Lab Partners Biography:    

From the creatively fertile grounds of Dayton, Ohio, home of the Wright Brothers and the birth of flight, comes a new type of onward and upward venture, this time of the aural realm by veteran indie spacerockers LAB PARTNERS. Lab Partners' sound washes over you with heavy doses of celestial vocals and melodic guitars. Their massive presence is driven by larger than life drums and pulsing synth bass. With an emotional purity, Lab Partners do far more than write amazing songs, they create a dense atmosphere of true rebellion.

Formed in 1998 by guitarist/vocalist MIKE SMITH and keyboardist AMY SMITH, the band originally featured lead guitarist KEVIN PARRETT (A Ten O'Clock Scholar) and drummer MATT SCHULZ, who has been a longtime collaborator with Mike Smith dating back from their days together in Honeyburn. Schulz went on to perform full- time duty with Enon. Today Lab Partners' drum work is handled by TODD CARLL (Ultra Vega, Kommandoz) and features veteran rocker MIKE VOLK on lead guitar (also formerly of Honeyburn). Lab Partners also serve as one of the few bands not to include a bass player, with Amy Smith's keyboards and sequencer work uniquely filling in the low end of the rock spectrum.

The newest album, Wicked Branches, features 12 songs and was released in July 2005 by Portland’s REVERB RECORDS. 2002's Daystar was released on Dayton's Big Beef Records and garnered reviews from SPIN Magazine and Under the Radar. Lab Partners also self produced two recordings Lab Partners released in 1999 and Turn It On released in 2000.

In spring 2006, Lab Partners performed two shows at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX and toured the west coast. Their new ep, Keep Quiet is set to be released April 2007 with the full length album due in the fall. The band will be heading down to Austin, TX again this year to play a showcase at the South by Southwest Music Festival. Later in the fall, they will be touring the midwest and east coast of America, where they have already been making a name for themselves touring with BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB and THE WARLOCKS.