Rocketship - A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (WHITE SWIRL VINYL) - VINYL LP

One of the clearest examples of an album that crafts a strange and beautiful world not quite like any other is Rocketship's 1996 full-length debut InchA Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness.Inch Even upon arrival, this was an experience unto itself, and 30 years later, these eight songs of bittersweet bliss still feel new.Rocketship spiked their deliciously melodic indiepop with buzzing organs, spacey interstitials and motorik repetition, aligning them with mid-90s peers like Stereolab and Unrest. InchA Certain Smile, A Certain SadnessInch is an album of unrepentantly vulnerable melodies, unusual seventh chords, lingering ambient interludes, and soft sentiments released at a time when unfriendly, self-conscious punk rock was the order of the day, a bold move indeed.Returning to InchA Certain Smile, A Certain SadnessInch with fresh ears, it becomes more obvious how quietly influential the album was. After several different waves of shoegaze revivalism, grunge distillation, and new bands perfecting the '90s slacker pop aesthetic yet again, elements of Rocketship's intricate creative world have begun to surface in the sounds of subsequent generations. Slumberland is delighted to a 30th Anniversary edition of this instant classic, bringing it back on vinyl and CD after being out-of-print for years and tantalizing music fans with it's limited availability for decades. Album Tracks 1. I Love You Like the Way That I Used to Do 2. Kisses Are Always Promises 3. Heather, Tell Me Why 4. Let's Go Away 5. I'm Lost Without You Here 6. Carrie Cooksey 7. We're Both Alone 8. Friendships and Love