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: Artist: Ben Kweller :
: Album: EP Phone Home :
: Tracks: 05 :
: Time: 17:39 mins :
: Bitrate: 192kbit True Stereo :
: Source: CDDA :
: Genre: Indie :
: Label: 679 :
: Str.Date: 2002 :
: Rip.Date: Mar-24-2003 :
: Ripper: NuHS :
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.. About This Release .......................................
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: Fearless and freewheeling, Ben Kweller has earned a :
: well-deserved reputation as one of the most compelling :
: musical artists of the day. BK shows off his gift for :
: crafty songwriting and kinetic performance with his ATO :
: Records debut album, SHA SHA. Encompassing :
: anti-folkadelica, indie-punkpop and soaring ballads, :
: Kweller's warm, whimsical wordplay and unstoppable :
: power-pop hooks are in full effect on such tracks as :
: "Wasted and Ready," and the piano-powered "In Other :
: Words." Acclaimed by the Boston Herald as "a young, :
: singing-songwriting wunderkind," the Brooklyn-based :
: Kweller has spent the past few years winning over :
: hearts with his eclectic, irresistible solo sets. Now, :
: with SHA SHA, BK is set to spread his sound from coast :
: to coast and beyond. :
: :
: Growing up in a musical household, in the small town of :
: Greenville, TX, BK embraced the piano as soon as he was :
: tall enough to reach the keys. :
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: "Someone taught me how to play 'Heart and Soul,'" :
: Kweller says, "and I saw the chord pattern and thought :
: 'Ok, what if I play the first key, skip the second one, :
: go straight to the third then back to the second key, :
: and then the fourth one, like 1-3-2-4 instead of :
: 1-2-3-4? I did it and it sounded completely different :
: than 'Heart and Soul'! After that, I started writing :
: words modeled after the girls and love in Beatles songs :
: my parents would blast through their stereo. I was :
: seven years old and hardly knew what a girl was but :
: figured this is what you sing about when you write :
: songs!" :
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: For BK's 12th birthday he received his first electric :
: guitar and in 1993, formed the three-piece punk group :
: "Radish". Radish soon became local favorites in the :
: Dallas music scene and recorded an EP and LP in 1994. :
: By 1996, the music industry took notice and the band :
: signed a much-publicized major-label deal. After :
: releasing one album, touring the world, scoring a top :
: 40 hit in the U.K and even getting to have lunch with :
: Brian Wilson, the youthful combo decided to part ways :
: in 1999. Shortly after the break up, BK moved to :
: Brooklyn, New York to embark on a solo career. :
: :
: In his apartment on Smith St. he started penning song :
: after song, taking inspiration from NYC's anti-folk :
: scene, but adding his own puckish pop spin. He soon :
: began booking solo gigs opening for folks like Evan :
: Dando, Juliana Hatfield, Moldy Peaches, and Jeff Tweedy :
: - like-minded artists who saw a similar spirit in :
: Kweller. :
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: "It was a huge accomplishment," he beams. "I was online :
: one night, I got off and there's this message, 'Hey :
: Ben, this is Evan Dando, I got a copy of your record :
: from Juliana and I love it, I can't stop playing it.' :
: That right there meant more to me than some huge record :
: deal or any of the bullshit I went through when I was :
: 15. Things were happening naturally now. Friends were :
: giving friends my tape, and as a result Evan, one of my :
: heroes, is calling my house!" :
: :
: BK blossomed in Brooklyn and more solo acoustic shows, :
: supporting the likes of Creeper Lagoon, Eels, and :
: Dashboard Confessional, saw him veering between :
: battered guitar and piano, reveling in his autonomous :
: freedom. In 2000, BK self-released FREAK OUT, IT'S BEN :
: KWELLER, an organic introduction to his new sound, :
: highlighted by the Vanilla Ice parody, "BK Baby." He :
: followed that collection in late 2001 with his 5-track :
: ATO Records debut, E.P. PHONE HOME, which features a :
: handful of bedroom recordings and SHA SHA demos. :
: :
: Finally, BK is ready to unleash his full-length solo :
: debut. Throughout SHA SHA, BK shows off his mastery of :
: classic songcraft. The album opening "How It Should Be :
: (Sha Sha)" - featuring backing vox from the Moldy :
: Peaches' Kimya Dawson - demonstrates the profound and :
: lasting influence of the Velvets' "I'm Sticking With :
: You," while "No Reason" and "Harriet's Got A Song" are :
: the best pop tunes Stephen Malkmus never wrote. A :
: lifelong fan of an old-fashioned sing-along, Kweller :
: truly digs the value of a well-placed "ba-ba-ba" hook - :
: see the magical "Falling" for proof. :
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: Recorded in NYC during the summer of 2001 with producer :
: Stephen Harris (U2, Dave Matthews Band), SHA SHA sees :
: BK backed by, among others, bassist Josh Lattanzi and :
: old friend and drummer from Radish, John Kent. The :
: album pops with the same infectious energy of BK's :
: acoustic performances and home recordings, though :
: fleshed out to feature a more fully realized sonic :
: approach. :
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: While many modern artists are all too ready to box :
: themselves in, BK's musical and lyrical focus is :
: refreshingly kaleidoscopic. From the front porch :
: wistfulness of the country-tinged "Family Tree," to the :
: hints of pagan mythology that inform "Make It Up," to :
: the numerous junk culture references that permeate the :
: entire album, Ben Kweller seemingly knows no :
: boundaries. :
: :
: "I'm a Gemini," BK explains, "so I have all these :
: different personalities. There's the Outdoors Ben - I :
: love fishing and camping and backpacking and hiking. :
: And then you have your computer Nerd Ben - I'm a huge :
: Apple Computer and electronics nut. Then of course I'm :
: the hugest music fan from The Violent Femmes to Carol :
: King to Garth Brooks! And I just started collecting :
: baseball cards again. It's really strange; I have so :
: many different interests. And that comes out in the :
: music, I guess. It's just one big shamble of me." :
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: here's the ltd EP of Former 'Radish' frontman Ben :
: Kweller. :
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: NuHS. :
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.. Track List ...............................................
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: 01 Launch Ramp 01:52 :
: 02 How it Should Be (Sha Sha) 01:42 :
: 03 Debbie Don't Worry Doll 05:05 :
: 04 Harriet's Got A Song 04:56 :
: 05 Falling 04:04 :
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: 17:39 min:
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