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]
Discography edit
- Dead Violet Shannon (FatCat, 2000)
- Caught the Blast (FatCat, 2003)
- Streetside Surprise (Go Johnny Go, 2014)
Singles edit
- Shotgun Funeral (FatCat, 2003)
- Snap You Like a Twig (FTC, 2004)
References edit
- ^ "Party of One". Fat Cat Records Website. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ "Snap You Like a Twig". Allmusic. 2004. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ Shoo (7 March 2004). "Snap You Like A Twig". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Party of One Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ Molgat, Chuck (July 2003). "Party Of One Caught the Blast". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ CG: Party of One, Robert Christgau
- ^ Milner, Greg (12 August 2003). "Minneapolites Visit New Belsen; See History but No Future". Village Voice. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ Shepherd, Julianne (7 August 2003). "Party of One: Le Freak So Chic". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ 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.