The Shallows was recorded December 7th, 2013 in a practice space in Allston, MA.  When the band and I got back from a mini-tour at the end of November, I took a couple days off to demo some new songs and then re-recorded them the following Saturday.  I really wanted to have a more cohesive feeling this time around by recording everything in one day.  After a week or so of listening to and mixing the songs in a few different places like my favorite restaurant, my car, walking around my neighborhood, at work and at home, I sent them over to be mastered.

Available 3/25 via Disposable America on Light Blue Vinyl (200).
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Ok, Lost

60s style garage rock track with some cool tape trickz

Grooven

first single from The Goon Sax debut album Up To Anything, to be released by Chapter Music in 2016. 

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The Goon Sax - Sometimes Accidentally

Written and performed by COLOUR OF SPRING
Recorded and mixed by Alex Greaves @ Purple Pro Studios, 16th-17th Aug & 25th Oct 2015
Mastered by Tom Woodhead @ Hippocratic Mastering
Artwork: Jaz Stanford

Pillow

American Wrestlers - Amazing Grace (Japan Bonus)

Mise En Place out May 5, 2017 via Father/Daughter Records
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Alex Napping - You've Got Me

Wouldn't Even Know is written by Annelotte De Graaf
Produced, recorded and mixed by Ben Greenberg
Additional vocals by Bill Ryder Jones

Guitars by Manuel van den Berg
Bass by Ronald Straetemans
Drums by Jaap Bontekoe
Synths and keys by Ella van der Woude

Artwork and photography by Nick Helderman

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Wouldn't Even Know (feat. Bill Ryder Jones)

Title track from Hollow Everdaze's debut album 'Cartoons', out now via Deaf Ambitions.

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Film clip: http://bit.ly/2rAGDTg

Produced by John Lee & Hollow Everdaze.
Mixed by John Lee. Engineering assistance by Zachary Schneider.
Mastered by David Walker at Stepford Audio.

Artwork by Michael Olivo and Niv Bavarsky.

Hollow Everdaze - Cartoons

produced by Jason Balla and Gabe MG. Mastered by Mike Bridavsky.

Leggy Singles

Not What You Need

Pre-order now: https://smarturl.it/usedtoyesterday

Smokescreens began as a love letter to the Flying Nun scene of the 1980’s and it’s outlying bands. Chris Rosi and Corey Cunningham had become friends when the pair toured together in their bands Plateaus and Terry Malts in 2011. By 2015 both had moved to Los Angeles where they began the band in earnest with Rosi on guitar and Cunningham on bass. After getting their sea legs playing the bars and bowling alleys of Southern California, the duo recruited engineer/drummer Jon Greene to help them commit their shambolic paeans to kiwi pop onto tape. Recorded in a disused dairy factory and mixed in mono, their self-titled debut came out on Cunningham’s label Parked In Hell in February of 2017 and was reissued by Spain’s Meritorio Records later that summer.

After the passing of Jon Greene, the pair re-grouped with drummer Brice Bradley and bassist Jenny Moffett, a move that enabled Cunningham to switch to lead guitar and keyboards. The group worked tirelessly, nurturing their sound and writing batches of songs with steadfast dedication. They soon decamped to Primitive Ears, a small studio in North Hollywood, where they tracked the 10 songs that make up "Used To Yesterday." After a handful of quicksilver sessions, the group brought the tapes to producer Kyle Mullarky (The Allah-lahs) who created a final mix that really captures the band's rhythmic drive and melodic verve.

"Used To Yesterday" continues Smokescreen’s zeal for New Zealand pop but also incorporates influences from the more melodic side of Messthetics-era DIY pop and expands into classic indie pop territory, a natural fit for the group’s new label Slumberland Records. First single "The Lost Song" perfectly encapsulates where the band is coming from on this new record; literally a lost demo from the group's earliest days, it is here given a NZ-meets-Athens GA arrangement, galloping along at an urgent clip and packed with guitars that strum and jangle in magical unison.

Where Smokescreens really excel is in the quality of their songwriting and the ability to incorporate a disparate set of influences while still forging their own sound and identity. The song "Used To Yesterday" is classic power-pop, riding a chunky three chord riff and leavened by a bright, clanging lead. Elsewhere we find nods to The Velvet Underground ("Fool Me"), The Clean ("Someone New") and SF's beloved The Aislers Set ("Waiting For Summer"). Smokescreens are such skilled writers and keen students of sound that their cover of the über-obscure NZ band Wasp Factory's "Steel Blue Skies" fits in seamlessly. Album closer "Falling Down" could be a lost single from LA's paisley underground and definitely leaves the listener itching to hear where the band goes next.

Used To Yesterday

Smokescreens - Someone New

Our New Album 'Celebrated By Strangers' is available for pre-order now: https://C-A.lnk.to/CAS

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Catholic Action - People Don't Protest Enough

Father/Daughter is an independent record label established in 2010

Alex Napping - You've Got Me

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