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│ The Velvet Crush - Soft Sounds │
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│ Ripper.......: TEAM SRN │ Source.......: CDDA │
│ Release Date.: 30-06-2003 │ Album Year...: 2003 │
│ Grabber......: EAC v0.9b4 Win32 │ Music Genre..: Indie │
│ Encoder......: LAME v3.93.1 Win32 │ Record Label.: Action Musik │
│ Bitrate......: 192kbps @ 44,1kHz │ │
│ Quality......: Full Stereo │ Internet URL.: parasolrecords.com │
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│ Soft Sounds is the first album of new Velvet Crush material since 1999Æs │
│ Free Expression (Bobsled), and is unlike anything the current band, now │
│ a duo, has ever done. Drummer Ric Menck mostly takes five while │
│ multi-instrumentalist Paul Chastain plays and sings the mid-life blooz. │
│ Recorded over a two-year period at Matthew Sweet's house in Los Angeles │
│ and Chastain's music room in Rhode Island, Soft Sounds wasn't an easy │
│ record for the boys to make. Life just kept getting in the way. At one │
│ point they even figured on trashing the whole thing - too sad, too │
│ personal, too much to take - but here it is, all guts and glory, the │
│ perfect bummer to end the summer. Ric Menck explains the process, "Paul │
│ recorded a lot of the stuff on his own and I wasn't involved. He was │
│ putting together material for a proposed solo album, but I convinced │
│ him we should use it for a new Velvet Crush record instead. I got the │
│ idea while we were in Japan last year to make a 'soft rock' album, and │
│ the stuff he was recording perfectly fit the concept. Luckily for me, he │
│ was into the idea. It's turned out to be a great record and a great │
│ showcase for Paul's softer side." Chastain continues, "We basically │
│ compiled this from a session we did at Matthew Sweet's house in LA and │
│ some squishier, acoustic-ish numbers which I had recorded at home. We │
│ decided we had enough material to put together a soft rock record, which │
│ would be something a bit different for us". │
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│ Among the 12 songs on Soft Sounds three are covers, including Scott │
│ WalkerÆs "Duchess", an Alex Chilton/Box Tops song titled "Rollin' in My │
│ Sleep", and the Fleetwood Mac Tusk track "Save Me a Place". Chastain is │
│ big Lindsey Buckingham fan and has always wanted to record one of │
│ LindseyÆs songs. "æSave Me a PlaceÆ was recorded at my house on a whim. │
│ My friend, Jeffrey Underhill (original Velvet Crush guitarist), came │
│ down from Providence one day for a visit and to transfer a set of drums │
│ from his basement to mine. I had been thinking of attempting a version │
│ of this song and asked Jeffrey if he would set the drums up and play for │
│ me. He agreed and I hastily set up a couple of mics. He learned the song │
│ and did a take or two and that was it. I finished the recording the next │
│ day." │
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│ Though ChastainÆs work-time on Soft Sounds exceeded his partnerÆs, Menck │
│ had plenty to keep him busy over the past two years. He toured with │
│ Marianne Faithfull in Europe, went to Spain with the Gigolo Aunts, and │
│ joined The Tyde who recorded an EP, an album, and toured England. Menck │
│ also played drums on two new Matthew Sweet albums - both coming in 2003 │
│ - and started a new label named Reaction Recordings with Parasol owner │
│ Geoff Merritt. That labelÆs debut release is the highly-acclaimed Rolled │
│ Gold disc by æ60s mod-turned-psychpop-outfit The Action. │
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│ If all of this distance suggests the imminent end to Velvet Crush, │
│ console yourself with news that the duo recently re-grouped in Urbana, │
│ Illinois, with some guest locals - Jay Bennett, Adam Schmitt, Bob │
│ Kimbell, Darren Cooper, Nick Rudd - a new batch of songs, and a new │
│ lease on life. For now Soft Sounds, the album that almost wasn't, will │
│ serve as the ultimate soft-rock soundtrack for those air goes cool │
│ autumn nights. │
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│ Enjoy another GREAT release from SRN!!! │
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│ 01 - Staying Found [02:35] │
│ 02 - Don't Take Me Down [02:35] │
│ 03 - Rollin' in My Sleep [03:12] │
│ 04 - Some Kind of Light [01:45] │
│ 05 - Save Me A Place [02:59] │
│ 06 - In Your Time [02:38] │
│ 07 - Forever for Now [02:59] │
│ 08 - She Goes on [03:11] │
│ 09 - Vanishing Point [02:10] │
│ 10 - Duchess [03:18] │
│ 11 - Party Line (Samba) [02:00] │
│ 12 - Late in the Day [04:07] │
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│ ToTaL TRaCKS: [ 12 ] · SiZe: [ 46,1 MB ] · ToTaL TiMe: [ 33:29 ] │
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