The Pity Party create the soundtrack for a Los Angeles that has yet to occur, a foreboding vision of a near future that it seems to want to stop from happening. Who would guess that they are also master knitters? I visited with them at the shop they run in Atwater, The Little Knittery.

  • Heisenflei — Vocals, drums, keys
  • Maurice Robert — Guitar & vocals
Tracks
white sugar hyper white sugar hyper

From The EP
2006

marching together marching together

From The EP
2006

wmd wmd

From The EP
2006

About The Pity Party

With complex drum beats, angular distorted guitar lines, and a deep droning keyboard the 2 members of The Pity Party produce an enormous backdrop for lyrics that could be considered dark and pessimistic if they weren't so honestly and realistically reflecting the world we find ourselves in today.

"I'm all plugged in, but I'm not turned on…the way of the future…hurray for the future," singer/drummer/keyboardist Heisenflei laments in "Dronebots and Peons for Eons and Eons." From the opening dissonant percussive notes from guitarist M, intertwined with Heisenflei's lethargic and robotic keyboard pattern, one has the sense that you are listening to the soundtrack for a Los Angeles that has yet to occur. Though they voice disenfranchisement with a society that has fallen into a collective detachment, The Pity Party affirm our deep rooted desire to preserve the integrity and humanity of our own little corner of the world.



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  • Posted Nov 05, 2007
  • 01:26 PM
  • by knitting fan
  • Los Angeles, CA 
Loved the interview. made me want to recycle all my trash into an art piece. keep bringing us these stories....
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