Young and It Feels So Good
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Young and it Feels So Good is the full length studio album released by the Long Beach
, California
band, Boris Smile
. The album was self-released in 2008.
, except "Seasons" (written by A. Wesley Chung, Jon Palsgrove, and Stevie Kugelberg).
Tracks “Love's Gotta Come from the Heart,” and "Seasons" have been used on PBS's Roadtrip Nation
.
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
band, Boris Smile
Boris Smile
Boris Smile was an indie-pop collective from Long Beach, California. Started in 2004 by leader A. Wesley Chung, the band's hallmark characteristic was its blend of singer-songwriter pop with orchestral arrangements. Their style is often compared to David Bazan, Page France, The Long Winters, and...
. The album was self-released in 2008.
Track listing
All songs written by A. Wesley Chung and Boris SmileBoris Smile
Boris Smile was an indie-pop collective from Long Beach, California. Started in 2004 by leader A. Wesley Chung, the band's hallmark characteristic was its blend of singer-songwriter pop with orchestral arrangements. Their style is often compared to David Bazan, Page France, The Long Winters, and...
, except "Seasons" (written by A. Wesley Chung, Jon Palsgrove, and Stevie Kugelberg).
- "Young and It Feels So Good" - 2:43
- "Seasons" - 4:13
- "A Cruel Time in Life" - 3:21
- "Leper King" - 4:00
- "False Words and Hummingbirds" - 4:01
- "Birthday" - 1:51
- "Home [Sing Along]" - 4:41
- "Keep It Safe" - 3:56
- "Beartooth" - 3:45
- "Marco Polo" - 2:57
- "Love's Gotta Come from the Heart" - 4:25
- "Megan Eve of Destruction" - 2:09
- "Kids Wearing Business Casual" - 2:05
- "Will It Last" - 2:17
- "Las Aventuras Con Cohetes" - 6:35
- "True Colors" - 2:50
- "Goodnight Moon (Revisited)" - 2:26
- "When We Found the Truth" - 7:12
Tracks “Love's Gotta Come from the Heart,” and "Seasons" have been used on PBS's Roadtrip Nation
Roadtrip Nation
Roadtrip Nation began in 2001 as an idea Mike , Nathan, Brian and Amanda, four friends fresh out of college, formed when they were not sure what to do with their lives...
.
Personnel
- A. Wesley Chung: vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, percussion, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, tape recorderTape recorderAn audio tape recorder, tape deck, reel-to-reel tape deck, cassette deck or tape machine is an audio storage device that records and plays back sounds, including articulated voices, usually using magnetic tape, either wound on a reel or in a cassette, for storage... - Abigail Davidson: vocals, clarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
- Adam Edwards: tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Alan Archambault: electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, lap steel, dobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar... - Andrew Chen: violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- Avi Buffalo: electric guitar, vocals
- Brad Lindsay: mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, guitar - Brian Chung: piano
- Christian Turner: bass clarinetBass clarinetThe bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B , but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B clarinet...
, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Ed Keller: French horn
- Hannah Ellis: vocals
- Jason Chung: bass
- Jon Carman: keysKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocals, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... - Jon Palsgrove: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocals - Matt Proffitt: trombone, vocals
- Meagan Christy: trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
, vocals - Rebecca Rivera: bassoonBassoonThe bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
- Rory Felton: bass
- Seth Shafer: tubaTubaThe tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...
, keys - Stevie Kugelberg: bass