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The Tarnished Gold release date, album art and track list revealed

Staffan — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:44:39 +0000

Beachwood Sparks’ forthcoming new album The Tarnished Gold will be released on June 26 on CD and LP (double-LP at 45 rpm)!

This is the album art:

And this is the track list:
01. Forget the Song
02. Sparks Fly Again
03. Mollusk
04. Tarnished Gold
05. Water from the Well
06. Talk About Lonesome
07. Leave That Light On
08. Nature’s Light
09. No Queremos Oro
10. Earl Jean
11. Alone Together
12. The Orange Grass Special
13. Goodbye

And this is what it feels like:

Stream/download a new Beachwood Sparks song!

Staffan — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:23:20 +0000

It’s called Forget the song and it’s great!

Hit play to stream the song, or download it by clicking the mp3 button (you have to enter an e-mail address).

Burger Records re-issues The Summer Hits and The Tyde

Staffan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:31:55 +0000

The excellent label Burger Records will be releasing cassette re-issues of two modern classics: The Summer Hits’ compilation album Beaches and Canyons and The Tyde’s Once!

Release dates are still TBA.

Listen to Stony Creation by The Summer Hits:

Stony Creation by Summer Hits

New Beachwood Sparks track to be featured on Sub Pop sampler

Staffan — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:45:14 +0000

On April 21, a.k.a Record Store Day, Sub Pop Records will release a new promo sampler that will feature a new Beachwood Sparks song called Forget the Song. This will be the first new Beachwood Sparks song to be released since June 4 2002!

More info here.

The new Beachwood Sparks album gets title and first “review”

Staffan — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:30:49 +0000

Uncut writer John Mulvey has given us some new information on the forthcoming Beachwood Sparks album on his blog and Twitter feed:

1. The album will be titled The Tarnished Gold
2. It will be released on SubPop
3. It will sound “kind of nice” and like a “sunny morning”

That’s alright with me.

Beachwood Sparks to play Huichica Music Festival

Staffan — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:01:33 +0000

Beachwood Sparks just announced that they will be playing the Huichica Music Festival that takes place in Sonoma, California on June 1st and 2nd.

The festival is arranged by wine producer Jeff Bundschu (on which property the festival is being held) and Fruit Bats front man Eric D. Johnsson.

Other artists performing at the festival are Little Wings, Paper Cuts, Sonny and the Sunsets and Sea of Bees.

The forum’s back!

Staffan — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:48:22 +0000

We’ve manage to restore the old forums that went missing in cyber space in a site upgrade some years ago. Better late than never, right?

Let’s pick up where we left it 1109 days ago!

Beachwood Sparks hope to have new album out by summer, guest spots by Ariel Pink and Neal Casal

Staffan — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:11:23 +0000

As we’ve reported earlier Beachwood Sparks have recorded new music. We got in touch with Farmer Dave Scher who revealed some interesting facts about the new record. The album will hopefully be out before summer and will feature the classic Beachwood Sparks line up of Chris Gunst, Brent Rademaker, Farmer Dave Scher and Aaron Sperske, with additional help from Ariel Pink and Neal Casal among others.

Read the full interview with Farmer Dave here!

New Beachwood Sparks album being mixed right now

Staffan — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:10:07 +0000

From Farmer Daves Twitter:

Mixing new Beachwood Sparks album
There’s some reverse cosmosis goin down

Yes!

It’s a brand new Beachwood Sparks song!

Staffan — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:08:24 +0000

This brand new Beachwood Sparks song was performed last Saturday at a backyard gig in Silverlake, CA. It’s a lovely little jangle gem that certainly reminds us of why the world really needs a new Beachwood Sparks album!