Search - Dan Friel :: Ghost Town (Dig)

"Burning with ideas, he has a knack for making his cheap drum machines, blipping remote controls, and preprogrammed toys sound like injured robots stumbling through a raging fire ... Throughout, each track feels both organically real-time and inevitably prefabricated ... an intoxicating friction, lit with the energy of bombed-out machinery and loose-limbed brainpower." -- The Wire "Strange and wonderful, and best of all, unlike anything we can think of." -- Time Out New York "You know almost exactly how much it took to make this, money-wise, but you'll be surprised at how damn good metal-electronic-lo-fi-folk actually sounds." -- Stylus Ghost Town is the first full-length solo release from Parts & Labor singer/ electrician Dan Friel. Characterized by its anthemic melodies, complex electronic arrangements, and huge distorted beats, Ghost Town is an indie record the noise kids will love and a noise record that will inspire the indie kids to pick up some busted electronic gear and strive for immortality. Comparisons are tough, but perhaps if In the Aeroplane Over the Sea was sculpted out of distorted noise you might be getting close. Warning: if you plan on playing this in the record shop you work at during open hours you'd better make sure you've got plenty in stock. This is one of those records you can sell to everyone from the noise-heads in the corner to fitness moms looking for something to work out to. Dan Friel's Ghost Town has universal appeal.