Format Details: Metallic Gold Vinyl
Release Date: 13 October 2023
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 848064015918
Description
Rooney (named after the principal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off) was formed in
high school by singer-songwriter Robert Schwartzman, whose list of celebrity
connections is long: brother to actor Jason Schwartzman, cousin to actor Nic
Cage and director Sofia Coppola, and nephew of Francis Ford Coppola. But it
wasn't just celebrity that turbocharged Rooney's rise; songs like "Blueside,"
"I'm Shakin'," and "I'm a Terrible Person" blend power pop with British
Invasion and punk influences to create a sort of rock and roll classicism in
the best sense of the word. That's why none other than Johnny Ramone
selected them for the Ramones tribute album We're a Happy Family, and
why the band were tabbed to tour with such cult faves as Weezer, The
Strokes, and The Donnas (they also appeared as themselves in the first
season of The O.C.). That's also why their 2003 self-titled debut (produced
by Jimmy Iovine among others) sold a cool half million copies…
but somehow it's never been out on LP. Our Real Gone release comes in metallic gold vinyl housed inside a jacket with printed inner sleeve. Another one of those early aughts records that's way, way overdue for wax.
Tracklisting
The Donnas
Tiny Tim
The Soul Searchers
Stina Nordenstam
Jesse Ed Davis
Fanny
William S. Fischer
Walter Bishop Jr
Various
The Choir of York Minster, Benjamin Morris, Robert Sharpe
