AM UNVEILS NEW SOUND
Indie crooner AM (www.amsounds.com) is putting the finishing touches on his new album (currently untitled) with producer Charles Newman (Magnetic Fields- one of Rolling Stones Top 50 albums of 2008). Conceived in Elliot Smith's previous dwelling (now Newman's place of residence) the New Orleans native further expands his ability to combine intelligent, yet un-alienating lyrics with sparse, psychedelic groove. From the sultry melodicism of Brazil's Jorge Ben to the moodiness of Ennio Morricone's more trippy soundtrack period, the new album fuses the classic with the modern with an honesty only a dedicated music fan could produce.
"Fortunate Family Tree" conjures up social commentary on the have's and have not's in today's America while "Leavenworth", a hauntingly sparse ballad, summons the Beatles or early Carol King against a 70's B-movie soundtrack. With both percussion and drums playing off each other, angular 60's electric guitar, musical bass and moody synths AM's sextet operates more like a mini chamber ensemble than a traditional rock band which evokes the pop side of Serge Gainsbourg or a darker and less pretty Bird and the Bee.
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SONG PLACEMENTS IN TV/FiLM (partial list):Debut Album "Troubled Times" with all 10 songs placed in Film/TV.
TELEVISION
ABC Family's "Greek" // Troubled Times
ABC's "Brothers And Sisters" // Live A Lie
ABC's "Kyle XY" // We Will Remain and What You Hide
ABC's "Life As We Know It" // Playing The Game
ABC's "Men In Trees" // Playing The Game
ABC Family's "Greek" //
Troubled Times
ABC's "What About Brian" // Playing The Game and Mainstay
HBO's "Big Love" // Gone Away
MTV's "Cheyenne" // City Syndrome
MTV's "Reunited: The Real World Vegas" // Home
MTV's "Reunited: The Real World Vegas" // Wayside
MTV's "The Hills" // City Syndrome
MTV's "The Real World: Austin" // Playing The Game
MTV's "The Real World: Key West" // Mainstay
MTV's "The Real World: Philadelphia" // Losing You
MTV's "The Real World: Sydney" // Running Away
MTV's "The Real World: Sydney" // I Want Someone
MTV's "Road Rules: Viewers Challenge" // City Syndrome
NBC's "Knight Rider" // Stepping Stone
Nickelodeon's "Drake and Josh" // n/a
Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101" // City Syndrome and Mainstay
Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101" // Running Away
Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101" // Losing You
Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101" //Playing The Game and Wayside
Oxygen's "The Bad Girls Club" // Wayside
Oxygen's "The Bad Girls Club" // Troubled Times
FILM
"Spread" w/ Ashton Kutcher // Mainstay Pedal Mix
"Wake" (Danny Masterson Film 2008) // Stepping Stone
"Flakes" // Gone Away
"Butterfly Effect 2" (movie and trailor) // Playing The Game
"Life With Fiona" // Gone Away
"Man Maid" // Gone Away and Live A Lie
Feature Film "Dreamland" (2006) // Mainstay and Troubled Times
Nickelodeon TV movie "Chasing Zoey" // Gone Away
Sony Pictures "The Naked Ape" // Mainstay, Wayside, Running Away, City Syndrome and Losing You
OTHERS
Lexus.com // City Syndrome
Borders Books Website – Open Door Poetry Program Wedisode // Streets You'll Never Know
Hard Rock Café/ World Hunger Compilaton, SERVE 2 // Everybody's Jesus
Paste Magazine Compilation CD – April 2008 // Old Song
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