Lab Partners are a shoegazer band from Dayton, Ohio. History Lab Partners first formed in Dayton in 1998 by Mike Smith and Mark Schultz of the band Honeyburn and Kevin Parrett of Ten O'Clock Scholar.[LINK: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dcfexqq0ldse~T1] Biography, Allmusic.com After releasing two EPs in 1999 and 2002, drummer Mark Schultz left the group to join Let's Crash, and later, Enon. He was replaced with Ian Kaplan, and the group released its first full-length, Daystar, in 2002 to critical acclaim.Jason Ankeny, [LINK: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gpfuxqlaldse] Review of Daystar. Allmusic.com. Accessed July 28, 2007.Eric Carr, [LINK: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19227-daystar] Review of Daystar. Pitchfork Media, April 15, 2003