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On A Bedroom Wall (CD/LP EJRC093)
  
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- Elsie Dormer
- Travelin' Man
- Big Trouble In Little Alabama
- Spirits
- Cleat Talking
- Surrender To Me
- Camouflage Detection
- Take These Streets
- Candlemaker
- Jacket In July
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Travelin' Man (CD EJRC092)
 $5.00
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- Travelin' Man
- Plastic Heart
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Neu Ideas (CD EJRC071)
$10.00
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- Victory Walker 2am
- Bull Riff
- Runaway Train II
- Strength
- Stay Wild, Tokelau
- All Lips Touch
- Neu Idea
- Victory Walker 6am
- Higher Than Five
- Victory Walker
- Strength (Signals Remix)
- Higher Than Five (Birds And Batteries Remix)
- Bull Riff (Love Is All Remix)
- Victory Walker (The Hood Internet 4:46am Remix)
- Bull Riff (Elephant & Castle Remix)
- Higher Than Five (Color Of The Sun Remix)
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Victory Walker (CD EJRC070)
$5.00
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- Victory Walker 2am
- Victory Walker 5am
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A Party In Motion (CD EJRC069)
$10.00
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- Bull Riff
- Strength
- Neu Idea
- Higher Than Five
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Runaway Train II (CD EJRC068)
$5.00
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- Runaway Train II
- All Lips Touch
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Never Gonna Touch The Ground (CD EJRC048)
$10.00
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- Never Gonna Touch the Ground
- Following the Itinerary
- Forever Dudes
- Good Thing It's a Ghost Town Around Here
- Act of Jamming
- The Hott Chord is Struck
- No Go-Kart Ideas
- Haunted Houses
- Dead Memory Man
- Ginko Biloba
- Aerosmith Take Me to the Other Side
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"Fun is the new not-fun, and Still Flyin' exemplifies that ethos," / "Still Flyin' is a sweet-ass band." - SF Weekly |
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SA Rawls - vocals, guitar,
Emmitt Y. Nakamoto - drums,
Hounddog - bass,
Tater Moran - guitar,
Alicia Vanden Heuvel - keys, vocals,
Bren Mead - 2nd drums, vocals,
Big Lord Saucedo - vibraphone, trombone,
Izzo Knowles - trumpet, vocals,
Gary Olsonkroken - trumpet, vocals,
Frank En Sax - duh,
Mindy Mook Schweitzer-Rawls - vocals, percussion,
Momo Niubo - vocals, percussion,
Marjan Esfandiari - vocals, percussion,
Prof. Prince Jammy Knight - vocals, percussion,
Thrill Horan - dance moves, percussion, vocals,
OJ Hammond - guru |
San Francisco's favorite hammjammers Still Flyin' spent 2011 hard at work writing their sophomore album, On A Bedroom Wall, which is slated for release May 22, 2012 via Ernest Jenning Record Co.
Still Flyin' have been redefining indie-pop since 2004, drawing inspiration from classic pop songwriting and great times with great friends. Led by Sean Rawls of Masters of the Hemisphere, 2009's much loved Never Gonna Touch the Ground established the band's fun-loving credo, and saw them touring the world, with a little help in their live show from the likes of Isobel Knowles (Architecture in Helsinki), Mark Monnone (Lucksmiths), Josephine Olausson (Love is All), Gary Olson (Ladybug Transistor) and Yoshi Nakamoto (Aisler Set). The band supported the release with show-stopping sets at SXSW, The Great Escape and All Tomorrow's Parties (curated by Pavement).
On a Bedroom Wall sees the band returning with a streamlined live setup to bring a tight new sound to their production and songcraft, mixed with a healthy dose of ingenuity and fun. Following on from the 80s influence and synth-tastic Neu Ideas releases, Still Flyin' have once again upped their game, mixing hook-heavy melodies with signature choral harmonies and roto-toms aplenty.
The album's lead single, "Travelin' Man" layers 80s pop synths with longing and melancholy so profound itŐs sure to send shivers up your spine. The song speaks of the fraught dichotomy between wanderlust and domesticity - a regular experience for most touring musicians, but a sentiment beautifully stated here.
"Spirits" is a fun romp that nods to the band's 2009 antic-filled debut, Never Gonna Touch the Ground, mixing the slightly creepy pleas of a lonely ghost trying to get a girl to die and join his haunting escapades with irrepressible guitar hooks. "Cleat Talking" is an addictively catchy gem with singalong choruses proclaiming that you don?t have to be the smartest man on earth to have a good time - a sentiment we can all get on board with.
Perhaps the album's nostalgic apex, "Surrender to Me" longs for the romantic urgency of youth, framed with 80s synths and dance grooves. "Take These Streets" revels in the small joys of the everyday such as walking around familiar streets, taking wrong turns and trying to get lost, highlighted by handclaps and a drumbeat worthy of Dancing in the Dark-era Springsteen.
The album was recorded by Haima Marriott of Architecture in Helsinki fame and mixed by Wyatt Cusick who's worked extensively with Love is All. In keeping with the classic production values at the heart of the album's ethos, the album was mastered at Masterdisk in NYC by Scott Hull (Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Yuka Honda, Sting).
WEBSITE
www.takeyourshoesoffyoudontneedtheminthesky.com/ MYSPACE
www.myspace.com/stillflyin
MANAGEMENT
Tyler Rogers - Theshark77@yahoo.com |
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