Party of One (band)

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Party of One is an indie rock trio from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They released their debut album, Caught the Blast , on May 27, 2003 on FatCat Records. They also released a single, "Shotgun Funeral", prior to this album, [1] as well as another single, "Snap You Like a Twig", on April 20, 2004. [2] The latter single was reviewed favorably by Shoo, a reviewer for Drowned in Sound, who compared it to the music of both Pavement and Ween. He also praised the single's B-side, "Star Sky Sierra", as being even better than the single itself. [3] The band's members are lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Eric Fifteen (Eric Johnson), Geoff McCusick, and bassist Terrika Kleinknecht. [4] Their music has been described as containing "typically confrontational, at times charmingly naïve messages", [5] and as "punk only by historical association." [6] Many critics have also described their music as negative and depressing. [7] Julianne Shepherd has praised Fifteen's voice, which she compares to that of Sean Na Na, [8] while Citypages has written that Fifteen "...models his political discontent with the ease of an immortal psychopath in a reusable bomb vest." [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Party of One". Fat Cat Records Website. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Snap You Like a Twig". Allmusic . 2004. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Shoo (7 March 2004). "Snap You Like A Twig". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Party of One Biography". Allmusic . Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Molgat, Chuck (July 2003). "Party Of One Caught the Blast". Exclaim.ca . Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  6. ↑ CG: Party of One, Robert Christgau
  7. ↑ Milner, Greg (12 August 2003). "Minneapolites Visit New Belsen; See History but No Future". Village Voice . Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  8. ↑ Shepherd, Julianne (7 August 2003). "Party of One: Le Freak So Chic". The Portland Mercury . Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  9. ↑ Smith, Rod (27 August 2003). "Party of One: Caught the Blast". City Pages. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
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