--- - |- richard swift has a new 5-song ep called ground trouble jaw , which he describes as "2 soul jams, 1 funny doo-wop song, and 2 synth/pop/?," available for free download (you can find copies either here , here , here or here ). the first and strongest song, an odd, sweet & brief "would you?" (short for would you like to fall in love with me? and presumably one of the soul jams), soun...
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Richard Swift - The Original ThoughtHow is everyone's Saturday going? Maybe this will make it even better! Singer-songwriter Richard Swift will be releasing his new album Atlantic Ocean on April 7th. From his 2008 EP Ground Trouble Jaw and also featured on the new album, "The Original Thought" is a funky piano number with a cinematic nature. In fact, most of Swift's songs have that tin pan alle...
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Our friends at Secretly Canadian sent over a link to download Richard Swift's new Ground Trouble Jaw EP for free. Swift is about to embark on two short West Coast mini-tours in support of the Walkmen and Stereolab, so now'd be as good a time as any to get familiar. Swift says the EP consists of "2 soul jams, 1 funny doo-wop song," and "2 synth/pop/?," and while it's all well worth the free, the...
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I listened to Richard Swift at work a few months ago and then forgot about it until I saw it in my library, then burnt it to a CD to listen to in the car. So today was the first day I actually got to listen to it again, and I'm recommending it.This is music that sits in that fortunate category of uncategorisable. That doesn't mean its like Tom Waits, it just means I don't know who to compare ...
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Our friends at Secretly Canadian sent over a link to download Richard Swift's new Ground Trouble Jaw EP for free. Swift is about to embark on two short West Coast mini-tours in support of the Walkmen and Stereolab, so now'd be as good a time as any to get familiar. Swift says the EP consists of "2 soul jams, 1 funny doo-wop song," and "2 synth/pop/?," and while it's all well worth the free, the...
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A wonderfully quirky artist I'm just getting hip to. This is his 4th CD, just released, and it is quite infectious in the same manner as Harry Nilsson's work. He has some friends like Ryan Adams, Mark Ronson and Sean Lennon helping out this time around. Listen to this track and then listen to the video and you will see how diverse his sound can be.Here's some press on him:The Atlantic Ocean is ...
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And I'm not talking about John Paul Young, people. I am talking about Richard Swift. I have fallen so hard for his music that I may not listen to anything else for the next week solid.sigh.Who's with me?
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A sunday cover!!!I haven't been mogging as much this week. I have been entertaining Kevin's wife. I am sorry for not commenting on all your good posts. I've been reading and missing all of you.Next week will hopefully be a good MOG-week.Here's Richard Swift covering Paisley Park. I love this version. After reading Chul's post about Paisley Park I send him some thought every time I listen to thi...
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POD Concerts presentsRichard Swift is to play Crawdaddy in Dublin on Monday, April 27. The California-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, celebrated for his vintage lo-fi experimental mélanges, saluting genres from Doo-Wop to lush American Pop, is set to release his fourth album on April 7. The Atlantic Ocean , Swift’s…
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| 1 The Atlantic Ocean |
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| 2 The Original Thought |
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| 3 Ballad of Old What's His Name |
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| 4 R.I.P. |
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| 5 Already Gone |
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