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The Semantics - Powerbill Demos (1993) 01 Sticks and Stones 02 Future For You 03 Glasses and Braces 04 Johnny Come Lately 05 Coming Up Roses The Semantics - One More Step (Demos - by PopFair / 1993) 01 Heart Attack 02 Simple Thing 03 Vegas 04 Standing Still 05 Pamela 06 One More Step 07 Jerry Deacon 08 Lonely Girl 09 Gone 10 She's So Clean 11 Victim for Somebody 12 Baby It's You 13 This One's For Me 14 The Facts of Life 15 Hippy Woman 16 Wildflower 17 Maria 18 Merry Go Round 19 Avalon The Semantics - Powerbill (1993 recorded / 1996 released) 01 Sticks And Stones 02 Future For You 03 Coming Up Roses 04 Jenny Won't Play Fair 05 Average American 06 Don't Say Goodbye 07 The Sky Is Falling 08 Black And Blue 09 Johnny Come Lately 10 Life Goes On 11 Glasses And Braces Owsley - Owsley (Original Version / 1998) 01 The homecoming song 02 Coming up roses 03 Good old days 04 Uncle john's farm 05 Sentimental favourite 06 Oh no t...

Calling the World is the second studio album by Rooney . With three years of recording, about 50 songs in total and John Fields producing (!), the album was finally released in 2007. Robert Schwartzman (lead vocals, guitar), Taylor Locke (lead guitar, backing vocals), Ned Brower (drums, backing vocals), Matthew Winter (bass guitar) and Louie Stephens (keyboards, piano) present nothing less than their best record to date (in my humble opinion). You can easily discover many influences, like Queen or E.L.O. - and Powerpop all over the record. To sum it up: It's so good, it's in heavy rotation since weeks at my turntable. You might experience the same... P.S.: Though there was a new Rooney record out in 2016 (" Washed Away "), it's sadly not the same level as " Calling The World ". With " Washed Away " the only remaining member of the band is Robert Schwartzman.

Jon Brion released his first - and last - solo album " Meaningless " in 2001. Initially to be released on Lava Records, the album was finally sold independently by Brion on his own "Straight to Cut-Out" label through his website & CD Baby . The lyrics (e.g. "Ruin My Day" and "I Believe She's Lying") and the brilliance of the songs themselves are stunning. " Trouble " and " Walking Through Walls " are pop music at its best. This is a joy to listen to and I highly recommend it. Tracklist: 1. Gotta Start Somewhere 2. I Believe She's Lying 3. Meaningless 4. Ruin My Day 5. Walking Through Walls 6. Trouble 7. Hook, Line, And Sinker 8. Dead To The World 9. Her Ghost 10. The Same Mistakes 11. Voices Because this album was ridiculously overlooked, there is no preview on amazon as usual, but just listen (and as I suggest buy!) it on amazon.com .