Parts & Labor frontman and BTW Dan Friel makes solo music under his given name -- ecstatic, noisy keyboard-based stuff that, as on "Valedictorian," is full of technicolor chirp, sugar-rush whoosh, and a bucket of adrenaline. It's the A-side to a new 12" Thrill Jockey's releasing in October, and it's a download here:
Dan Friel - "Valedictorian"
"Valedictorian"/"Exoskeleton" is out 10/16 via Thrill Jockey.
