PSYCHOBUILDINGS Birds of Prey 7”
design by Ryan Johnson
“Birds of Prey” is the debut offering from Brooklyn’s Psychobuildings, a group that started as a solo recording project by Peter LaBier and has since expanded to include Peter Schuette on synths and Juan Pieczanski on electronic/live percussion and synths. Blending jam-based punk aesthetics with a laser focus on beat and melody, Psychobuildings recalls an era of music when pop, rock, and disco began fusing together to stir up new club sensations like hip-hop and new wave. These touchstones have provided LaBier with a foundation for his own unique pop sensibilities,
“Rhythms bustle in competition for space while primary, pastel synths taper around like those streamers inside party poppers, and when Peter sings his words he sounds like a child confused by a dream he just woke up from...” -Kev Kharas (Vice) READ COMPLETE ARTICLE & INTERVIEW >>
“Peter LaBier’s deep droll steers carefully away from pastiche, around the casually out of place chimes littering ‘Birds of Prey’ and into a light, lean and loopy pop jam that feels simultaneously familiar and fresh.” -Sahil Varma (Transparent) READ MORE >>
“Rather than invoking the chart-busting high-drama of Eurythmics’ ilk mind, he opts for a dance floor dynamic that sounds like a late Eighties ‘jackin’-house style remix you’d get on the B-side to a David Byrne and Robert Smith collaborative single...” -Jaimie Hodgson (NME) READ MORE >>
“...what it would have sounded like if Suicide had been produced by Nile Rodgers, like super crisp and clear and still possibly insane but brain patters completely legible. Like “Ghost Rider” filtered through “Let’s Dance.” -Peter Macia (The Fader) READ MORE >>
CATALOG: AHE-07
UPC: 881626928929
7” edition of 500
RELEASE DATE:
March 1, 2010
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PSYCHOBUILDINGS
BIRDS OF PREY b/w PARADISE
PSYCHOBUILDINGS - NYC 2010
Photo by Joey Frank
PSYCHOBUILDINGS - NYC 2010
Photo by Joey Frank
Tracks:
B: Paradise
