Shooting Spires is the bedroom art-pop project of BJ Warshaw, bassist and vocalist for
Parts & Labor. Retreating from the Brooklyn stalwarts and their extroverted noise-punk, his self-titled debut album is an agoraphobic mix of soaring choruses and tormented electronics, fueled on
Brian Eno,
Boredoms and
Peter Gabriel. Warshaw showcases his ability to harness drone, noise, tweaked electronics and singed circuits: the violent hum of
Sunroof! juxtaposed against hooks catchy enough for fans of
TV On The Radio. Warshaw fuses off-kilter electronic beats, oscillator blips, glitchy loo…
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