Casually Smashed to Pieces (Suicide Squeeze)
There's something to be said for dependability. Many bands will drop one or two good records and then fade out. Then there are groups like The Six Parts Seven. Granted, their music has a more timeless, versatile quality that makes it easy to enjoy. At the same time, it's not the brand of sound that is going to overly attract the masses -far from it actually as it's the pure indie variety and not what you're hearing over the airwaves or reading in Spin. The Six Parts Seven have never made a significant push with any of their records to grab the limelight, yet listening to their music you can hear the overwhelming talent that exudes subtlety from their songs. They are only in it for the music. The boys don't even have a website -and they've been around for more than 10 years. Even their myspace page isn't run by anyone affiliated with the band, but by fans.
I remember when I first heard Six Parts Seven. It was at a remote joint that few knew about. They were opening for Carrisa's Wierd -or maybe it was Pedro the Lion -can't really remember. I only caught the tail-end of the show but that was enough for me to go outside and buy their excellent Things Shaped in Passing vinyl. Casually Smashed to Pieces immediately identifies itself with the past records, especially with probably their finest work, Everywhere and Right Here. Still not a peep of a voice...just instrumental beauty, highlighted repeatedly by the trumpet. The glory days of ambient, instrumental indie rock and its cousin, slowcore, have ended. But bands such as The Six Parts Seven are still very much relevant and highly respected, mostly because of their influence on the present state of indie music and because they continue to produce quality records that are easy to return to.
hear: Stolen Moments, Falling Over Enening, Confusing Possibilities, Everything Wrong is Right Again
www.myspace.com/sixpartssevenwww.suicidesqueeze.net
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