Pressing Concerns: Parts & Labor, ‘Set of All Sets’

Release date: July 10thRecord label: Ernest Jenning Record Co.Genre: Noise pop, noise rock, space rock, art rockFormats: Vinyl, CD, digital My first thought when I saw that Parts & Labor had reunited after an eleven-year hiatus was, of course, joy–they are, after all, one of the best bands of the 2000s, and more than likely responsible for the best “rock music” to emerge out of Brooklyn during the George W. Bush administration. My second thought was: well, who’s going to be the drummer? Was it going to be Christopher Weingarten, the music journalist whose frenetic, deranged playing pushed the power trio into lightning-speed territory in the first half of their legendary four-album run, or would it be Joe Wong, the film-scorer whose relatively refined style led the band through a swooning, space-rock evolution in the final half of their career? The answer, I’m happy to report, is both: on Parts & Labor’s first album since 2011, band co-leaders Dan Friel (guitar/keys/vocals) and BJ…