ARTIST: Brad Brooks
TITLE: Spill Collateral Love
LABEL: Mouth Magic
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 56:55 min
SIZE: 74,7 MB
RIP DATE: Apr-27-2007
RELEASE DATE: Apr-10-2007
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Love On My Sleeve 05:57
02. Lathered In Cream 02:56
03. Ex-Stripper Librarian 05:31
04. Manic Tourist 05:26
05. The Loon of Altitude 06:16
06. Hit Me Like A Smile 05:08
07. Katrina Is A Bitch 05:07
08. Francis of Alaska 02:36
09. The Sonic Twins 03:15
10. Pleading Amnesia 04:35
11. Tiradito 04:24
12. Pray For A Way To Say Goodbye 03:34
13. Luccurious Latitude 02:10
Release Notes:
Brad Brooks' latest feature length release, Spill
Collateral Love, evokes a dramatic and orchestral
pop soundscape: think huge, bright Circus Tent being
torn down on a rainy flatland in a vintage Fellini
film.
The 13 song CD, is Brad Brooks' best so far, a
visceral and psychedelic mix that highlights the
Oakland songwriterÆs exceptional vocal range and
bold command of powerful pop craftsmanship.
Centered on a piano and acoustic guitar base, the
expert band highlights a host of musical luminaries,
including Paul Hoaglin of San Francisco's Mother
Hips.
Brooks' disc is rooted in a kind of Victorian
California romanticism; his vocal approach is
earnest and dramatic, but maintains a poise and
sense of wry wit that keeps the release organic yet
keenly produced. Brooks even includes tape loops
from S.F.'s now-defunct carnival funhouse Musee
Mechanique on a track, pushing the bandÆs
vaudevillian influences to the forefront of his
original sound.
For listeners who enjoyed the romantic drama of Roxy
Music and the power pop hooks of Guided By Voices,
BrooksÆ latest set of tunes is right up your alley.
Originally from sun baked Tucson, Arizona, Bay Area
pop alchemist, Brad Brooks has a big voice and he
intends to use it for dastardly good. ItÆs Freddie
Mercury dating Leonard Cohen, in a threesome with
Kate Bush. With tales of love on his sleeve,
ex-stripper librarians and manic tourists, his is an
extraordinarily unique perspective on a city and its
delightful debauchery. Cinematic, orchestrated, and
moody, his elaborate west coast baroque sound,
rocks, pops and breaks your heart in all the right
places. Either solo, or with his band, Brad's 70's
piano driven style of psychedelic persuasion moves
from constructed pop anthems, through Jacques
Brel-esque satirical waltzes, to intimate guitar
ballads. Brooks has been performing throughout the
Bay Area and is currently mastering his new long
awaited sophomore release, ôSpill Collateral Loveö,
due April 12th '07. Brad also: Has something from
the Johnny Cash Show 1971
Is using a child development lecture tape as a means
of political propaganda
A Klickitat Band Camp member
A chime groupie. Was/Is a rubber chicken.
He's a chime groupie, a carillon crusader, a bell
ringer, and a vibraphone freak. A piano player and 2
inch tape ho. He likes to wish upon a scar. HeÆs old
enough to know better, but young enough to do it
again. Born an Okie, detoured in Memphis, sun
tripped in Tucson, and landed in the Bay area. He
was the singer for Pollo Elastico, Reckonball, and
Dolorosa. He drives to deliver! He released his
first solo record "Sanctified Into Astroglide"
available through Not Lame and CD Baby in '01 He
sang for his supper on Guitar Hero 2 and 4 volumes
of Karaoke Revolution, and has just finished the
mastering touches on his second solo record Spill
Collateral Love. Recorded by Scott Solter (John
Vanderslice, Mountain Goats, Two Gallants), Davy
Vain (Vue, Parchman Farm), and Shay Scott (Klickitat
Band Camp) It captures all his love of
Frisco/Oaktown, New Orleans, and Tucson. For further
tomfoolery:
www.brad-brooks.com
After much deliberation, time, more time, tons of
anxiety, the child is born! My 2nd Cd "Spill
Collateral Love" is being released on April 12th and
you'll be able to pick it up through Itunes and CD
Baby. It encapsulates 13 songs of stark beauty, lush
orchestration, love in all its obsessive forms, and
psychedelic moments of insanity. (Mostly mine) It
also rocks!
It features what I like to call the "Supra Haydns":
Supreme musicians who have a unique skill to play a
menagerie of instruments and who know when to play
for the moment, and when to color outside the lines.
(No coloring book should be with out them) They
include: Paul Hoaglin, Shay Scott, Michael Phillip
Taylor, Scott Solter, Chris Barnett, Brian Zalewski,
Matt Greenberg, Franklin Vasquez.
A couple of things you should know about this
record.
1) I wanted it to be recorded on 2 inch tape if it
killed me!
99% of it is. The 1% percent, you'll never know!
E-mail me if you can guess.
2) I wanted to make the whole thing with Paul
Hoaglin as my right hand man. Sometimes he was my
left hand man too. This guy I cannot say enough
about as a friend/cohort, and anyone who has had the
pleasure of playing with him (The Mother Hips,
Etienne de Rocher, Sensations) knows what a monster
this man is as a player.
3) I wanted more lyrical depth and organic
orchestration. Not fluff, but drama and real
strings! These were provided by an amazing trio of
Patty Espeseth, Teri Untalen, and Alan Molina. They
provided just what the doctor, and nurse ordered at
every turn. (Where's my medication?) Bravo!
4) It was recorded and produced at a few studios and
I'd like to thank all the folks involved.
Scott Solter @ Tiny Telephone
Davy Vain @ The Groove Room
Sir Shay Scott @ Klickitat band Camp
Paul Hoaglin @ Tiny, the Groove, and KlickitatI
could not have made this CD without all the support
and effort from all involved and will always be
indebted to them for all their hard work and putting
up with my ass!
I hope you enjoy it and that it enriches your lives
in one way or another! Or at least makes you laugh
once!
Love
Brad