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Brent Randall and his Pinecones

Strange Love the single now online!

About Me

Chamber pop act Brent Randall & His Pinecones will be touring across Canada this March and April in support of their new 7" single, Strange Love (Just Friends). The release precedes the group's forthcoming LP, "We Were Strangers in Paddington Green" (May, 2008).
Arriving fully formed, Brent Randall & His Pinecones released the expertly crafted debut EP, "Quite Precisely...," in late 2004. The seven songs on the album showed a style of song and depth in writing rarely seen since Brill Building era pop. Randall quickly became a enigmatic yet renowned character throughout the East Coast.
Along with His Pinecones, made up of Laura Peek, David Ewenson, Joel Goguen, Brian O'Reilly and Jess Lewis, he played several legendary shows in the years that followed, previewing new songs from an ever forthcoming LP that never seemed to materialize.
Four years later, and the wait is finally over.
With the advance single, "Strange Love" (Just Friends), Randall offers two songs from his upcoming LP, We Were Strangers in Paddington Green.
From the first listen of "Strange Love (Don't Be Lazy)", it's apparent that the time spent honing the songs in studio was not in vein. The track's cabaret inspired delivery balances camp and beauty with equal grace. The b-side of the single is the more contemplative, "This Absence of Mine." With ghostly backing vocals and climbing synth lines, it offers an exciting glimpse at the depth of the forthcoming LP. Produced by Jason MacIssac (Jenn Grant, The Heavy Blinkers), the song's lush sound is reminiscent of peak era Paul McCartney and Harry Nilsson.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/23/2005
Band Website: justfriends.ca/brent
Band Members: Brent Randall(vocals, piano), Jess Lewis (vocals/guitar/piano), David Ewenson (drums), Joel Goguen (bass), Brian O'Reilly (guitar) and Laura Peek (vocals, flute, percussion)
Influences: Brill Building, Harry Nilsson, The Beach Boys, The Turtles, , Van Dyke Parks, Randy Newman, The Kinks, Elvis Presley, Wings, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins, Rogers and Hammerstein, MGM Musicals, Children's Books and Fairy Tales, The Beatles, The Hollies...
Sounds Like: The Kinks, Van Dyke Parks, McCartney, Donovan, Nilsson
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Review of Upcomming Album

Some feller at Herohill wrote a review for the new but unreleased album, "We Were Strangers in Paddington Green" Check it out a herhill.com...
Posted by Brent Randall and his Pinecones on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:00:00 PST

Buy "Quite Precisely..." on ITunes!

Buy "Quite Precisely, Brent Ranall and his Pinecones" (2004) on ITunes!For the Low price of 7 bucks!...
Posted by Brent Randall and his Pinecones on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:09:00 PST

Strange Love Vinyl 4 Sale @TAZ. CDplus, Lost ’n’Found

Yeah if you're in Hailfax you can pick up this sweet vinyl at Taz Records, Lost and Found, or CDplus..HMV soon.Buy it! Play it! Collect it!
Posted by Brent Randall and his Pinecones on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:44:00 PST

Single Now Online

The Strange Love sing along with the Bside, This Absence of Mine, are now online streaming and available for download. They are also at the website. www.justfriends.ca/brent.Available of vinyl in Marc...
Posted by Brent Randall and his Pinecones on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:45:00 PST

Strange Love 45 single, Album, Tour..The Future is Now!

Well. A vinyl 45 single will be ready in FEBRUARY! As a little taster for the album.Strange Love ( Don't Be Lazy ) and This Absence of Mine on the B-Side. Both taken from the album which will be maste...
Posted by Brent Randall and his Pinecones on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:58:00 PST