Bedrooms and Basements, by Jonathan Willett

Bedrooms and Basements

by Jonathan Willett

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Underground troubadour Jonathan Willett (Tunnel Lights, Harsh Sunshine, Tough Love) offers a great album that sits at the crossroads of folk and postpunk. He has conjured the ghosts of Ray Davies, Tom Verlaine, Elliot Smith, Peter Perrett, and David Thomas to create a fuzzed out, constructed and thoughtful collection of songs that speak of the human experience from a protagonist that drinks in bars, watches friends live and die, loves, ages, and recounts the beauty of life along side of the dark edges that exist everywhere.

Jonathan can be found playing dives in Oakland with his band Tunnel Lights.

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1.	the man I am 02:42	buy track
2.	save your devotion 04:22	buy track
3.	some things in this world 02:18	buy track
4.	getting down 02:44	buy track
5.	darkness is a place 02:47	buy track
6.	PDX dives 02:52	buy track
7.	dread 00:44	buy track
8.	it's you and me 02:23	buy track
9.	less screaming 03:03	buy track
10.	grey beard 02:46	buy track
11.	1994 02:38	buy track
12.	yr face 00:40	buy track
13.	water's rising 02:12	buy track
14.	wish i could still believe 03:30	buy track

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The sound of rain still manages to seep through the barricaded windows of the basement. It’s one am and I have to work tomorrow but if I could just get this bass track down I could sleep better. In between band practices ideas come and must be put down or they fly away like sparks from back yard bonfires. I’m not a drummer, but I’m alone, so I guess I’ll do. Portland and Oakland. Two cities where I holed up in basements and bedrooms sketching with twisted cables and broken pedals. Trying to define the contours of years lived searching for something outside the everyday encounters and daily doldrums. Memories passed through fuzz pedals and delays. The cars screech in the streets in harmony with the overtones of busted circuits and future dreams. Grey skies and sunshine. Get it down before it’s gone.

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released February 3, 2015

everything written recorded and performed by jonathan willett

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