You Say Party! We Say Die!

Fri, March 26, 2010
Doors: 9:00 PM / Show: 9:30 PM
$12.00
You Say Party! We Say Die!


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YSP!WSD! has embraced soul, feeling, & rhythm while still bearing the tenets of their original sound, which caused critics around the globe to embrace the band's first two albums, Hit the Floor! & Lose All Time.

After years of touring, hundreds of shows worldwide, & countless van hours together, patience has become a virtue to lead singer Becky Ninkovic, bassist Stephen O'Shea, keyboardist Krista Loewen, guitarist Derek Adam & drummer Devon Clifford. In late 2007, during a sixteen-week fall/winter tour of Canada & Europe, the band had reached a breaking point. It happened during a physical confrontation at the legendary "Rock and Roll Herberge" in Berlin, ending with Ninkovic being thrown into the street by two beefy German punk rockers.

Collaborating with producer Howard Redekopp (Tegan And Sara, The New Pornographers), XXXX was recorded between January and August of 2009, and is their most intensive effort to date.

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The ever-prolific John Biz is back in the studio again, working on the follow-up to last year's Steve Albini-produced two-fer, the Vida LP and accompanying Aloha EP. This time around Bizzo has enlisted the production help of longtime friend and Budos Band member, John Carbonella, as well as the musical talents of Claude Coleman Jr and Dave Dreiwitz of Ween. Also on board: Ariella Stok, Brian Kantor, Travis harrison, Ross hendler. Though the record will be stylistically diverse, it is conceptually unified by themes of love–the ways in which we find it, keep it, lose it and carry on without it. This is a highly personal record, as all of the material was written in the aftermath of a devastating breakup, the emotional turmoil of which has proven to be fertile territory for the singer-songwriter. "We've got a mountain of material to work through," Biz says, "and we're going to finish all of it before we decide what will make the final cut, so it will be an interesting process." From blistering punk rock tunes to pretty vintage-rock ballads to psychedelic synth-folk freakouts, this record will have something for everybody.

Venue Information:
Knitting Factory Brooklyn
361 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn , NY
11211
http://ny.knittingfactory.com