I grew up on classic soul and rhythm and blues. My first drum set was the dashboard of a 1973 VW beetle with a '40 Ford front end, my first guitar was a Mickey Mouse wind up acoustic, my first microphone was a hairbrush.


"Marzipan" is the first single off of Fauna Shade's debut full length Baton Rouge, written about a brief romantic encounter that singer Scotty Smith didn't want to end so soon. Like the song, the encounter started so sweet and easy but somehow perished like that corner plant that just didn't get water and never bloomed.

Fauna Shade is the music and sounds developed by frontman and Everett, Washington native Scotty Smith. Smith, now 21, combines psychedelia and pop sensibility from years spent experimenting, writing and recording tracks in his parents garage, located between the Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains. Joined live by drummer Richie Owen and bassist Derek Johnston, the band draws inspiration from early MGMT, Coco Rosie and T. Rex, while somehow forming a sound uncorrupted and free of pretense. 

This single is the first release from their debut full length Baton Rouge, recorded and co-produced by Jeff Southard at SWOON Studios (Night Beats, Tangerine) in Tacoma, Washington. Baton Rouge is out on April 28, 2015.


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