A Sunday Matin¿¿e

Overview

To commemorate 15 years of operating as fine purveyors of first-rate indie pop, Matinee Records released a collection of tracks by some of their top artists from the past, some recent mainstays, and a few promising newcomers as well. A mix of previously unreleased songs, hard-to-find gems, and brand-new recordings, the collection spells out Matinee's philosophy again and again: find bands that make super-catchy indie pop, then release it! Sounds simple but it's really not. The old-timers are well represented by an unreleased Lucksmiths cover of Jonathan Richman's "When I'm Walking" and a truly lovely cover of the Marvelettes' "No More Tearstained Makeup" by the Would-Be-Goods. The current roster is looking good too, with fine tracks by Strawberry Whiplash, Northern Portrait, and Pale Sunday. Of the newcomers, Charlie Big Time's sophisticated '80s pop ballad "One Step Closer to Enemies" sounds particularly good. And can Clay Hips please make an album, like yesterday!? Their contribution, the bubbling pop-soul groover "Someone Who Wanders," is the album's high point, and only points out how painfully infrequently they release songs. That thought aside, A Sunday Matinee is a thoroughly listenable look at a wonderful label, and totally invaluable to those who call themselves fans of indie pop music. ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date:	11/12/2013
Label:	Matin?E
UPC:	0888295004084
Rank:	243315

Tracks

1. There's No Place  -  Bart & Friends  - Bart Cummings  - James Dean  - Michael Jones
2. The Young and Hopefuls  - Stefan Larsen  -  Northern Portrait
3. You Can't Be Sad All the Time  -  Bubblegum Lemonade  - Lawrence McCluskey
4. Danny Wood  -  September Girls
5. The Rays  -  Simpatico  - Jason Sweeney  - Harry Whizkid
6. No More Tearstained Makeup  - Michael Jones  - Smokey Robinson  -  Would-Be-Goods
7. One Step Closer to Enemies  -  Charlie Big Time
8. When I'm Walking  -  Lucksmiths  - Craig Pilkington  - Jonathan Richman
9. Parliament Square  - Erik Aamot  -  Electric Pop Group
10. September Saturday  -  Laz  -  Strawberry Whiplash  - Sandra Whiplash
11. I Know It's Over  -  Math and Physics Club
12. Through the Curtain  - Joel Meadows  - Josh Meadows  -  Steinbecks
13. In the Hardest Moment  -  Pale Sunday
14. Someone Who Wanders  -  Clay Hips
15. Only Forever  -  Melodie Group  - Roy Thirlwall

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Clay Hips   Primary Artist
The Steinbecks   Primary Artist
September Girls   Primary Artist
Charlie Big Time   Primary Artist
Simpatico   Primary Artist
Bart & Friends   Primary Artist
Melodie Group   Primary Artist
The Electric Pop Group   Primary Artist
Northern Portrait   Primary Artist
Strawberry Whiplash   Primary Artist
Bubblegum Lemonade   Primary Artist
Pale Sunday   Primary Artist
Math and Physics Club   Primary Artist
Would-Be-Goods   Primary Artist
The Lucksmiths   Primary Artist
Harry Whizkid   Guitar

Technical Credits

Erik Aamot   Composer
Clay Hips   Composer
Charlie Big Time   Composer
Joel Meadows   Composer
September Girls   Composer
Craig Pilkington   Engineer
Josh Meadows   Composer
Smokey Robinson   Composer
Laz   Composer
Pale Sunday   Composer
James Dean   Engineer
Math and Physics Club   Composer
Michael Jones   Engineer
Jonathan Richman   Composer
Jason Sweeney   Composer
Jon Chaikin   Mastering
Sandra Whiplash   Composer
Lawrence McCluskey   Composer
Bart Cummings   Composer
Roy Thirlwall   Composer
Stefan Larsen   Composer