PRAVDA RECORDS. Pravda also released Seven Seas in 2014 and Moonlight Music in 2010. 2005's Wicked Branches and 2007's Keep Quiet e.p. was released on Portland's Reverb Records. 2002's Daystar was released on Dayton's Big Beef Records and garnered reviews from SPIN Magazine and Under the Radar. Lab Partners also self produced two early recordings Lab Partners released in 1999 and Turn It On released in 2000.
Lab Partners has played several highly-regarded festivals over the course of their career, including: CMJ Music Festival in 2002 (New York), CMJ Rock Hall Music Festival in 2005 (Cleveland), South by Southwest Music Festival in both 2006 and 2007 (Austin). The band has two WOXY.COM Live Lounge Axe Sessions available for download via iTunes.
The band has toured numerous times over the United States and shared the stage with such acts as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Warlocks, Luna, The High Dials, Throwing Muses, Mark Gardener, The Black Angels, Spectrum, The Sky Drops, Adam Franklin, and Paik.
SOME PRESS
“Epic, old-style dream pop… Mixing the brainy cloudbursts of Ride with the druggy swagger of Spacemen 3, the Partners bring the genre closer to earth with instantly hummable songs that are once affecting and remote.” – Spin
“If one was to combine Galaxie 500’s ethereal fireworks and Spacemen 3’s jammier tendencies with a taste of Beulah’s harmonies, he or she might end up with something closely approximating Lab Partners” – Pitchfork Media
“On their second full-length, Dayton, Ohio’s Lab Partners have upped the “rock” in their appealing brand of neo-space rock. While still absorbing some of the influence of early nineties U.K. dream-pop, Wicked Branches shows the band forging their own unique sound, with more power and clarity… Having toured with The Warlocks and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Lab Partners reveal themselves to be worthy peers of these better-known spacey bands, clearly deserving wider attention..” -Skyscraper
“In 2003, the Dayton, Ohio quartet Lab Partners released their adebut Daystar, one hell of an epic shoegazer album. But it was still just a shoegazer record. Their sophomore effort, Wicked Branches, finds Lab Partners carving their niche into the rock ‘n’ roll wall by putting the “rock” back in space rock.” 8/10 – Under the Radar
“If Billy Corgan were British, it’s tempting to ask, would he have been a Lab Partner?... their brand of jangly and vaguely epic pop is as much Slowdive and Spacehog as it is Smashing (Pumpkin-related or otherwise).” – Tablet
“Lab Partners craft such immaculately perfect dream pop that their music is virtually indistinguishable from forebears like Ride, the Swirlies, and the Drop Nineteens… And by that measure, the Lab Partners are very good at what they do, creating epic, narcotic drone rock on par with their inspirations.” – All Music Guide
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