Sonny Smith's 100 Songs Volume 2: I Miss the Jams
» 80 more songs to go. Point and laugh at Sufjan Stevens.
Volume 2, via press photo
Last we heard, Sonny Smith was crushing the industry heads at the P4K music festival, and writing 200 different songs for 100 different 7-inch singles released by 100 fictional bands in ten song installments. Sonny Smith's 100 Songs, Volume 2: I Miss the Jams, has arrived.
Perhaps "fictional" isn't the right word for these bands, especially considering they include a "Wrecking Crew" of the San Francisco music scene, including Tim Cohen of the Fresh & Onlys, Ty Segall, Kelley Stoltz, and members of the Sandwitches.
The sound here is all over the place: "I Wanna Do It" by Earth Girl Helen Brown sounds like a libidinous Supremes outtake, while Hank Champion's "Broke Artist at the Turn of the Century" is thick with Harry Partch's gravelly Americana. "One Time Doomsday Trip to Nowhere" by Zig Speck & Specktones (featuring Ty Segall) is Buddy Holly meets The Kinks.
Volume 2 will be available in vinyl next month, but we won't complain if Vols 3-10 somehow fall into our laps.
Zig Speck & Specktones, "One Time Doomsday Trip to Nowhere"
Posted on December 14, 2010. More on: sonny smith, sonny and the sunsets, buddy holly, the kinks, harry partch, tim cohen, fresh and onlys, ty segall, kelley stoltz, the sandwitches
