Something Quite Peculiar

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Something Quite Peculiar
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Studio album by The Dear & Departed
Released May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22)
Recorded December 2006 (2006-12)
Genre new wave, post-punk, indie rock
Length57:22
Label Science (cat: #102396)
Producer Chris Vrenna & Jade Puget
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Something Quite Peculiar is the debut album by The Dear & Departed. The album was released May 22, 2007, on Science Records. It features the single "Tonight's the Night" and a cover of The Church's "Under the Milky Way". It was recorded in November and December 2006 at the Mouse House (Pasadena, CA), Hurley Studio (Costa Mesa, CA) and Chris Vrenna's private studio (Eagle Rock, CA).

The Dear & Departed American rock band

The Dear & Departed is a rock band from Orange County and Los Angeles, California, founded by Dan Smith. Founded in 2006, the band went on the Vans Warped Tour and released their debut album Something Quite Peculiar that same year. In 2007 the band again played on the tour, and some other tours followed. After releasing an EP in January 2010, the band went into the studio in late 2010 to work on their next full-length album titled Every Waking Moment which was released on Equal Vision Records on November 8, 2011. As of July 13, the band have split with no real reason behind it. A message broke the news on their Facebook page.

The Church (band) Australian rock band

The Church is an Australian psychedelic rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. Initially associated with new wave, neo-psychedelia and indie rock, their music later came to feature slower tempos and surreal soundscapes reminiscent of dream pop and post-rock. Glenn A. Baker has written that "From the release of the 'She Never Said' single in November 1980, this unique Sydney-originated entity has purveyed a distinctive, ethereal, psychedelic-tinged sound which has alternatively found favour and disfavor in Australia." The Los Angeles Times has described the band's music as "dense, shimmering, exquisite guitar pop".

Under the Milky Way single by The Church

"Under the Milky Way" is a single by Australian alternative rock band The Church, released on 15 February 1988 and appears on their fifth studio album Starfish. The song was written by bass guitarist and lead vocalist Steve Kilbey and his then-girlfriend Karin Jansson of Curious (Yellow). It peaked at No. 22 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart, No. 24 on the United States Billboard Hot 100, No. 25 on the New Zealand Singles Chart and appeared in the Dutch Single Top 100. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1989, the song won 'Single of the Year'. It was issued simultaneously in both 7" vinyl and 12" vinyl formats by Arista Records (internationally) and Mushroom Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by The Dear & Departed except "Under the Milky Way" by Steve Kilbey and Karin Jansson [1] .

Steve Kilbey British artist

Steven John Kilbey is an English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass guitarist for the rock band, The Church. He is also a music producer, poet and painter. As of October 2014, Kilbey had 750 original songs registered with Australian copyright agency Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).

No.TitleLength
1."And We Begin..."2:28
2."I Will Love Again"3:02
3."Masquerade"3:21
4."Fly Me Away"4:36
5."Tonight's the Night"3:58
6."Hometown Hero"4:10
7."To Cut a Long Story Short"5:07
8."Bordering on Ordinary"4:14
9."Return to Sender"5:00
10."Closer/Closure"3:58
11."Are You Feeling Awkward Yet?"3:49
12."The Fireflies"4:35
13."Running Against the Wind"4:27
14."Under the Milky Way" (The Church cover)4:42
B-sides

1. "Day to Day"

2. "If You Say So"

3. "Run Away"

Personnel

Band members
Guest musicians
Dallas Green (musician) Canadian musician

Dallas Michael John Albert Green is a Canadian musician and singer-songwriter who records under the alias City and Colour. He plays melodic acoustic, alternative rock and folk music, often accompanied by a rotating number of Canadian indie rock musicians, such as Spencer Burton and Brandon Gaboury. He is also known for his contributions as a singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. In 2005, he debuted his first full-length album, Sometimes, which achieved platinum certification in 2006. City and Colour began performing in small intimate venues between Alexisonfire tours. The name City and Colour comes from his own name: Dallas, a city, and Green, a colour. His reasoning for the name was that he felt uneasy "putting the album out under the name Dallas Green".

Jessica Origliasso Australian singer-songwriter and actress

Jessica Louise Origliasso is an Australian singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Albany Creek, Queensland she and alongside twin sister Lisa Origliasso, performed in show business at a young age. Origliasso rose to fame in the 2000s when she and her twin sister formed the pop duo The Veronicas.

Technical staff
Jade Puget American musician

Jade Errol Puget is an American musician and producer, best known as the guitarist for the rock band AFI, the guitarist/writer for the straight edge hardcore band XTRMST, and the keyboardist/synthesizer operator for the electronic duo Blaqk Audio. Puget is vegetarian and straight edge.

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References

  1. "Something Quite Peculiar" . Retrieved 4 June 2013.