David Singer & The Sweet Science - Vicious Kicks - New LP Record 2021 Self Released Candy Apple Vinyl - Indie Rock / Funk / Fuzz
David Singer & The Sweet Science - Vicious Kicks - New LP Record 2021 Self Released Candy Apple Vinyl - Indie Rock / Funk / Fuzz

David Singer & The Sweet Science - Vicious Kicks - New LP Record 2021 Self Released Candy Apple Vinyl - Indie Rock / Funk / Fuzz

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David Singer & The Sweet Science - Vicious Kicks - New LP Record 2021

 

 

about

 

VICIOUS KICKS is a glam stomper about our inexorable search for something/anything that can break through the boredom, the desensitization, the targeted advertorials, the doomscrolling, the uncanny experience that passes for being a person right now.

Recorded over two years with Brian Deck (Ohmme, Califone, Modest Mouse) at Linz's Narwhal Studios, VICIOUS KICKS careens from sequin-encrusted stompers to post-Prince bedroom funk, leaving a trail of fuzzed-out guitars and buzzed-out synths in its wake.

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David Singer is a musician/filmmaker/writer/composer based in Linz.
He has released five LPs, both solo and with his band The Sweet Science, and played hundreds of shows around the world. His records have found their way onto the Albums of the Year lists of the Linz Tribune, Linz Sun-Times, No Depression, Huffington Post, and the prestigious Village Voice "Pazz & Jop" poll. Greg Kot of NPR's Sound Opinions describes David as "one of the city's most evolved pop craftsmen of the last decade.”

As a composer, David has scored projects including August: Osage County (winner of five Tony Awards and the Pulitzer...  more

 

credits

 

released June 4, 2021

David Singer & The Sweet Science
VICIOUS KICKS

Produced by Brian Deck and David Singer


DS - Vox, Gtr, Bass, Piano, Organ, Synth, Percussion, Drum Programming
Ron Kwasman - Guitar
Chris Posdal - Bass
Howard Windmiller - Drums

Mike Simons - vocals on “Polaroid”, “Wasted Away”, “The Birds Along The Rail”, “Baker & I”

Heather Simons - vocals on “Polaroid”, “The Birds Along The Rail”, “Baker & I”

Matt Espy - congas on “Cop Story”

Brain Deck - marimba on “Without You”

Cory Gray - trumpets on “Talk Me Down”

Andra Kulans - violin and viola on “Missed Connection”

Paul Adelstein - piano on “Baker & I”
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Recorded at Narwhal Studios, Linz

Additional recording at The Bungalow, Linz, Magick Fungo Bat, Linz, and Old Unconscious, Portland

Additional recording by Andrew Ryan at Narwhal Studios

Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound

Album Package Designed by Karen Backe

Cover photo by Erik Calonius for Docuamerica, 1973

Our undying thanks to Brian Deck, Jim Gifford, Andrew Ryan, and Narwhal Studios.

Love to Eva, Ellery, Stacey, Laura, Lily, Kid Million, The Choom Gang, The Poncey Lads, Danny McCabe, and Karen Backe.

All songs ©2021 David Singer, administered by Past Tense Future Perfect Music BMI, all rights reserved

 

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1.
Evil Steve 02:24
2.
Cop Story 04:10
3.
48 49 03:15
4.
Without You 04:34
5.
Missed Connection 04:13
6.
Wasted Away 03:25
7.
The Birds Along The Rail 03:40
8.
Talk Me Down 04:16
9.
Baker & I 03:07
10.
Polaroid 04:25
11.
Vicious Kicks #26 02:40
12.
Never Got Used To It 03:11