The Pity Party


The Pity Party is a two-piece band from Los Angeles composed of Julie Edwards, aka Heisenflei and Marc Smollin. They are the first band without representation to score a full-page feature in NME. The Pity Party's artwork is created exclusively by Ronald Dzerigian.

Biography

Heisenflei and Smollin met in high school, where they sang in choir together. In 2004 they recorded their first music on a digital 8-track recorder in Heisenflei's studio apartment in Silverlake, California. Their first self-release was The EP in 2006; champions of the environment, Heisenflei and Smollin folded and glued 750 CD sleeves made out of recycled cereal boxes. Their second self-released EP, was recorded at . The group used recycled billboard vinyl to create 1,000 CD jackets which were hand sewn and screen printed with six unique images by artist Ronald Dzerigian.
In July 2007, Los Angeles' Indie 103.1FM KDLD featured The Pity Party live in its "Also I Like to Rock" series at The Hammer Museum. They have received attention from members of the band Ozomatli who played "The War Between 8 & 4" on their show Ozolocal on LA's Star 98.7FM KYSR. "Guru of the soon-to-be-great," John Kennedy, has included "H.O.T.S." on his playlist for his highly popular show on XFM London.
Additionally, The Pity Party presented RUBBISH, a celebration of trash, at Echo Curio Art Gallery in Echo Park. For the event, The Pity Party produced 100 limited edition EPs with recycled billboard vinyl sleeves. While the band performed, artist Ronald Dzerigian drew a unique image on the sleeve of each distributed CD.

Tours

2007 w/ The Raveonettes
2009 Tour of Tears with The Happy Hollows and Rumspringa

Critical acclaim

Voted No. 1 MySpace Band by Supersweet

Voted Best Band in LA by LA Weekly

Flyer of the Week by LA Weekly's Mark Mauer.
Kat Corbett spins "Love Lies" on Los Angeles' KROQ-FM 106.7 Locals Only

"Yours, That Works" named in Best 10 Tracks of 2008 by Time Out London
Winner of 826LA's Battle of the Bands

Discography

The EP

Orgy Porgy

Rubbish

Hotwork EP
Chickens In Love Compilation

Trivia

Heisenflei plays drums in two-piece Deap Vally.
Heisenflei's brother is guitarist Greg Edwards from Autolux.

Heisenflei founded a knitting shop in Los Angeles called .

Heisenflei played drums for The Raveonettes in February 2009.
Heisenflei sings on Nolens Volens, the second album of The Deadly Syndrome.