Davy is Coconut Records

Coconut Records (band)

Coconut Records is a Los Angeles, California based indie pop musical solo project by Jason Schwartzman , which began in 2006. The debut album, Nighttiming, was released on Schwartzman’s Young Baby Records in 2007. The album had musical contributions by members of Incubus, as well as appearances by...

' 2009 second release. The album is, as was Nighttiming

Nighttiming

Nighttiming is Coconut Records' 2007 debut album. It was originally released as a digital download. The album was produced by Mike Einziger of Incubus in Casa Chica in Malibu in August 2006...

, the product of Jason Schwartzman

Jason Schwartzman

Jason Francesco Schwartzman is an American actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Hollywood films Rushmore, Spun, I Heart Huckabees, Shopgirl, Marie Antoinette, The Darjeeling Limited, Funny People, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World...

, who wrote all of the songs and performs the majority of the instruments.

The first official single for the album was "Microphone". A portion of "Any Fun" is in a teaser video on the Coconut Records MySpace page. The tracklisting and album art first appeared on the independent online music store

Online music store

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 Amie Street

Amie Street

Amie Street was an indie online music store and social network service created in 2006 by Brown University seniors Elliott Breece, Elias Roman, and Joshua Boltuch, in Providence, Rhode Island...

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Like Nighttiming, the CD pressing of Davy contains demo and alternate versions of the album's songs after the final track.

The songs "Wires" and "I Am Young" were featured on the Funny People original soundtrack.

2 Music videos have been made for this album. "Microphone" and "Any Fun".

Cover art

The album's artwork was inspired by the book cover of the Penguin Books

Penguin Books

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' edition of Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel...

's novel Island

Island (novel)

Island is the final book by English writer Aldous Huxley, published in 1962. It is the account of Will Farnaby, a cynical journalist who is shipwrecked on the fictional island of Pala. Island is Huxley's utopian counterpart to his most famous work, the 1932 novel Brave New World, itself often...

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Track listing

All songs written by Jason Schwartzman.

1. "Microphone" – 2:53
2. "Drummer" – 2:55
3. "Any Fun" – 2:56
4. "Saint Jerome" – 2:49
5. "Courtyard" – 2:14
6. "Wandering Around" – 2:41
7. "The Summer" – 2:45
8. "I Am Young" – 3:11
9. "Wires" – 2:35
10. "Is This Sound Okay?" – 3:07

Bonus Track Listing

11. (Silence)
12. "Untitled"
13. "Drummer (Alternate Version)"
14. "Any Fun (Alternate Instrumental Version)"
15. "Saint Jerome (Alternate Version)"
16. "Courtyard (Alternate Version)"
17. "Courtyard (Alternate Instrumental Version)"
18. "Wandering Around (Alternate Version)"
19. "Wandering Around (Alternate Version 2)"
20. "The Summer (Alternate Version)"
21. "I Am Young (Alternate Version)"
22. "I Am Young (Alternate 'Let It Go' Version)"
23. "Wires (Alternate Version)"

External links

• Official site
• Coconut Records at Rhapsody
• Coconut Records at Myspace
• Coconut Records at Amiestreet.com