Rod For Your Love
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| Oct 2018
Reviews
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..."
Recent airplay
Pictures Of You
Music Genealogy (rebroadcast from Dec 2, 2018) — Nov 10, 2021
Lost
Magnetized Toner (rebroadcast from Oct 15, 2019) — Aug 12, 2021
Lost
Hanging in the Bone Yard — Jan 01, 2020
Adventures
Magnetized Toner — May 28, 2019
Lost
Hanging in the Bone Yard — Mar 13, 2019
Rod For Your Love
Hanging in the Bone Yard — Dec 31, 2018
Charting
2018-10-24 — 2018-12-26
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Dec 23 | 1 |
| Dec 16 | 3 |
| Dec 9 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | 3 |
| Nov 18 | 2 |
| Nov 11 | 5 |
| Oct 28 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Pictures Of You | ||
| 2. | Lost | ||
| 3. | Adventures | ||
| 4. | Slaves | ||
| 5. | Live, Love, And Be Free | ||
| 6. | Rod For Your Love | ||
| 7. | Burnin' Up | ||
| 8. | Refugees | ||
| 9. | More Bad Times | ||
| 10. | Bores Me To Tears |