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Sonic​-​Shaped Life

by The Japanese Girl

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    "In early 2015 they recorded “Sonic-Shaped Life”, their debut album. It was put down on tape at Oporto’s renewed studio Sá da Bandeira by Cláudio Tavares and João Brandão, and mastered by Miguel Pinheiro Marques at SDB Mastering. Leading single ‘You Should Have Switches’, released in September, gave the first clues about their own brand of hypnotic rock, where pulsating psychedelia, droney garage and shimmering, trippy pop provide the setting for haunting compositions, catchy hooks and engaging melodies. Over the course of ten tracks, the band sounds commanding in the darker passages or punked-up outbursts and shine in the more sunny, coloured moments, while the flow and pace of the album produce a wholly entrancing record."

    BRUNO SOUSA
    lead vocals, guitars, 12 strings and baritone guitars, omnichord, stylophone, lapguitar, drum-machines

    CORINNA SOUSA
    organ, synths, pedalbass

    EMANUEL CUNHA
    backing vocals, guitars, baritone guitar, drums, tambourine, hand-percussions

    All songs written by Bruno Sousa, Corinna Sousa and Emanuel Cunha
    Contribution of Carlos Adolfo Sousa playing violin on track 2

    Recorded live on tape at Estúdios Sá da Bandeira - Porto, Portugal
    Engineered by Cláudio Tavares & João Brandão
    Mixed by Cláudio Tavares at Estúdios Sá da Bandeira
    Produced by The Japanese Girl
    Co-produced by Cláudio Tavares
    Mastered by Miguel Pinheiro Marques at SBD Mastering - Porto, Portugal

    Artwork by Emanuel Cunha Photography by Ivo Cardoso

    Many thanks to Carlos Adolfo Sousa, Iñigo Pastor, Jorge Cortés, Cláudio Tavares, João Brandão, Miguel Pinheiro Marques,
    Rui Coutinho, Sofia Filipe de Carvalho, Rui Pintado, Ivo Cardoso, Luís Santos, Eduardo Fonseca, Paulo Correia, Carlos Nemeth, Sérgio Azevedo,
    Celso Pinto, Pedro Azevedo, Paulo Pintado, José Pereira, Oldback Productions, Indústria Rock and to everyone at Munster Records.

    Munster Records - 2015

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  • Sonic-Shaped Life - CD
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    "In early 2015 they recorded “Sonic-Shaped Life”, their debut album. It was put down on tape at Oporto’s renewed studio Sá da Bandeira by Cláudio Tavares and João Brandão, and mastered by Miguel Pinheiro Marques at SDB Mastering. Leading single ‘You Should Have Switches’, released in September, gave the first clues about their own brand of hypnotic rock, where pulsating psychedelia, droney garage and shimmering, trippy pop provide the setting for haunting compositions, catchy hooks and engaging melodies. Over the course of ten tracks, the band sounds commanding in the darker passages or punked-up outbursts and shine in the more sunny, coloured moments, while the flow and pace of the album produce a wholly entrancing record."

    BRUNO SOUSA
    lead vocals, guitars, 12 strings and baritone guitars, omnichord, stylophone, lapguitar, drum-machines

    CORINNA SOUSA
    organ, synths, pedalbass

    EMANUEL CUNHA
    backing vocals, guitars, baritone guitar, drums, tambourine, hand-percussions

    All songs written by Bruno Sousa, Corinna Sousa and Emanuel Cunha
    Contribution of Carlos Adolfo Sousa playing violin on track 2

    Recorded live on tape at Estúdios Sá da Bandeira - Porto, Portugal
    Engineered by Cláudio Tavares & João Brandão
    Mixed by Cláudio Tavares at Estúdios Sá da Bandeira
    Produced by The Japanese Girl
    Co-produced by Cláudio Tavares
    Mastered by Miguel Pinheiro Marques at SBD Mastering - Porto, Portugal

    Artwork by Emanuel Cunha Photography by Ivo Cardoso

    Many thanks to Carlos Adolfo Sousa, Iñigo Pastor, Jorge Cortés, Cláudio Tavares, João Brandão, Miguel Pinheiro Marques,
    Rui Coutinho, Sofia Filipe de Carvalho, Rui Pintado, Ivo Cardoso, Luís Santos, Eduardo Fonseca, Paulo Correia, Carlos Nemeth, Sérgio Azevedo,
    Celso Pinto, Pedro Azevedo, Paulo Pintado, José Pereira, Oldback Productions, Indústria Rock and to everyone at Munster Records.

    Munster Records - 2015

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released November 9, 2015

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