Sonny and the Sunsets, 'Longtime Companion' (Polyvinyl)
July 5, 2012 Laced with rueful humor, Sonny Smith’s low-key garage rock takes charming country detour. …
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July 5, 2012 Laced with rueful humor, Sonny Smith’s low-key garage rock takes charming country detour. …
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April 12, 2011 Sonny Smith sings like he just fell out of bed, and his Sunsets follow suit with cheerfully casual garage rock that mixes surf, punk, soul, and '50s teen pop, yet never panders to nostalgia. While the San Francisco quartet's second outing is only slightly more polished than its first, don't mistake them for a crew of hapless amateurs. The playing is deceptively forceful, and the songs cut surprisingly deep. …
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August 13, 2010 Fanciful whimsy and weary self-deprecation should be at odds, but Sonny Smith invokes them both with a shrug on his band's low-key garage-pop debut. …
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