From the upcoming Sonny & the Sunsets‘ new album, “Antenna to the Afterworld,” available on 6/11/13 via Polyvinyl.
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Sonny & The Sunsets – palmreader Teaser
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“Death? Afterworld? Android lovers dying in the streets bleeding green blood? Homeless girls? Dogs stranded here from other planets? What are Sonny & The Sunsets getting at on Antenna to the Afterworld, a fast-moving record of new wave synths and post punk beats?”
“On Antenna to the Afterworld, Smith likens himself to a space being visiting Earth using wry humor, gritty poetry, and a myriad of musical lenses fleshed out by drummer Kelley Stoltz’s Joy Division-like beats, Ryan Browne’s new wavish basslines, and Tahlia Harbour’s deadpan vocals.”
Stream the new Sonny & The Sunsets song ‘Green Blood’ taken from their upcoming album “Antenna to the Afterworld,” due out on June 11th via Polyvinyl Records. Pre-order, HERE.
私小説という呼び方はホントは好きじゃないのですが、それでも、ソニー・スミスには私小説家の魂が宿っていると思うのデス。
Sonny & the Sunsets – Dark Corners Teaser
“The murder of a close friend of the band led Sonny Smith to think a lot about death and life after death. Shortly after, a visit to a psychic/medium brought Smith into contact with another friend who had died. This encounter with the afterworld inspired many of the lyrics on Antenna to the Afterworld. And what a strangely entertaining odyssey it turned out to be.” –Polyvinyl Records
On June 11th via Polyvinyl, Sonny & The Sunsets will be releasing their new album “Antenna to the Afterworld,” preview the opening track ‘Dark Corners’ from the album. Pre-order, HERE.
Sonny & The Sunsets’ version of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” Available on Record Store Day 2013.
Sonny and the Sunsets – Broom and Dustpan
From the “Broom and Dustpan” 7″ on Home Skillet Records. Purchase, HERE. Animation by Teppei Ando
Kids from the MusicianCorps Program
perform a cover of “Teenage Thugs.”
from The Voice Project
THE VOICE PROJECT
Spirit Family Reunion » Sonny & the Sunsets “Too Young To Burn”
Also, WATCH :: The Shins cover “Death Cream”,
at the Kent State MAC Center, 25 Oct 2012
Cathedral in the Desert by James Finch Jr.
The song was originally appeared on the “Sonny and the Sandwitches” EP (Empty Cellar, 2010).
I am uploading some recordings I have done of my friends’ songs to my SoundCloud page. The project is called “you are my friend because I love you and not the other way around”- I know, a very Patchenesque title… Anyway, more to follow. For now enjoy these numbers originally performed by Lee Robert Watson, Noah Nelson, John Murry, and Sonny Smith. Lots Of Jackpot connections here… –James Finch Jr. (Jackpot, Two Sheds)
Sonny and the Sunsets performs – I See The Void
August 16, 2012 Mercury Lounge
at Mercury Lounge, NYC (Audio by NYC Taper)
Audio by NYC Taper, Video by Bleary Eyed Brooklyn.com
Complete high quality audio from the show can be found HERE.
Sonny and the Sunsets’ most recent Polyvinyl release “Longtime Companion” is available, HERE.
Sonny & The Sunsets – Pretend You Love Me
From the album “Longtime Companion,”
available now on Polyvinyl Records, HERE.
Edited by Ryan Browne (of the Sonny and the Sunsets, Tortured Genies)
Secret Seven Records, SF has released the 2005′s self-released album by Sonny Smith (of Sonny & The Sunsets) “One Act Plays” on vinyl for the first time!
Sonny Smith – Troublesome Affair (from “One Act Plays”)
Sonny Smith – Eddie And Rita (from “One Act Plays”)
And Sonny & The Sunsets’ new album “Longtime Companion” will be soon available on June 26th on their new label Polyvinyl Records.
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| “One Act Plays” CD (2005) |
“The songs on One Act Plays started out as real one act plays written for the theater. But in writing them I began to make them songs at some point. I can’t remember when this mysterious shift happened…….. I had a few influences at the time I was writing them. One was Terry Allen’s Juarez, a concept record with recurring characters. Also I was really into Sam Shepard at the same time so I was reading a lot of his stuff. A few of the songs, like ‘Eddie and Rita’ even have some stage directions lifted directly from one of his plays. The song ‘Following Father’ took a bunch of facts from my dad’s cousin, a Texan who always had some get rich quick scheme that never lasted. I was trying to make some kind of Tennessee Williams like thing apparently. Epic! Large! Family! Redemption! Well, anyway, most of these plays are fictional, except for ‘Freaks In Space’ and ‘Honey Roy Rockwell’. Those two are the complete truth. The terrible truth.” –Sonny Smith
Guests for “One Act Plays” are Neko Case, Edith Frost, Mark Eitzel, Rico Bell, Jolie Holland, Peggy Honeywell, Virgil Shaw, Eugene & Akire Chen, Andy Cabic, and John Dwyer.
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