Dreaming in Audio

yvynyl:

Sonny and The Sandwitches - Throw My Ashes From This Pier When I Die

I don’t think there’s a songwriter alive making music as delicate and gorgeous as Sonny Smith. Everything that guy touches seems to glisten in the moonlight and bring a big ol’ grin to even the most hardened hearts. This song is devastating.  Just so romantic it hurts.

I can’t help but quote the excellent blurb on Endless Nest Records. Definitely read this while listening to the track:

Not long ago, Sonny Smith (Sonny & The Sunsets) survived a near-drowning off the coast of northern california. The experience affected him profoundly and led to a wealth of output including a play, a novel, and a stack of songs. Sonny’s critically acclaimed “100 Records” project is itself a direct product of Sonny’s fight with the sea. A novel he began, “Adelard the Drowned”, broke into 100 pieces. Four of those pieces come as songs on this 7” e.p., each bound to the next by a twisted braid of water and death. Through the fog and the haze, however, there lies in these songs a shared sense of redemption, transformation, or reawakening. Featuring appearances by Heidi and Grace of the The Sandwitches and a long-lost band called The Transients, this record features Sonny’s songwriting at its strongest, staring death in the face. Perhaps, this is in part why the ocean gave him back. Recorded in San Francisco and mastered by Paul Oldham, each record includes a comic book, four full-color album covers, and a high-quality digital drownload.

theroadgoeseveron:

Teen Daze :: Let’s Fall Asleep Together

In celebration of his upcoming tour with Millionyoung, Teen Daze is offering up a four-song EP  full of lo-fi, beach pop songs. Stream the charming first track, “Let’s Fall Asleep Together,” above, and be sure to visit his bandcamp next Tuesday to download the full Beach Dreams EP. 

yvynyl:

Wise Blood - Solo [‘4’ Claire]

Pittsburgher (see what I did just there?) Christopher Laufman is pumping out killer jams left and right. Love the crunchy, distortion-heavy blues sound.  The 7” is coming out on Transparent.  Be sure to check out the equally killer b-side “Rot My Brain Away” which Jack calls “beautifully blown-out, post-apocalyptic ballad that pitches some seriously elastic, soulful vocal acrobatics against a towering backdrop of bass drum boom and sweeping string flourishes.”  Boom. There you have it.  Order up here.