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The Pity Party
Genre: Alternative / Experimental / Rock
From: Los Angeles, California United States

I've spent most of today knee deep in long forgotten dust as I clear the wardrobes in my bedroom in preparation for the delivery of a new wardrobe. Not the way I normally like to spend my Saturday mornings but it did give me a great opportunity to listen to some CDs that have been piling up on my desk.

The first of these was the new EP from an old Devil favourite The Pity Party (check out the post from May last year here). The playfully titled 'Orgy Porgy' EP, with it's beautifully handmade eco friendly packaging and Ronald Dzerigan (no me neither) artwork, represents a departure for the beautifully named Hesisenflei and Maurice Robert. They've moved away from the wiry, electro tinged, pulsing, art-rock towards a more minimalist, reflective, sparsely populated sound that recalls Cat Power and early PJ Harvey but remains distinctively Pity Party.

There's nothing on the EP that matches the hyperactively contagious 'White Sugar Hyper' (check out the bands Virb site to hear how good it is Virb) which all discerning fans of music should be humming in their sleep, but it's still better than 99% of the dross that is marketed as 'Indie' and, if there's any justice in this world, it will launch the Pity Party into the minds and onto the Ipods of the worlds music lovers.

Go Try

MP3 - The Pity Party - The War Between 8 and 4

It's not representative of their new sound but it's such a good track that you really should give it a listen before heading over to the bands myspace site to order the new EP.

Go Visit

The Pity Party - Myspace // Virb

Go View

The Pity Party
Live @ The Viper Room