The Pity Party is a two part band from Los Angeles consisting of Julie Edwards, aka Heisenflei (simultaneous drum, keyboard, and vocals) and M (guitar, vocals). They are the first band without representatives to print full-page features in NME. The Pity Party's artwork was made exclusively by Ronald Dzerigian.
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Biography
Heisenflei and M met in high school, where they sang together in the choir. In 2004 they recorded their first music on a digital 8-track recorder at Heisenflei studio apartment in Silverlake, California. Their first release was The EP (produced by Noah Shain) in 2006; Environmental champion Heisenflei and M fold and paste 750 CDs made from recycled cereal boxes. Their second self-released EP, Orgy Porgy (produced by Stevehimself) was recorded at Moonshine Studios. The group used recycled billboard vinyl to create 1,000 hand-stitched jacket CDs and screens printed with six unique images by artist Ronald Dzerigian.
In July 2007, KDI Indie 103.1FM from Los Angeles featured The Pity Party live in the "Also I Like to Rock" series at The Hammer Museum. They have received attention from members of the band Ozomatli who played "The War Between 8 & amp; 4" on their Ozolocal show in LA Star 98.7FM KYSR. "The soon-to-be-great teacher," John Kennedy, has included "H.O.T.S." in the playlist for the highly popular X-Posure event at XFM London. Recently, The Pity Party presents RUBBISH, a garbage celebration, at the Echo Curio Art Gallery in Echo Park. For the event, The Pity Party produces 100 limited edition EPs with billboard vinyl billboard recycling. When the band performed, artist Ronald Dzerigian drew a unique image on the arm of each distributed CD.
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Tour
2007 dengan Raveonettes 2009 Tour of Tears dengan The Happy Hollows dan Rumspringa (band)
Critical Acclaim
Selected No. 1 MySpace Band (2008) by Supersweet
Chosen Best Band at LA (2007) by LA Weekly Flyer of the Week (July 3, 2008) by LA Weekly's Mark Mauer Kat Corbett spins "Love Lies" in Los Angeles' KROQ-FM 106,7 Local People (November 9, 2008)
"Yours, That Works" is named in the 10 Best Tracks of 2008 by Time Out London
Winner of 826LA's Battle of the Bands (2009)
Discography
EP (2006)
Orgy Porgy (2008)
Rubbish (2008) [Edisi Terbatas]
Hotwork EP (2009)
Chickens In Love Compilation (Origami Vinyl, 2010)
Trivia
Heisenflei plays drums in two pieces of Deap Vally. Brother Heisenflei is guitarist Greg Edwards of Autolux Heisenflei has a knitting shop in Los Angeles called The Little Knittery.
Heisenflei plays drums for The Raveonettes in February 2009 Heisenflei sang Nolens Volens, the second album The Deadly Syndrome.
References
External links
- Facebook page
- Poor Party Interview at KCET
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