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. He fuses off-kilter electronic beats, oscillator blips,
glitchy loops, toy keyboards, distorted guitars, saxophone, drums and found percussion. All of this is the therapeutic
underscore to lyrics about failed relationships (”Embers”), redemption in the face of seemingly inescapable cycles
(”Quarantine”), the persistent threat of personal and global catastrophe (”Alive And Well”) and finding solace in decay
(”Right”).