Secret American Livingroom is the debut album from indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

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Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Dealership

Dealership (band)

Dealership is an American indie rock band based in Berkeley, California. Since their inception in 1995, the band features all their original members.-History:...

. The album was self-released by the band in 1998.

The project originally began as a two-song single

Single (music)

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, but it soon snowballed into an eight song EP

Extended play

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After the album's release, it remained in the KALX

KALX

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Top 35 for eight weeks.

Track listing

All songs written by Dealership.

1. "Jungle Gym" – 3:26
2. "My Box" – 2:41
3. "Nerdy Girl" – 3:00
4. "Fallout" – 2:50
5. "Perfectly Happy" – 4:05
6. "Montserrat" – 2:21
7. "You're Dumb" – 5:01
8. "Green" – 4:21

Dealership

• Chris Groves - vocals, bass
• Miyuki Jane Pinckard - guitar, vocals
• Chris Wetherell - drums, vocals

Production

Secret American Livingroom was produced by Dealership, recorded and mixed at Locomoto Productions by Guy Higbey. The album was mastered at Olde West by Guy Slater. Album design by Dealership with photography by Eric Schulz and Liisa Pera.

External links

• Secret American Livingroom at Dealerkids.com, the official Dealership site