Dave Kusworth - Princess Thousand Beauty - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Created between Palm Springs, California and Hilo, Hawai'i, V is the first double album from the Hawaiian-New Zealand singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Ruban Nielson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra band. Designed to play as one continuous movement and road-tested on dry California freeways, V is the definitive Unknown Mortal Orchestra car record. It's also the fifth full-length album Ruban has released in twelve years. Across fourteen sunbleached songs - written solo or with his brother Kody - Ruban draws from the rich traditions of West Coast AOR, yacht rock, weirdo pop and Hawaiian Hapa-haole music. Over a laidback blend of singalong anthems and cinematic instrumentals, he evokes blue skies, afternoons spent lounging by hotel swimming pools and the alluring darkness that lurks below perfect, pristine surfaces. It's a duality expressed in the dilapidated sunset blues and the saltcorroded soul Ruban explores through tracks like 'Layla' and 'Nadja. ' During the pandemic's early days, Ruban reunited with Kody at a cousin's wedding in Hawai'i. With assistance from their father, Chris Nielson (saxophone/flute) and longstanding Unknown Mortal Orchestra member Jake Portrait, they brought everything Ruban had been thinking about together. The result was V, due for on March 3, 2023, through Jagjaguwar. When they talked about records that moved them in that spine-shivering manner, Ruban started thinking about the 70s AM radio rock and 80s pop songs that had lurked on the edge of his subconscious mind for most of his life. He wanted to write his version of records like that, leading to the two glorious uptempo singles Unknown Mortal Orchestra released in 2021, 'Weekend Run' and 'That Life'. However, the golden good times never last forever. Not long after, health issues began to plague his extended family. Putting his recordings aside, he helped his mother and

Strand of Oaks - Hard Love [VINYL LP] date 02/17/2017

Career spanning anthology from 1983- 2018 includes newly remastered classic tracks from Jacobites, Bounty Hunters, Tenderhooks and the Dave Kusworth group as well as solo material including a track from the forthcoming new album 22. Compiled by Dave himself and designed Dave Twist. Vinyl gatefold sleeve with printed inner bags. CD card gatefold sleeve with booklet. Dave Kusworth's profile has been raised recently with the start of the of his catalogue of over 20 albumsSide One / Disc One 1. Pin Your Heart to Me - Jacobites 2. Shame for The Angels - Jacobites 3. Silver Street - Jacobites 4. Over and Over - Jacobites 5. Threads - Bounty Hunters Side Two 6. Kings and Queens - Bounty Hunters 7. Temporary Genius - Bounty Hunters 8. Dollar Kiss - Bounty Hunters 9. Twining Park - Bounty Hunters 10. Riches to Rags - Bounty Hunters Side Three / Disc two 11. Next Tuesday - Solo 12. Dandelion Boy - Tenderhooks (English Disco version) 13. All I've Got Left - Tenderhooks 14. Stevie's Radio Station - Tenderhooks 15. Paint and Sugar - Dave Kusworth Group Side Four 16. Perfect People - Dave Kusworth Group 17. Someone Else's Shoes - Dave Kusworth Group 18. Not Sent to Hurt You - Dave Kusworth Group 19. 70's Kid (Throwing Rock s In Heaven) 20. Bookshop - Solo (Sweden)