The pity party

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 & M

The 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 in NME.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 by Ronald 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 by Noah 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 artist Ronald 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 band Ozomatli who played "The War Between 8 & 4" on their show [http://rockaholics.star987.com/kysr.ozolocal/ Ozolocal] on LA's Star 98.7FM KYSR.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] on XFM 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 in Echo Park. For the event, The Pity Party produced 100 limited edition EPs with recycled billboard vinyl sleeves. While the band performed, artist Ronald 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 Raveonettescite 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 Supersweetcite 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) by LA Weeklycite 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) by LA 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] on KCET


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