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SOFT METALS
Dylan Gordon
Dylan Gordon
8-5-12 PART TIME PUNKS
DIIV + PART TIME
MELTED TOYS
Part Time Punks
DIIV is the nom-de-plume of Z. Cole Smith, musical provocateur and front-man of an atmospheric and autumnally-charged new Brooklyn four-piece (and guitarist of labelmates, BEACH FOSSILS). Inked to the uber-reliable Captured Tracks imprint, DIIV created instant vibrations in the blog-world with their impressionistic debut Sometime; finding it’s way onto the esteemed pages of Pitchfork and Stereogum a mere matter of weeks after the group’s formation. Enlisting the aid of NYC indie-scene luminary, Devin Rube
n Perez, former Smith Westerns drummer Colby Hewitt, and Mr. Smith’s childhood friend Andrew Bailey, DIIV craft a sound that is at once familial and frost-bitten. Indebted to classic kraut, dreamy Creation-records psychedelia, The Cure's Disintegration-era soundscapes, and the primitive-crunch of late-80′s Seattle, the band walk a divisive yet perfectly fused patch of classic-underground influence.

Listen to DIIV: 
http://stereogum.com/ 1068111/stream-diiv-oshin/ album-stream/

PART TIME fairly resonates and bubbles bedroom pop, echoing 80s film scores, neon lights, fog machines and nightlife, a generous sampling of New Romance in a post-capitalist world, its heart going out to everyone who hasn’t abandoned their silk shirts in favor of more practical attire. The home studio shell and canned dynamics of Part Time quickly dissolve to reveal some serious jammers in the midst, the image of a man pouring his heart out into the psychotropic fronds of the lounge at the Venusian Holid y Inn. Pour yourself a yard of liquid acid and float along.

Listen to PART TIME: http:// www.mexicansummer.com/shop/ part-time-what-would-you-sa y/

MELTED TOYS make their long-overdue debut at PTP, bringing their hazy pop dream bliss. Think The Wake (both the Factory AND Sarah eras) and the best of dreampop on Captured Tracks...like Wild Nothing, Diiv and Beach Fossils (who they've opened for in SF)...and "Souvlaki" era Slowdive and you know you're in for a nite of dreaming come early...

Listen to MELTED TOYS:
http://soundcloud.com/ melted-toys