Dave Smallen thinks it’s getting better; I agree
Formerly of the band Street To Nowhere (who knocked my socks off that one time I saw them live at the downtown club with the Elvis pinball machine), Dave Smallen is now pursuing a solo career and releasing his songs one by one for a small fee. Each comes complete with distinctive artwork, and are really good.
By way of example, I will confess to having listened to this song a dozen times this morning alone – super solid pop skeleton (sha la laaaaa) with a hint of a sharp edge through Dave’s raw vocals. On this tune, I am reminded strongly of Bright Eyes meets Wilco. It makes the sky sparkle, this song.
I Think It’s Getting Better – Dave Smallen
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He has a new song out now called “With The Sky All Blue” that he wrote for a Crayola commercial and they rejected it for being “too dark.” True (and awesome) story.
Name: Heather Browne
You made it impossible for us to download this just to drive us batty, eh? Well, it’s not gonna work. No way.
Dainon — August 28, 2009 @ 6:25 am
There is a lot of the unbridled joy of a live Josh Ritter show in here too, nice find. I will definitely look for more by him.
Rand — August 28, 2009 @ 10:21 am
yo. i like your blog. and especially this post. Mr. Smallen seems to show up on my blog way too often.
Joey
Jgerbs — August 28, 2009 @ 12:53 pm
Such an excellent musician and artist. More people should definitely know about him.
Michelle — August 30, 2009 @ 7:58 am