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THE OWSLEY SUNSHINE: WATERMELON PRESS RELEASE

HAVING GARNERED INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM FROM SUCH JOURNALS AS ROLLING STONE AND THE NME, AND ACQUIRING A GLOBAL FANBASE SPANNING FROM JAPAN TO THE U.S, THE OWSLEY SUNSHINE CONTINUE TO REMIND THE WORLD WHY THEYRE KNOWN AS "GLASGOWS MOST PROLIFIC BAND" BY DELIVERING THEIR THIRD FULL-LENGTH ALBUM OF CREATIVELY BOUNDLESS POP MUSIC IN AS MANY YEARS! (AND THATS NOT EVEN COUNTING 2 EPs AND 2 COLLECTIONS!) WATERMELON IS THEIR 3rd SELF PRODUCED ALBUM, AND THEIR FIRST FOR THE BRAND NEW GLASGOW INDEPENDENT LABEL CELL 44 RECORDS, FOLLOWING LOOK TO THE MERRY GO SUN AND ANOTHER KIND OF SUMMER ON THE OWSLEYS OWN START A RIOT LABEL.WATERMELON IS THE BANDS MOST COMPLETE AND VARIED LP TO DATE!THE BANDS TWIN CREATIVE FORCES OF JOE KANE AND NIC DENHOLM HAVE EGGED EACH OTHER ON INTO CREATING THE BANDS ULTIMATE FULL-LENGTH MASTERWORK! THIS IS AN ALBUM AS FRESH AND AS FULL OF NOURISHING CONTENT AS ITS NAME-SAKE FRUIT!!THE LPS 18 TRACKS, RECORDED FROM JAN TO JULY 2005, HAVE BEEN CHERRY PICKED FROM A POTENTIAL 30 RECORDED FOR AN ORIGINALLY PROPOSED DOUBLE ALBUM, RESULTING IN A SINGLE DISC OF PURE CONCENTRATED MELODIC JOY AND INVENTION! ; STYLES COVERED ON THE LP RANGE FROM COUNTRY DUB TO VOCODERED SPECTOR-POP, VIA PSYCHEDELIC PUNK ROCK, MUSIC HALL, PRISON SINGALONGS, CINEMATIC EPICS AND UNASHAMED MERSEYBEAT, TO NAME JUST A FEW OF THE MOODS AND THEMES PACKED ONTO THE DISC. EVERY TRACK IS A DOOR TO ANOTHER CORNER OF THE OWSLEYS PSYCHEDELIC, CREPUSCULAR DREAM POPLAND WHERE INFECTIOUS, IMAGINATIVE MELODIES CONCEAL A TWISTED LYRICAL BENT AND DECEPTIVELY DARK IMAGERY.ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTATION COLOURING PASSAGES OF THE LP INCLUDES FLUTE, SAXAPHONE, BUGLE, ZITHER & MELLOTRON, WHILE EVERY TRACK HAS BEEN THE SUBJECTED TO THE METICULOUS, BANG UP-TO-DATE PRODUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT GENIUS OF JOE KANE; EVERY INSTRUMENT BURSTS FRESH AND CLEAR OUT OF YOUR SPEAKERS, FROM THE DRUMS OF STEPHAN MORS AND NEIL HARRISS BASS-LINES RIGHT UP TO THE BANDS FAMOUSLY INVENTIVE VOCAL HARMONIES. THE ALBUM IS PACKAGED IN AN ATTRACTIVE SLIM-LINE SLEEVE, AND CONTAINS AN AMAZING FULL-COLOUR 8-PAGE WATERMELON COMIC BY THE BAND'S ARTIST/DESIGNER ADAM J SMITH, ADDING AN INTRIGUING VISUAL DIMENSION TO THE WATERMELON CONCEPT! ALL IN ALL ITS AN ENDLESSLY REWARDING ALBUM TO PLAY AND GET LOST IN AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND AVAILABLE FOR YOUR OWNERSHIP FOR ONLY 6.99!WATERMELON IS BOTH AN EXCELLENT INTRODUCTION TO THE OWSLEY SUNSHINE FOR NEW LISTENERS AND THEIR ULTIMATE LP FOR ESTABLISHED FANS; ITS INSTANTLY ACCESSIBLE FROM THE FIRST LISTEN, YET RICH ENOUGH IN MELODIC APPEAL AND LYRICAL INTRIGUE TO STAND UP TO 1,000 REPEAT LISTENS. WITH ITS RELEASE, THERES NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO GET INTO THE OWSLEYS AND BEGIN EXPLORING THEIR UNIVERSE!By Adam J Smith, for Ivan Lendil Music... "

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Member Since: 11/10/2004
Band Website: theowsleysunshine.com
Band Members: Joe Kane (vocals/guitar), Nic Denholm (ocals/piano/organ), Neil Harris (ass), Stephan Mors (drums), Alpha Mitchell (guitar/vocals/melodica), Jason Sweeney (percussion/vocals), Adam J. Smith (art/antics).
Influences: Super Furry Animals, Apples In Stereo, Beatles, Velvet Underground, Supergrass, Zombies, Little Richard, Beach Boys, ELO, The Move, High Llamas, Pretty Things, Teenage Fanclub, Elvis Costello, Love, Flamin' Groovies, Of Montreal, Monkees, Byrds, Aerovons, THEM, Jesus & Mary Chain, 13th Floor Elevators, We All Together, Luna, Dr. Who, Syd Barret, Vimto, Bowie, Slade, CS&N, Stones, Badfinger, Grapefruit, Ray Charles, The Sights, Kinks, The Hollies and on and on............
Sounds Like: ALBUMS Look to the Merry Go Sun (2003) Another Kind of Summer (2004) Watermelon (2006)EP'S The Backroom Tapes:Volume 2(2003) The Christmas EP(2003)
Record Label: None.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

1st 2 Owsley Sunshine albums FREE download!!

2 FREE ALBUMS HERE! Click above and go to the "albums" bit to download the classic albums "Look to the Merry-Go-Sun" and "Another Kind of Summer", totally for free like. Designed to make you feel GOO...
Posted by The Owsley Sunshine on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:02:00 PST

A Watermelon (lyric) a Day Keeps the Psychosis Away

1. Better In Binaural I got the rhythm, you got the blood Gather them round, see what you got When it's together you know it's right Play it till the morning light Money for nothing, nothing fo...
Posted by The Owsley Sunshine on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:04:00 PST

(Two 6ths of) the Owsleys at IPO Liverpool: A true Story from the journals of Adam J. Smith!

From the journals of Adam J. Smith! Liverpool Pt 1...Horribly fixiated by the recent past as the 00s slip away....Time is running out!!!!!!!On Saturday at 4.30 I was hurtling down the steps of the Cav...
Posted by The Owsley Sunshine on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:12:00 PST

Whatever Happened To "Watermelon"? (The story of The Owsley Sunshine's great "lost" album.)

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO "WATERMELON"? THE STORY OF THE OWSLEY SUNSHINES GREAT "LOST" ALBUM THE ULTIMATE OWSLEYS LP HAVING GARNERED INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM FROM SUCH JOURNALS AS ROLLING STONE AND THE NME, A...
Posted by The Owsley Sunshine on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 03:36:00 PST

New songs on MySpace!

Check out 2 new tunes from our forthcoming album "Watermelon" (out on the 13th of January), and 2 new songs from our download only EP "A Slice of Watermelon", which features 6 new non album tracks and...
Posted by The Owsley Sunshine on Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:15:00 PST

Join the Start A Riot mailing list...

Click below to add your e-mail address to the Start A Riot mailing list, for all the latest Owsley Sunshine gig & release news. SARR mailing list...
Posted by The Owsley Sunshine on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 01:30:00 PST

Owsley Bootleg page at myspace.com/owsleysunshine!

100% unofishull Owsley Bootleg page at www.myspace.com/owsleysunshine . Exclusive demos, live tracks, rehearsals and more recently stolen from the Basement Vaults! New tracks every week for download. ...
Posted by The Owsley Sunshine on Thu, 15 Sep 2005 03:04:00 PST

Take it to the tiger cage at the Griffith Park Zoo.

One step closer to hideous meltdown, but how many more steps have still to be stepped? If The Owsley Sunshine are to be the band that will lead our generation through World War 3, then let us start a ...
Posted by The Owsley Sunshine on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Do any of your weapons systems use hallucinogens?

Wether you're Powered by an Electric Shepherd, or simply feelin' a little Out the Loop, we here at The Owsley Sunshine guarantee 100% good times for all who in take a dip in our municipal swimmin...
Posted by The Owsley Sunshine on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST