Juliana Hatfield is one of America’s foremost uncompromising indie/pop/rock musician-songwriters. She has a vast, well-respected discography spanning nearly twenty years, from her first band (college radio favorites the Blake Babies) through her Atlantic Records solo modern-rock hits (“My Sister”, “Spin The Bottle”) and continuing with her prolific twenty-first century output, which includes the wicked-cool Some Girls (Hatfield, Freda Love, and Heidi Gluck) side project.

On “Sittin’ In A Tree…”, Hatfield takes her distinctive, iconic, melodic voice and comes together with alt/country newcomers Frank Smith (“Boston’s answer to the Band or Magnolia Electric Co.” –The Boston Phoenix). Frank Smith, with their rootsy rock, bring Hatfield into territory she has never explored before. Banjos, pedal steel, and alternately rollicking and noir-ish guitars and keyboards blend and bounce off of each other in this eclectic 6-song EP collection of Hatfield compositions. Think of Gram Parsons dancing with the Go-Go’s. Or envision the love children of REM and Liz Phair, with Nick Cave and Gillian Welch as the godparents.

Track listing:

1. 364
2. Don't Wanna Be The One
3. A Beer And A Shot
4. If Only We Were Dogs
5. Kitten
6. On Your Mind

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Frank Smith is a band, not a man. Formed in Boston and recently relocated to frontman Aaron Sinclair’s home state of Texas, the band has a sound as vast as America.  Like the country they come from, Frank Smith reconcile countless would-be opposites, as songs from the back porch are driven straight into the noise of the city, simple folk tunes are given the most intricately complex arrangements, and the freedom of the music is constantly pulled back by the authority of the beat. All of this is masked by American deadpan at its finest in lyrics too simple to be simple: “If you want to move down the street, you have to move your feet,” “where’d you get those black and blue eyes?” and “lipstick on a pig is just lipstick on a pig.”

“Heavy Handed Peace And Love” is the band’s first release since moving from Boston to Austin, and their first release on Ye Olde Records.

Track listing:

1. Liar And A Thief
2. Throwin Rocks
3. Put Some Curtains Up
4. Home Is Where You Leave It
5. Lovesick Cynics
6. Virtually Happy
7. Ten Cent Hands
8. Ortiz Again
9. Planes And A Girl
10. Out of Air And Turning Blue

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Hear "364" at
Frank Smith's MySpace page

 

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Track listing:

1. New Waif
2. What Do I Care
3. Stay Awake
4. On Video
5. Hole in the Sky
6. Oh
7. My Pet Lion
8. Going Blonde
9. Rats in the Attic
10. Digital Penetration
11. A Doe and Two Fawns
12. Send Money

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Track listing:

1. Daniel
2. Close Your Eyes
3. Choose Drugs
4. Cool Rock Boy
5. Don’t Rush Me
6. Slow Motion
7. Might Be In Love
8. Somebody Is Waiting For Me
9. Until Tomorrow
10. The Easy Way Out
11. Hotels
12. When You Loved Me

13. Cry In The Dark
 

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