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Honeysuckle Weeks
by The Submarines
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Honeysuckle Weeks marks the first time that The Submarines
- John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard - collaborated as a duo
from start to finish (Declare A New State! was written separately
during a breakup and recorded upon their reunion.) The new
album, which was recorded in the band's East LA garage-turned-home-studio,
draws together themes from their immediate surroundings
and experience: the garden outside their home studio, and
the push and pull of life and love inside.
"Our first album was hugely cathartic for us to
make, dealing with a breakup and getting out the sorrow,
but we've been ready to freak out and have a lot more
fun this time around. We're thankful not to have to make
that record again, to be in a better place," says
Hazard.
Honeysuckle Weeks is a glorious collage of the duo's
wide-ranging influences, from old-school dub (most evident
in tracks like "1940" and "Fern Beard")
to intricately layered electronica (as in the psychedelic-classical
"Submarine Symphonika" and "The Thorny
Thicket") to vintage pop (as on "Swimming Pool"
and the Santaria-inspired "Xavia").
Upon the success of Declare A New State!, which Filter
described as "beautiful, sparkling tunes immersed
in optimism, yet never lacking depth" and LA Weekly
called "remarkable... soul-baring lyrics set to buzzy,
hooky indie-pop." The Submarines spent most of 2006
on the road in the US and Europe as both headliners and
support for bands like Ladytron, Nouvelle Vague, El Perro
del Mar and more. Along with multiple television syncs,
the band was asked to record a version of "Little
Boxes," the theme song to the Showtime Emmy-nominated
series Weeds, in the shows second season. The year culminated
when Ryan Murphy. creator of the FX hit series nip/tuck,
discovered The Submarines while listening to NPR on KCRW
in Los Angele. He approached the band about featuring
the track "Brighter Discontent" in a pivotal
scene in the season four finale where cast members lip-synched
to the song in its entirety; the scene has since been
the subject of some well-traveled nip/tuck fan renditions!
on YouTube.
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