AMERICAN PANCAKE: Sherbet Tone and the beautiful trippy sonic found footage of "Quitter's Song"

"Sell all your gear / leave those dramatic words unsung / go home and fix your resume / head back to that old bar job / start living life outside your dream..."

The twisting, dreamy acid wash of "Quitter's Song" by Sherbet Tone feels like sonic found footage on tape, maybe a cassette or vintage TEAC A-4300 Reel to Reel, at least to me. It is an evocative sound that might feel closer to basement / bedroom recordings on the cheap than a studio recording but that only makes it better. There is something more urgent about music made with less tracks and less post production and I am not suggesting that this is the case here. Whatever the case is I like the galloping guitar throttle, the surf punk meets western noir, the jangle pop sprinkles, the tight musicality and the falling vocals that feel so dreamy.

"I don't know but I've been told you've got to keep at it
I suppose I'm growing old it sure sounds nice to quit
keep on feeling what you've been feeling
until you don't even care what you're singing
it better to stay in and contemplate just how you got to this place..."

From LINER NOTES:

"It's a song dedicated to the grass being greener. It's about an old dirty rocker; tired and wanting a way out and then finding a way out, feeling stable, and longing for the creative days. Feeling like a stray animal and unsure if you belong in this new warm home." - Sherbet Tone

"hmmm
buy back your guitar
I cant believe that you'd sell it at all
that sinking feeling you ran from
has turned into inspiration
keep living life inside your dream
little dreamer you're back to scheming
its so sad your friends gave up dreaming
focusing your time on just one more song
to keep you floating along
I don't know but I've been told you've got to keep at it
I suppose I'm growing old and that's too old to quit
living life inside this dream"

Sherbet Tone is centered around singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Stephen Leisy formerly known as Moon Shy.

-Robb Donker Curtius