ABSOLUTE SMASH ADDAMS (Coming to the streams on 14 FEB 2025)

 

1. STANDING IN THE RAIN  (Alt. Version)
2. I'M NOT DOWN
3. MORE THAN THAT  (Alt. Version)
4. WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN  (Alt. Version)
5. GIVING IN TO THIS WORLD
6. NEVER APART
7. SOMEDAY IT'S GONNA HURT YOU*  (Alt. Version)
8. IN THE ARMS OF ANOTHER*  (Alt. Version)
9. HARD TO GET OVER  (Alt. Mix)

"An alternate take on HARD TO GET OVER album"  

*2025 REMASTER IS NOW UP ON BANDCAMP*

Recorded by Leo Goff, III at Nu-Star Studio (Memphis, TN) - summer and fall 2004; Jan. 2005

Additional recording at Young Avenue Sound Studio (April 2004); Ardent Studios (Nov. 2004). 

Mixed at Nu-Star Studio; Young Avenue Sound Studio (Nov. 2005); and Barely There Studio (North MS)

Additional overdubs, mixing, and production by A.G. at Barely There Studio - North MS.

Mastered Jan. 2025 by A.G. / Reissued for Barely There Studio  

All songs written by Adam Gaither  (©2004 Smash Addams Music); "Standing in the Rain" (co-written with Van Thompson) 

©2025 Smash Addams Music / Barely There Studio 

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'ZOO NOISE' by The Feel Flows (1966)

 
"Somewhere in another time, there was another group of brothers with one being a genius and trying to make his masterpiece..."

In 1965 The Feel Flows released their very successful record 'Let The Summer Never End', but the band was in turmoil. Their main songwriter and DeFacto leader Bryan Wilcox was severely depressed, feeling both that he had fully explored the realm of surf rock and had become bored, as well as being shaken in his confidence by his cousin and sometimes co-songwriter, Frank Passion. This had caused Bryan to remove himself from touring with the group and had caused a huge rift between himself and Frank who Bryan saw as being unsupportive of Bryan's desire to grow and experiment.

With a new touring bass player added to the group so they could tour to support their 1965 album, Bryan stayed back in California and started working on new music without his group. Contacting his poet friend, Barry Asher, the two started writing the core of what would be the Feel Flows 1966 groundbreaking album, Zoo Noise.

The 1965 tour ended up being somewhat of a disaster with news outlets and fans lamenting the absence of Bryan, to which Frank took personally and acted out constantly to the press, their fans, and the band themselves. This led the remaining Wilcox brothers to decide that when they returned to California, they would expel Frank from

 the group.
And while this was a good move in the short term, in the long run it caused a whole new set of problems.

After returning to California and firing Frank, the other Wilcox brothers returned to the studio to see what Bryan had been working on and were over the moon. While Bryan had been using studio musicians to help him demo the material, when his brothers returned work began anew, with them playing their usual instruments and singing the vocal arrangements.

It was at this point that Bryan gathered the studio musicians again to embellish what the group had recorded, and after about 6 months of writing and recording, The Feel Flows had their most unique and experimental album yet, and it was ready to release to the public.

The United States were a bit slower to acclimate to this new direction of the band, and where their albums had usually hit No.1 on release previously, the album peaked at no. 4 in the US. But the UK was a completely different matter. With the success of the singles off the album in the UK, the album shot straight to no. 1 and was lauded by the UK critics and luminaries of the UK music scene. This included bands like Proud Mary, The Hoppin Grasshoppers, and maybe their most diehard fans, the Dodos.

Of the album, Samuel McHaclameny was quoted as saying, "Well they've done it, haven't they. It's a near perfect album, and the song 'The Heavens Gave Me You' may be the best pop song written to this point. It's really fired us (The Dodos) up, and we're itching to get back in the studio and try and beat them at their own game. It's a friendly rivalry and that though. We love those lads. Joeseph and I went to their London shows last year, and it was great, although we wished Bryan had been there. We went backstage after the show and hung out. Great guys, those, except that Frank character. Right bastard that one. Anyway, this album is a real achievement, and to think Bryan co-produced it with our old man, TWG. Well, it's quite an achievement!" 

Released by 

Gramaphone Records

January 20, 2025

credits

CHECK OUT MORE FROM THE FEEL FLOWS ON YOUTUBE~

COMING SOON...

 

01. HAPPINESS IS JUST AN ILLUSION

Recorded to 8-track at Sen City Studio (North MS) - late Sept. 2009  (Drums: P.J. Gosa)

02. WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE

Recorded and mixed by Leo Goff, III at Nu-Star Studio (Memphis, TN) - Nov. 2004 (Backing vocals: Lita Williams)

03. SURE ENOUGH

Recorded and mixed by Bill Komulainen at stableunelement (Memphis, TN) - summer 2005 (Drums / 2nd guitar: Bill Komulainen)

04. NEVER GOT A HOLD ON YOU

Recorded and mixed by Eric Lancaster and Van Thompson at S.A.E. (Nashville, TN) - Nov. 2001 (Drums: Matt Tamke; Guitar / bgv: Van Thompson)

05. I'LL MAKE DUE

06. I'M NOT DOWN

Engineering; pre-production mix by Leo Goff, III at Nu-Star Studio (Memphis, TN) - early 2004 (Drums: Clint Wiencken) / ODs and post-production at Barely There Studio (North MS) 

07. KILL THE BOREDOM

Recorded and mixed by Bill Komulainen at stableunelement (Memphis, TN) - summer 2005 (Drums / lead guitar / bass: Bill Komulainen)

08.  ALL THAT'S GOLDEN IS GONE

Recorded live to 8-track at P.J.'s house; ODs and mixing at Sen City Studio (North MS) - Oct. 2008  (Drums: P.J. Gosa; Bass: Michael Grant)

09. IF IT WAS ONLY IN MY HANDS

Engineering; pre-production mix by Leo Goff, III at Nu-Star Studio (Memphis, TN) - late summer 2004 / ODs and post-production at Barely There Studio (North MS) 

10. DOIN' MYSELF IN

Recorded to 4-track in Nashville, TN - late Jan. 2005 ("Thank you" to Lita Williams)

PRE-ORDER HERE

Releases to all streaming services 10 JAN 2025

NOW AVAILABLE!

REDACTED FROM MEMORY, Vol. 2 [Coming 27 DEC from Barely There Studio]

Smash Addams Music 

PRESENTS

 REDACTED FROM MEMORY, Vol. II

coming 27 DEC 2024

4 discs of previously unreleased remastered songs

57 tracks

DISC 1 - Absolute Resolution---

01. ...OFF THE WRIST 02:46

02. LIVE ABOVE HELL 02:28

03. SELF PORTRAIT 02:05

04. NON-SEQUITURS 02:51

05. WHEN YOU START TO LOSE FEELIN' 02:03

06. BURIED (Can You Hear) 01:53

07. JUST LIKE THE OTHERS 04:38

08. DEFENCES 04:27

09. MOLLY MY DEAR 04:16

10. OH PLEASE (What Did I Do) 05:14

11. I MISS THE LIGHT 03:17

12. SAD LAZARUS 06:00

13. THERE'S A STAR FOR YOU 04:54

DISC 2 - Late & Alone------------------

01 Forever in Your Eyes (2024 mix)+

02 Left to Destroy (2024 mix)+ [with LUCY DAWN]

03 Pull Me Through (2024 mix)+

04 Your Tears Ain't Enough (band version / 2024 mix)+

05 Words Unspoken [with LUCY DAWN]

06 Dime Store Hoods & Tirades (2024 mix)+

07 To See You [with LUCY DAWN]

08 Playing God

09 Late and Alone

10 Counting Time (2024 mix)+ [with LUCY DAWN]

DISC 3 - Revelations*--------------------

01 Settle Down [MANICS]

02 Meet Me Halfway (alt mix) [MANICS]

03 We Don't Live Here Anymore (piano / 2024 mix)+

04 I'm Not Down (band version / 2024 mix)+

05 Standing in the Rain (2024 mix)+

06 More Than That (2018 mix)

07 Doin' Myself In

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08 Never Apart (2024 mix)+ [STRANGE PARALLEL]

09 Make Believe (2024 mix)+

10 I Got Darkness

11 Giving Up on Someone

12 Nothing Means More to Me (Than You)

13 Revelation (2024 mix)+ [w/ LUCY DAWN]

14 Lucky Me (Live at The Redstone Room, 2011) [w/ LUCY DAWN]

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15 Maybe It's Me, Maybe It's You

16 Circumstances That Apply (2024 mix)+

17 Something to Live For (2024 mix)+

18 Drugstore Valentine

19 I Want to Show You (2024 Mix)+ [MANICS]

20 Light in the Sky

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DISC 4 - Goodnight and Goodluck*------------

01 What We're Fighting For

02 Living on A Shoestring [with LUCY DAWN]

03 Burn Memo (Lancer's Theme)

04 SHARTMKR

05 Pink Clouds Turn Grey [DEAD SEA SCRAWLS]

06 Groom Lake

07 Damage I've Done

08 Sometimes Nothing Lasts Forever [with LUCY DAWN]

09 Our Better Angles

10 Fortunate One?

11 Love Turns to Hate [with LUCY DAWN]

12 Everyone Inside of Me is Dead

13 Goodnight and Goodluck [DEAD SEA SCRAWLS]

14 Sweet Dreams (acoustic)

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[* = newly constructed album]

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Produced by Adam Gaither for BARELY THERE STUDIO, 2024

"What Would Neil Young Do?"

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PRE-ORDER LINK

'DARKER THAN HELL' (2024 Remaster) by Lucy Dawn is OUT NOW!

 

'DUST OFF THE RACKS' (2024 Mix) is now on Bandcamp!

AVAILABLE FROM BARELY THERE STUDIO!

'ALONE, TOGETHER' by Smash Addams and Lucy Dawn (Releases 20.09.2024)

                                                     PRE:ORDER HERE: 

IN ANOTHER PLACE / UNFORTUNATE WORLD / END SCENE / CURTAINS DRAWN AGAINST THE WORLD / WHAT IS WORSE? / STITCHES / SWEET DREAMS / IT WON'T BE LONG / TAKE THE WORLD FROM ME / REMAINS OF THE DAY / STAY / NOTHING IS REVEALED

Collection of songs written and produced by Smash Addams and Lucy Dawn alone and together between 2011-13. Remastered for 2024 by A.G.

RELEASES 20 SEPTEMBER 2024 on all formats from Barely There Studio.

"Curtains Drawn Against the World"; "In Another Place", "Remains of the Day", "Stay", and "Unfortunate World"

(written by Adam and Lucy Gaither, ©2011; ©2013 BARELY THERE STUDIO)

"Stitches"; "It Won't Be Long", "Take the World From Me"; "What is Worse?", and "End Scene"

(written by Lucy Gaither, ©2011; ©2012; ©2013 BARELY THERE STUDIO)

"Sweet Dreams" and "Nothing is Revealed"

(written by Adam Gaither, ©2012 BARELY THERE STUDIO)