LISTEN TO A FULL-ALBUM STREAM OF COLLEEN GREEN'S ANTICIPATED I WANT TO GROW UP LP
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FULL ALBUM STREAM
MP3 - " TV "
MP3 - " Pay Attention "
With only one week remaining until the release of LA singer/songwriter Colleen Green's new album I Want to Grow Up, we're pleased to share a stream of all ten of its infectious songs. Head to Noisey.com or click the link above to check it out. Colleen's West Coast tour with Sonny and the Sunsets is underway now, with a show tonight in Portland. See below for a full list of dates, including her record release show at HM157 in Los Angeles with Free Weed and comedians Kate Berlant (Comedy Bang Bang) and Jonah Ray (The Meltdown, @Midnight, Nerdist podcast).
I Want to Grow Up is out on Tuesday, February 24th on CD/LP/Digital.
About the record:
Growing up.
As a prospect it can be terrifying, sad, and worst of all, inevitable. But on I Want to Grow Up, her second album for Hardly Art, Colleen Green lets us know that we don't have to go it alone.
This latest collection of songs follows a newly 30-year-old Green as she carefully navigates a minefield of emotion. Her firm belief in true love is challenged by the inner turmoil caused by entering modern adulthood, but that doesn't mean that her faith is defeated. With a nod to her heroes, sentimental SoCal punks The Descendents, Green too wonders what it will be like when she gets old. Throughout songs such as "Some People,""Deeper Than Love," and the illustrative title track, the listener has no choice but to feel the sympathetic growing pains of revelatory maturation and the anxieties that come along with it.
Sonically the album is a major change for the LA-based songwriter, who has come to be known for her homemade recordings and merchandise. Her past offerings have been purely Green; testaments to her self-sufficiency and, perhaps, trepidation. This time, she's got a little help from her friends: the full band heard here includes JEFF the Brotherhood's Jake Orrall and Diarrhea Planet's Casey Weissbuch, who collaborated with Green over ten days at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN.
I Want to Grow Up is an experience, not unlike life: questioning, learning, taking risks. And in true CG fashion, a quote from a beloved 90s film seems the perfect summation: "Understanding is reached only after confrontation."
Press quotes:
"If this pop-punk sugar rush had been released in 1995, it would have been on MTV nonstop. Any fan of early Weezer is sure to love it."
-- Rolling Stone
20 Albums To Get Excited About In February -- NME
Most Anticipated Records of 2015 -- Stereogum
Most Anticipated Records of 2015 -- Impose
"She’s great at writing instantly catchy alt-rock melodies" -- Buzzfeed
"Replete with the sorts of sticky, lovesick melodies that would make Phil Spector see dollar signs." -- SPIN, Artists to Watch
"Her songs have a detached, aggressively dreamy sound, one that toes the line of sincerity." -- Los Angeles Times
Tour Dates:
02.17.15 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
02.18.15 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret *
02.19.15 - Seattle, WA - FREE, all-ages in-store at Sonic Boom! 6pm
02.19.15 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern *
02.21.15 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel * $
02.24.15 - Los Angeles, CA - Amoeba Records FREE, all-ages in-store! 7pm
02.27.15 - Los Angeles, CA - HM157 %
03.02.15 - San Diego, CA - The Hideout !
* - w/ Sonny and the Sunsets
# - w/ Cassie Ramone
$ - w/ Gap Dream
% - Album release show! w/ Free Weed, Vanilla, Jonah Ray, Kate Berlant
! - w/ Crocodiles, Keepers
FULL ALBUM STREAM
MP3 - " TV "
MP3 - " Pay Attention "
With only one week remaining until the release of LA singer/songwriter Colleen Green's new album I Want to Grow Up, we're pleased to share a stream of all ten of its infectious songs. Head to Noisey.com or click the link above to check it out. Colleen's West Coast tour with Sonny and the Sunsets is underway now, with a show tonight in Portland. See below for a full list of dates, including her record release show at HM157 in Los Angeles with Free Weed and comedians Kate Berlant (Comedy Bang Bang) and Jonah Ray (The Meltdown, @Midnight, Nerdist podcast).
I Want to Grow Up is out on Tuesday, February 24th on CD/LP/Digital.
About the record:
Growing up.
As a prospect it can be terrifying, sad, and worst of all, inevitable. But on I Want to Grow Up, her second album for Hardly Art, Colleen Green lets us know that we don't have to go it alone.
This latest collection of songs follows a newly 30-year-old Green as she carefully navigates a minefield of emotion. Her firm belief in true love is challenged by the inner turmoil caused by entering modern adulthood, but that doesn't mean that her faith is defeated. With a nod to her heroes, sentimental SoCal punks The Descendents, Green too wonders what it will be like when she gets old. Throughout songs such as "Some People,""Deeper Than Love," and the illustrative title track, the listener has no choice but to feel the sympathetic growing pains of revelatory maturation and the anxieties that come along with it.
Sonically the album is a major change for the LA-based songwriter, who has come to be known for her homemade recordings and merchandise. Her past offerings have been purely Green; testaments to her self-sufficiency and, perhaps, trepidation. This time, she's got a little help from her friends: the full band heard here includes JEFF the Brotherhood's Jake Orrall and Diarrhea Planet's Casey Weissbuch, who collaborated with Green over ten days at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN.
I Want to Grow Up is an experience, not unlike life: questioning, learning, taking risks. And in true CG fashion, a quote from a beloved 90s film seems the perfect summation: "Understanding is reached only after confrontation."
Press quotes:
"If this pop-punk sugar rush had been released in 1995, it would have been on MTV nonstop. Any fan of early Weezer is sure to love it."
-- Rolling Stone
20 Albums To Get Excited About In February -- NME
Most Anticipated Records of 2015 -- Stereogum
Most Anticipated Records of 2015 -- Impose
"She’s great at writing instantly catchy alt-rock melodies" -- Buzzfeed
"Replete with the sorts of sticky, lovesick melodies that would make Phil Spector see dollar signs." -- SPIN, Artists to Watch
"Her songs have a detached, aggressively dreamy sound, one that toes the line of sincerity." -- Los Angeles Times
Tour Dates:
02.17.15 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
02.18.15 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret *
02.19.15 - Seattle, WA - FREE, all-ages in-store at Sonic Boom! 6pm
02.19.15 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern *
02.21.15 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel * $
02.24.15 - Los Angeles, CA - Amoeba Records FREE, all-ages in-store! 7pm
02.27.15 - Los Angeles, CA - HM157 %
03.02.15 - San Diego, CA - The Hideout !
* - w/ Sonny and the Sunsets
# - w/ Cassie Ramone
$ - w/ Gap Dream
% - Album release show! w/ Free Weed, Vanilla, Jonah Ray, Kate Berlant
! - w/ Crocodiles, Keepers