- The pity party
Infobox musical artist
Name = The Pity Party
| The Pity Party |200px
Img_capt = The Pity Party at Little Radio. Photo: Timothy Norris
Landscape = Yes
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Los Angeles, USA
Genre = rock
Years_active = 2005 in music-present
URL= [http://thepityparty.net The Pity Party Official Website]
Current_members = Heisenflei & MThe Pity Party is a two-piece band from Los Angeles comprising of Heisenflei (simultaneous drums, keyboards, and vocals) and M (
guitar , vocals). They are the first band without representation to score a full-page feature inNME .cite web | url = http://thepityparty.net/blog.html | title = NME Radar: The Pity Party | work =NME | accessdate = 2008-07-07 ] The Pity Party's artwork is created exclusively byRonald Dzerigian .Biography
Heisenflei and M met in high school, where they sang in choir together. In 2004 they recorded their first music on a digital 8-track recorder in Heisenflei's studio apartment in
Silverlake, California . Their first self-release was The EP (produced byNoah Shain ) in 2006; champions of the environment, Heisenflei and M folded and glued 750 CD sleeves made out of recycled cereal boxes. Their second self-released EP, [http://www.last.fm/music/The+Pity+Party/Orgy+Porgy+EP Orgy Porgy] (produced by Stevehimself) was recorded at [http://www.moonshinestudios.com/ Moonshine Studios] . The group used recycled billboard vinyl to create 1,000 CD jackets which were hand sewn and screen printed with six unique images by artistRonald Dzerigian .cite web | url = http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/web-stories/indie/pity.php | title = Rummage | work =KCET | accessdate = 2008-07-07 ]In July 2007, Los Angeles' Indie 103.1FM
KDLD featured The Pity Party live in its "Also I Like to Rock" series at The Hammer Museum.cite web | url= http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/programs/42/ | title = Also I Like to Rock | work = | accessdate = 2008-07-07 ] They have received attention from members of the bandOzomatli who played "The War Between 8 & 4" on their show [http://rockaholics.star987.com/kysr.ozolocal/ Ozolocal] on LA's Star 98.7FMKYSR .cite web | url= http://rockaholics.star987.com/kysr.ozolocal/blog/2008/07/03/ozolocal_playlist_62808 | title = Pity Party on Star 98.7FM | work =KYSR | accessdate = 2008-07-07 ] "Guru of the soon-to-be-great," John Kennedy,cite web | url = http://www.xfm.co.uk/John-Kennedy | title = XFM DJ John Kennedy | work =XFM London | accessdate = 2008-07-07 ] has included "H.O.T.S." on his playlist for his highly popular show [http://www.xfm.co.uk/onair/shows/x-posure-about-the-show X-Posure] onXFM London .cite web | url= http://www.xfm.co.uk/xposure-playlist-archive2 | title = Pity Party on London's Xfm | work =XFM London | accessdate = 2008-07-07 ] Most recently, The Pity Party presented RUBBISH, a celebration of trash, at Echo Curio Art Gallery inEcho Park . For the event, The Pity Party produced 100 limited edition EPs with recycled billboard vinyl sleeves. While the band performed, artistRonald Dzerigian drew a unique image on the sleeve of each distributed CD.cite web | url = http://www.rockinsider.com/2008/07/flying-tourbillon-escapements-pity.html | title = Rubbish: The Pity Party @ Echo Curio | work = LA Weekly | accessdate = 2008-07-07 ]Tours
2007 w/
The Raveonettes cite web | url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/buzzbands/2007/10/the-pity-party-.html | title = Buzzbands: Pity Party | work =LA Times | accessdate = 2008-07-07 ]Critical Acclaim
Voted #1 MySpace Band (2008) by
Supersweet cite web | url= http://www.supersweet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=607&Itemid=41 | title = Supersweet's #1 MySpace Band | work =Supersweet | accessdate = 2008-07-07 ]
Voted Best Band in LA (2007) byLA Weekly cite web | url = http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:zf0o5_8hNyMJ:www.laweekly.com/detour.2007/%3Fsection%3Dupdates+la+weekly+detour+pity+party+congratulations&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=safari | title = LA Weekly: Best LA Band | work =LA Weekly | accessdate = 2008-07-07 ]
Flyer of the Week (July 3, 2008) byLA Weekly 's Mark Mauer.cite web | url = http://blogs.laweekly.com/play/flyer/fyer-of-the-week/ | title = Flyer of the week: The Pity Party and Jacques Renault | work =LA Weekly | accessdate = 2008-07-07 ]Discography
The EP (2006)
Orgy Porgy (2008)
Rubbish (2008) [Limited Edition]Trivia
Heisenflei's brother is guitarist Greg Edwards from
Autolux .
Heisenflei owns a knitting shop in Los Angeles called [http://www.thelittleknittery.com The Little Knittery] .References
External links
* [http://thepityparty.net Official webpage]
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* [http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/web-stories/indie/pity.php The Pity Party Interview] onKCET
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