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We’re giving away tickets to the Halloween weekend Ty Segall + Nobunny show at Brick and Mortar Music Hall. Read more details here.

interview: The Fresh and Onlys

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After releasing the eminently enjoyable Play it Strange LP back in 2010, ‘s famously prolific employees Tim Cohen and Shayde Sartin of brought their listeners to a lowered state with this year’s EP release Secret Walls back in April. Apart from contributions of two previously-unreleased tracks for the , the band recently released a new 7″ single via British DIY label SEXBEAT. ”I Would Not Know the Devil” was debuted shortly before the group left for a one-month long European tour. We caught up with Shayde for an update as the F&O wrap up their face-melting jaunt across the old continent.

Can you describe working with Pirate Press/Castle Face on the ? Who contacted you for your contributions? It’s such a beautiful piece.
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SS: John Dwyer contacted us directly, just as he did when he put out our first record . We just submitted two songs, we had no idea the thing was gonna come out so incredible. As far as the concept, the execution, [resident Castleface artist] ‘s artwork, it is a truly unique piece of musical history and we are honored to have been included.
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Can you talk about Woodsist Fest a little bit? We heard Tim was a fan of the White Fence set.
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SS: For me, White Fence and Thee Oh Sees absolutely dominated. The first band and the last band, wouldn’t you know it. Such a great festival, small and intimate, you can’t beat the natural reflection of a redwood forest. I would play every show in a redwood forest if I could.
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Does Europe love the Fresh and Onlys more than anyone else?
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Well we hope so. Whats more romantic than love, European style? Spain completely tore my brain apart, France was amazing, more to come. We are on our way to Scandinavia, where perhaps we are the secret fascination of a collection of very tall blonde women with amazing health care.
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Who are you playing with (in Europe)?
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Martin Rev (of !) for one show in Stockholm, we played two shows with . A bunch of other bands, whose names are not yet memorable to me.
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Please be wary of any .
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Thanks. Wait, you mean don’t get too drunk, right?
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The Secret Walls EP represented a stylistic change from the “” that was Play It Strange. The newly released single “I Would Not Know the Devil” is a barnstormer. When you writes songs, how do personal events in the lives of band members shape the tonality of your records?
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Personal events have their way of insinuating themselves in art/music, but I think that process is beyond one’s control, and it’d be presumptuous to try and explain how songs necessarily come to exist, or how exactly something in the real world can translate into a melody, a rhythm, a composition, i.e. the “tonality” of a song. It may be easier to draw parallels between lyrical content and life experiences, but in some ways I like for lyrics to leave clues to understanding their origin, not necessarily follow a strict narrative.
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Two recently discovered bands you would like to share - maybe one from San Francisco and the other from anywhere.
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From San Francisco, is one of my new favorites. Weekend, too. From Bermeo Spain, are awesome.
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Your next show in San Francisco is at Great American Music Hall in October co-headlining with LA-via-SF transplant and Wax Idols. What else is on the horizon?
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We begin recording our next full length in October, and nothing else is really planned. Hopefully a New Year’s Eve show. But The Great American show may be our last show for quite some time.
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conclude their European tour 9/26 before heading back to the States — tickets for the GAMH show are on sale . Pick up Secret Walls on vinyl and the new single over (limited to 300 pressings). I can testify that . You can buy that up in person at or online from - purchase comes with a mp3 download code.
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september 2011 mix

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01 The Art Museums // “Other Times”
02 Ganglians // “Drop the Act”
03 Weekend // “Hazel”
04 The Fresh and Onlys // “I Would Not Know the Devil”
05 THEMAYS // “THEWORKS”
06 Seatraffic // “Beach Life”
07 Bare Wires // “Cheap Perfume”
08 The Art Museums // “What’s a Boy to Do?”
09 The Art Museums // “Hostile Street”
10 Mikal Cronin // “Gone”

mp3: The Fresh and Onlys // “I Would Not Know the Devil”

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, the British “” that has been responsible for a handful of impressive 7″, including records from No Joy and Crocodiles, are set to release the next single, the title of which appears above. Listen to it below. The release is limited to a tiny 300 copies and goes on sale September 5th. Buy it (ships from England).

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top records of 2011.5

Some of our favorite records (full-lengths and otherwise) and songs at the mid point of 2011, most of which we have written about before. If we missed anything, let us know.

1) Blasted Canyons // Blasted Canyons
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2) Part Time // What Would You Say?
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3) Ty Segall // Goodbye Bread
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4) White Fence // Is Growing Faith
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5) Thee Oh Sees // Castlemania
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6) Fresh and Onlys // Secret Walls
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7) Permanent Collection // Delirium
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8) Art Museums // Dancing With A Hole In Your Heart
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9) Grass Widow // Milo Minute
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10) Sonny and the Sunsets // Hit After Hit
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Sleepy Sun, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, w/ Secret Guest TBA // Engine Works (17th x Capp), 9pm $5

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Tim Cohen’s solo album drops today in limited release (also his birthday)

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The Glad Birth of Love, out via (regular release August 23rd), features oboe and flute performances by Amber Lamprecht (Honey Dew) and John Dwyer (Thee Oh Sees) and contributions from other local artists including The Sandwitches and Citay. Play a clip of “Daylight Moon” below. Cohen recently told from , ”I’m hoping to tour with ‘Magic Trick’ later in the year, but my touring schedule with the Fresh & Onlys is getting crazy - so fingers crossed.”

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listen: Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin // “Fame”

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received an “insanely limited” number of books that include some rare tracks from the Blasted Canyons, Thee Oh Sees, Bare Wires, Ty Segall, and The Fresh & Onlys, bound with some rad holographic images of vintage action figures. You can e-mail the store ([email protected]) to reserve a book, which comes with an mp3 download code, for $29.

gets the hat tip for the song above, the included track by Ty Segall.

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