the suntanama “another” long playing record

• welcome my friends (4:24)
  
• massolit (3:18)
  
• parable of the lender (2:51)
  
• roughcommon (1:48)
  
• in time (5:18)
  
• the 3 of 3's (6:21)
  
• nod off the top of my head (4:14)
  
• taking a moment for new life (5:45)
  
• john train (6:29)
  
• fingerlakes (4:20)
  
• late night at the fountain (3:09)

drag city press release...

the suntanama another dc236 lp while prompting internet journalists to reveal their submerged interest in the bygone era of shit-kickin’ major-label posse rock, the suntanama assemble for another, taking aim at the populution while hoping for a clean volley to the faithful. another mirrors the concern existing behind certain curtains with its original batch of words and music, and delivers in sound and style an unapologetic blow to the shitstem. you have what they give you or you take what you can get. drag city and the suntanama are proud to offer you another — further, distinct and of a different kind for your listening pleasure.

the suntanama “another” compact disc

• welcome my friends (4:24)
  
• massolit (3:18)
  
• parable of the lender (2:51)
  
• roughcommon (1:48)
  
• in time (5:18)
  
• the 3 of 3's (6:21)
  
• nod off the top of my head (4:14)
  
• taking a moment for new life (5:45)
  
• john train (6:29)
  
• fingerlakes (4:20)
  
• late night at the fountain (3:09)

the suntanama “the suntanama” long playing record

• brambler (4:41)
  
• and so the story goes (4:30)
  
• corduroy lawsuit (4:50)
  
• sunset samagain (2:07)
  
• lost out (5:36)
  
• crystal sunshine (sunshine lady) (3:53)
  
• song inside a shell (3:17)
  
• whippoorwill (4:05)
  
• the hoof (the hoof) (4:32)
  
• the bringing rain (3:51)

drag city press release...

the suntanama dc220 lp ready? like a seashell made of lace, a cupboard filled with honey ... if you ever think of a well, an ocean or a tear and think about the sounds that they share, you might just have stumbled across the suntanama — a highly adaptable unit who have since their inception willingly transgressed the boundaries between band and “fans.” their shows are filled with thunder and rain. everything got started sometime around february ’99?...in the hint house (a multi-level complex neatly situated on 131st street in harlem), and at the end of a long, eclectic bill of some of ny’s finest free and jazz soloists and combos. instruments were lifted — an apparition of vaudeville emerged and remained. the suntanama was born. a 7" was cut. extraordinary creative breakthroughs followed. the quasi-underground, garage-like turbo blues of their early days (at gigs with syd barrett’s “octopus” as a standard cover) gave way to a more tactile emotional turf. it’s the turf we find them standing on today. the suntanama remedy: roughcommon blues chords and structures arranged and spread around, such that familiar grooves, some timeless, get their sound working. often in their arrangements, and rare across the bridge, the vocal carries the beat with the drums and drops into the melody. the hand-to-mouth singing style, burrowing into the want of an audience’s breadth of participation or lack thereof, belies the way of the hat. the bluesman with the biggest hat, having passed it around at the end of the gig, never has to be beg or get burned. it just requires proper saturation. the suntanama was produced by neil michael hagerty and engineered by brian paulson. the album in sequence, sound and production captures the pull, the full ebb and flow, the very width of the suntanama, live and in person. so check out the record, definitely, and try to catch ’em live sometime soon.

the suntanama “the suntanama” compact disc

• brambler (4:41)
  
• and so the story goes (4:30)
  
• corduroy lawsuit (4:50)
  
• sunset samagain (2:07)
  
• lost out (5:36)
  
• crystal sunshine (sunshine lady) (3:53)
  
• song inside a shell (3:17)
  
• whippoorwill (4:05)
  
• the hoof (the hoof) (4:32)
  
• the bringing rain (3:51)