Featuring "Spritely"

Weisstronauts, the
Stereorrific Recordings
General | Jul 2003

Reviews

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Reviewed 2003-12-03
The Weisstronauts -- Weisstronauts featuring "Spritely"
Instrumental retro-country from Boston -- A heavy dose of western swing, plus country, 60s-era surf pop and some loungy swing, with lots of cheery hooks and lots of good guitar work. There's even some influences from cowboy soundtracks (#7), hawaiian lounge (#8) and and psych/noisy/experimental (#9, 14) genres. And they picked lots of different adjectives for the song titles! Good and catchy but at times seems like it's missing something --- maybe lyrics. PICS: 9, 7, 8, 3, 4, 14

1. western swing
2. cheesy 70s classic rock guitar
3. surfy reverb -- good
4. country/swing + accordion
5. uptempo country, slide guitar
6. country/swing boogie
7. morricone-esque western theme
8. hawaiian loungey/surfy
9. 60s boogie guitar, weird spoken word, rocks/noisy at end-- great!
10. bouncy western swing groove + slide guitar
11. instrumental classic country
12. cowboy country + harmonica
13. talking then short jazzy piece
14. experimental guitar weirdness -- good
15. short sound blast

Recent airplay

Dr. Sanchez (I Presume)
Juan-2-3-ShowJan 30, 2004
Cha Cha Ho
Morning GloryDec 27, 2003
Space Jaunty
press and releaseDec 24, 2003
Cha Cha Ho
Morning GloryDec 20, 2003
Theme From Jack Coke
Mr. Sparkle ChallengeDec 18, 2003
Tawdry
In the LeavesDec 17, 2003

Charting

2003-12-16 — 2004-02-17
Week EndingAirplays
Feb 1 1
Dec 28 2
Dec 21 4

Track listing

1. Clasy
2. Fruity
3. Dr. Sanchez (I Presume)
4. Tawdry
5. Leafy
6. Spritely
7. Theme From Jack Coke
8. Cha Cha Ho
9. Cranky
10. Hot Dog City
11. Sketches of Andy Pastore
12. Sunsetty
13. Jazzy
14. Space Jaunty
15. Keep Goin'