Artist: The Cherry Smash
Album: West Coast Rip-Off 7"
Release: 1995/1996
Label: Candy Floss
Tracklist:
1. Nowhere Generation
2. Californya Bum Trip (You Made Me Hate The Beach Boys)
3. Airport Girl
What a mess of a release this is. The Cherry Smash's lone solo effort, the West Coast Rip-Off 7", is bound to remain shrouded in mystery forever. On top of being virtually unknown outside of a bunch of overweight thirty-something males (something I aspire to be,) the actual release itself doesn't seem to help its case much. It doesn't say when the record was actually put out (someone knows!), hence the 1995/1996 above. The sleeve of the record lists the second track as "You Made Me Hate The Beach Boys," yet the labels on the record has it as "Californya Bum Trip." I don't know who to trust!
Still, being the product of constant fucking up often makes a release endearing, and this 7" is no different. While I may seem a bit hypercritical above, the record actually one of my favorite indie pop releases of the 90s. From the opening chords of "Nowhere Generation," one can tell that the band is MAD California. The song is a classic pop gem if I've ever heard one and it lays out the blueprint for the band's fuzz-drenched 60s pop worship. If you didn't hear the Cali connection on that track, you'll be sure to on the next song, which begins with an extremely lo-fi and intentional mangling of "Good Vibrations" before segueing into a boombox-recorded and female-sung little ditty of an acoustic jam. The band returns to its more established sound with "Airport Girl," a song reveling in both its fuzziness and its thematic twee naïvety.
I know there are some avid followers of the indie pop way, so this is for you. Everyone else will probably hate it. I don't care. Well, I care a little.
Download Here
-Adam
Album: West Coast Rip-Off 7"
Release: 1995/1996
Label: Candy Floss
Tracklist:
1. Nowhere Generation
2. Californya Bum Trip (You Made Me Hate The Beach Boys)
3. Airport Girl
What a mess of a release this is. The Cherry Smash's lone solo effort, the West Coast Rip-Off 7", is bound to remain shrouded in mystery forever. On top of being virtually unknown outside of a bunch of overweight thirty-something males (something I aspire to be,) the actual release itself doesn't seem to help its case much. It doesn't say when the record was actually put out (someone knows!), hence the 1995/1996 above. The sleeve of the record lists the second track as "You Made Me Hate The Beach Boys," yet the labels on the record has it as "Californya Bum Trip." I don't know who to trust!
Still, being the product of constant fucking up often makes a release endearing, and this 7" is no different. While I may seem a bit hypercritical above, the record actually one of my favorite indie pop releases of the 90s. From the opening chords of "Nowhere Generation," one can tell that the band is MAD California. The song is a classic pop gem if I've ever heard one and it lays out the blueprint for the band's fuzz-drenched 60s pop worship. If you didn't hear the Cali connection on that track, you'll be sure to on the next song, which begins with an extremely lo-fi and intentional mangling of "Good Vibrations" before segueing into a boombox-recorded and female-sung little ditty of an acoustic jam. The band returns to its more established sound with "Airport Girl," a song reveling in both its fuzziness and its thematic twee naïvety.
I know there are some avid followers of the indie pop way, so this is for you. Everyone else will probably hate it. I don't care. Well, I care a little.
Download Here
-Adam
12 comments:
Bro I like what you are doing here. Thanks for this obscure stuff.
That means a lot! Thanks, man.
-Adam
This is soooo fucking good. Thanks a ton!
Death Metal followed by Indie Pop. You're a man after my own heart Adam. Thanks!
The Cherry Smash was a band featuring Blake Miller (from Moving Units) and outside of this one 7 inch they also made an appearance on the "Pure Spun Sugar" compilation also on Candy Floss Records. They soon changed their name to The Spectacle and released an album called "Glow in the Dark Soul" on Polygram in 1998 which feature re-worked versions of all the Cherry Smash songs except "Airport Girl". Oddly enough Brent Rademaker from Further/Beachwood Sparks is credited as a song writer on the album and a reworking of the Further tune "Catalina" closes out the record. If you want the comp track or Spectacle album for your blog please email me at roklok@hotmail.com and I'll gladly send it your way.
-Mike
P.S That isn't a female vocal on "You Made Me Hate the Beach Boys"
Mike - Thanks for all the info! I was totally deceived by that man's siren-esque vocals...
Lee - Your heart is mine.
-Adam
Nice, thanks.
Awesome! I just came across this and am finding so much good stuff.
I too just found this great site. Thanks for all your hard work and your postings on these fantastic recordings. I saw Spectacle in the early 90's opening for Medicine or was it MBV? I don't remember. Either way, I'd love to see a copy of "glow in the dark soul". Thanks again for all your hard work!
i bought this the other day. the only disappointing thing was that it didn't come with a lyric sheet. did yours?
Mine does not! Do you know if any did?
-Adam
i'm not sure if any of them did, just wondering. mine did come with a candy floss records mailorder thing though. that was cool to look through.
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