Smith, Sonny / Rod For Your Love
| Album: | Rod For Your Love | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Smith, Sonny | Added: | Oct 2018 | |
| Label: | Easy Eye Sound | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2018-10-24 | Pull Date: | 2018-12-26 |
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| Week Ending: | Dec 23 | Dec 16 | Dec 9 | Nov 25 | Nov 18 | Nov 11 | Oct 28 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 10, 2021: | Music Genealogy (rebroadcast from Dec 2, 2018)
Pictures Of You |
4. | May 28, 2019: | Magnetized Toner
Adventures |
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| 2. | Aug 12, 2021: | Magnetized Toner (rebroadcast from Oct 15, 2019)
Lost |
5. | Mar 13, 2019: | Hanging in the Bone Yard
Lost |
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| 3. | Jan 01, 2020: | Hanging in the Bone Yard
Lost |
6. | Dec 31, 2018: | Hanging in the Bone Yard
Rod For Your Love |
Album Review
Wallace Brontoon
Reviewed 2018-10-15
Reviewed 2018-10-15
Sonny Smith sans Sunsets means laid-back and strummy, but still weird and cool. The SF staple zones in on relaxing, singalong folky sunshiney tunes reminiscent of Byrds and other nostalgic folk-rock sounds, with plenty of weirdness
1. (2:34) ****** Sweet and shimmery intro, sunny and nostalgic folky, and with enough weird instrumentations (even a harp!) that keep it novel and weird
2. (3:58) ***** Fun western two-step boogie, laconic and cool vocals with sweet moog
3. (3:13) *** Antic, on-edge strumming "doo-be-doo-be-doo", xylophone sparkles
4. (2:46) *** Hazy, with chin-scratching vocals punctuated by shimmery guitar wipes
5. (3:37) **** Crunchy SoCal guitar, storytelling vocals with supportive chorus behind him, eventually into chimey old pianos and gongs
6. (2:04) *** Stomping rhythm with hillside atmosphere, flutes and all
7. (3:02) *** Angel Olsen joins with a frail duet, overall AM rock sound
8. (2:40) **** A Sly Stone riff into shimmery piano with swaggery rhythm
9. (3:17) *** Supremes-y glassy piano into omnious spy sounds, into sunshine singalong
10. (3:40) ***** Funky bass with calypso rhythm, snarly vocals buoyed by endless weird synth and percussions, intentionally repetitive "bores me to tears..."
1. (2:34) ****** Sweet and shimmery intro, sunny and nostalgic folky, and with enough weird instrumentations (even a harp!) that keep it novel and weird
2. (3:58) ***** Fun western two-step boogie, laconic and cool vocals with sweet moog
3. (3:13) *** Antic, on-edge strumming "doo-be-doo-be-doo", xylophone sparkles
4. (2:46) *** Hazy, with chin-scratching vocals punctuated by shimmery guitar wipes
5. (3:37) **** Crunchy SoCal guitar, storytelling vocals with supportive chorus behind him, eventually into chimey old pianos and gongs
6. (2:04) *** Stomping rhythm with hillside atmosphere, flutes and all
7. (3:02) *** Angel Olsen joins with a frail duet, overall AM rock sound
8. (2:40) **** A Sly Stone riff into shimmery piano with swaggery rhythm
9. (3:17) *** Supremes-y glassy piano into omnious spy sounds, into sunshine singalong
10. (3:40) ***** Funky bass with calypso rhythm, snarly vocals buoyed by endless weird synth and percussions, intentionally repetitive "bores me to tears..."
Track Listing
| 1. | Pictures Of You | 6. | Rod For Your Love | |||
| 2. | Lost | 7. | Burnin' Up | |||
| 3. | Adventures | 8. | Refugees | |||
| 4. | Slaves | 9. | More Bad Times | |||
| 5. | Live, Love, And Be Free | 10. | Bores Me To Tears |