![]() ![]() ![]() These homemade epics were released on cassette and distributed locally-which meant that for a brief period in the mid-1980s, if you went to one of the band’s shows or frequented the right record store, you could buy one of these tapes and listen to it on your stereo.ĭecades later, when Smith was an acclaimed solo star giving interviews to major music publications, this idea seemingly kept him up at night. One track, 1986’s “ Laughter,” crams more of all those things into its bulging nine minutes than most Rush albums do in their entire runtimes. The songs on these records have a lot of… everything: sections, lyrics, time signatures, guitar solos, era-appropriate keyboard sounds. ![]() He soon befriended a small group of fellow music obsessives, and over the next four years, this tight-knit crew recorded six albums of original material. Read More “SWIMM – “Talk To Me” (Song Premiere)” Hawthorne Heights – “Lucerne Valley”īack in 1985, Elliott Smith was just Steven Paul Smith, a shy new kid entering his sophomore year at Portland’s Lincoln High School. The song comes from the band’s upcoming LP, Best Comedown Ever, out everywhere music is sold on August 10th. I hear Raya is awfully competitive, so our anointed one wouldn’t be playing games with these nuns–or maybe he would be? Or he would just identify as poly-something-or-other and it would all work out just fab. I’m still figuring out why I did that, but I felt the inspiration for the song–being my ponderings about the polyamorous nature of nuns marrying Jesus–fit with modern LA dating styles and thus, Jesus would probably get his hair cut high n’ tight, get some flash tattoos, and make sure he had regularly scheduled spray tans. ![]() I made a promo video for this song where I dressed as Jesus–getting a spray tan. Today I’m excited to share with everyone the new single and lyric video from SWIMM, called “ Talk To Me.” This psych-pop artist does a nice job of re-capturing the spirit of the 80’s, all paired with anthemic moments in the chorus. ![]()
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