The Analogue Years
9 April 2012
A 30-track compilation of Sunny Intervals songs recorded on 4-track cassette between 2007 and 2010. It includes the album Signposts, three EPs (Obstacles, Sidewalk Cafe and Autumn/Winter Collection), plus five extra tracks.
It’s available to download free from Bandcamp:
Sunny Intervals – The Analogue Years
Cover photo by pepo: www.sxc.hu/photo/1164767
Tabletop Sale
4 July 2011
1. Tabletop sale
2. All that’s left of the summer
3. Dancing
4. Another night on the town
5. Center Parcs
6. Digital storytelling
7. Cincinnati Express
8. Tabletops
The only instruments used on this record were a tiny Yamaha Portastasound keyboard (£6 on ebay) and an acoustic guitar. I did, however, use some laptop software rather than the 4-track cassette recorder. As a result there’s less singing and proper songs and more messing around.
Download the MP3s for free individually from:
Sunny Intervals – Tabletop Sale (Bandcamp)
Sunny Intervals – Tabletop Sale (Last.fm)
Autumn/Winter Collection
1 December 2010
1. As Summer Draws In
2. Winding Down For Christmas
3. Dilated Pupils
4. Stay Cool At Christmas
5. Seaview Hotel
An autumnal song with ukuleles, a couple of Christmas songs, a song vaguely set in the winter and a song about the sea that has no connection with autumn or winter! Recorded, as ever, on a four track cassette player.
This EP features on the free compilation The Analogue Years (Bandcamp).
Or download the whole EP free as a compressed (zip) folder from:
Sunny Intervals - Autumn/Winter Collection (Mediafire)
Sidewalk Cafe
11 October 2009
1. Cincinnati
2. The case for the defence
3. Sidewalk cafe
4. Amelia
5. Sleepwalking
Another five home-recorded songs featuring American cities I know very little about, chasing eco-girls, attempts to induce libel cases and an ill-fated attempt to try and run a cafe.
This EP features on the free compilation The Analogue Years (Bandcamp).
Or download the whole EP free as a compressed (zip) folder from:
Sunny Intervals – Sidewalk Cafe (Mediafire)
Obstacles
15 December 2008
1. Take to the streets
2. Hollyoaks
3. Obstacles
4. Upstairs at the piano bar
5. Chamomile tea
Five completely new songs, again recorded in a lo-fi style on a four-track cassette player. There’s lots of piano and hand percussion, and songs about gardening, running free in the city, daytime television, popular misconceptions and playing in a piano bar. I think the general idea was to come up with some songs that I could just play solo on the piano.
This EP features on the free compilation The Analogue Years (Bandcamp).
Or you can download the whole thing for free as a compressed (zip) folder from:
Sunny Intervals – Obstacles (Mediafire)
Signposts
28 January 2008
1. First off the blocks
2. Recollections
3. Signposts
4. About your lost car keys…
5. Melodies for booksellers
6. Falling by the side
7. The archives
8. Ninety degrees
9. Batten down the hatches
10. Art and design
A low-key affair, and possibly the most lo-fi record ever recorded. I’ve tried to keep the songs as short and light as possible. Just a guitar, a piano and some light percussion, and it’s all over in 25 minutes!
This EP features on the free compilation The Analogue Years (Bandcamp).
You can download the full album and the artwork free as a compressed (zipped) folder from the following link. It takes about three minutes on a good connection:
Sunny Intervals – Signposts (Mediafire)
Call and response
24 September 2007 (WeePop! Records)
1. Let the city run away with us
2. Weekenders
3. Sunset on Parliament Hill
4. Sixty seconds to fall in love
5. Lights out over Kilburn
The debut Sunny Intervals EP, “Call and Response” is a limited edition run of 120, lovingly made by Camila and Thor with 3” CDs, handmade cardboard sleeves and lovely tiny inserts. After much screwing up of paper and throwing it towards a (recycling) bin, I’ve even drawn some pictures for the sleeve.
It being WeePOP! we’ve gone for the most sunny and poppy songs to launch Sunny Intervals to the world. It’s a whistlestop tour of the highs and lows of London nightlife, train journeys, seaside holiday camps, 60s revolutionaries, comic book figures and more besides.
Sadly this EP is now sold out, although you can still listen to it on Last.fm
