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Artist: Greater California
Album: All The Colors
Label: Subtitled Audio
Playtime: 38:56 min
Genre: Folk
URL:
Rip date: 2009-03-21
Street date: 2009-04-07
Size: 56.48 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 193 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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The summer of 1976; three months set to a sound track of AM Radio. We would
sing along with the songs from the backseat and secretly hope that our moms
would just keep driving and that somehow our summer would never stop. A
sunset nation where each day was full of endless possibilities; we had no
plans and no expectations, but every single moment was somehow magical. This
was the optimism of being young, as we remember a sound inspired by the
experiences of growing up in California during the 1970Æs.
Hailing from the burghs of Long Beach, the band Greater California bring us a
whole new distinct sound on their third album All the Colors. Produced with
Ikey Owens (Mars Volta, Crystal Antlers) and includes an impressive list of
guest musicians (most notably percussion genius Steven Hodges of Tom Waits),
All the Colors is a summertime landscape likened to the works of Brian
Wilson, the Zombies, Harry Nilsson, the Velvet Underground and the Byrds,
full of jangly 12-string guitars, rich vocal harmonies, a big bag of
percussion, vibraphones and marimbas, a stray trumpet, and the ever inviting
sounds of the hammond organ and wurlitzer electric piano.
The new LP is a fixation of growing up from the stories told and listened to
along the wayù whether through the hills and valleys seen from past road
trips or under the soft lights of a coastal downtownù_All the Colors_ can
certainly usher in something to smile about. With the first two releases
making their debut in the CMJ Top 200, Greater California established their
unique blend of sunshine pop and underlying psychedelia with critical
acclaim. The band has toured the west coast and regularly plays shows in and
around the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, sharing stages with such
notable acts as Calexico, Cold War Kids, Quasi, Richard Swift, American
Analog Set, The Tyde, The Kingsbury Manx, Crystal Antlers, Fruit Bats and The
Watson Twins.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. All The Colors ( 2:42)
02. Them The Downs ( 3:54)
03. Five Senses ( 3:07)
04. The Foolish Son ( 4:43)
05. It's Great ( 6:37)
06. Charmer ( 2:28)
07. The Disappearing ( 3:57)
08. Almost Sunshine ( 3:27)
09. Pacific Ave. Corridor ( 2:46)
10. The Soft Lights ( 5:15)
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