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Parts & Labor's twitchy new clip for "The Gold We're Digging" didn't use a green screen for its Tetris-like background; according to former drummer Christopher Weingarten (who, it should be said, is a friend of Idolator's in addition to being a madman behind the kit), filming for the drum-fill on "Digging"'s chorus alone took 40 takes. In addition to being pretty compelling background-wise, this clip is pretty well-suited to the YouTube age as well; all that stop-motion herky-jerkiness will make any Internet congestion you experience while watching the clip a lot less noticeable.

Parts & Labor - The Gold We're Digging [YouTube]

Yeti Don't Dance has an MP3 of "The Gold We're Digging," the first single from Parts & Labor's forthcoming Mapmaker album. The band's label describes them as "Brooklyn noisepunks"—which is probably as terrifying a description as "German improv-comic troupe"—but unlike a large percentage of the spaz-merchants out there, Parts & Labor actually makes an effort to include an occasional "hook." Don't be afraid of hooks, people! They're so good! We should also mention that Parts & Labor drummer Christopher Weingarten is the editor of Paperthinwalls.com, though one of your Idolators didn't even know that until about two minutes ago. More »