July 10, 2009

Secret Charisma

Secret Charisma: Original Cast Recording is up for pre-orders now.

The concept behind this release is pretty different: Secret Charisma is an indiepop musical, a lo-fi headphone opera about a about a guy who has been away from home for a long time and when suddenly comes back, is reintroduced to the people and situations from his past.

I have always been a fan of thematic albums, but this is more than that, it is in fact a musical, in the sense that it tells a story, and each character is played by a different musician.

Written, played and directed by Brad San Martin (of One happy Island), the project started in the summer of 2008 and took a life of its own during the past year. Brad played pretty much all the instruments (and there are a lot of them!), and when most of the tracks were done, he started asking friends if they would like to sing one of the characters' parts in it. He put together a pretty impressive cast there: Kristin Andreassen (Uncle Earl, Sometymes Why), Nichole Ferree (Orange Nichole), Desmond Reed, Mark Robinson (Cotton Candy, Unrest), and his own band, One Happy Island.

It'll be out next Wednesday, july 15th, coinciding with the date Brad lands in the UK to tour with One Happy Island and we're having a Release party at the Bufalo Bar to celebrate the occasion. Colin Clary is headlining the night and even though it's almost sold out now, we never managed to organize a release show for Colin's 'Every little thing counts', which came out last February, so I think we can call it a double weepop! release show. With support by The sunny street and Ich Bin Finn, it should be an ace night, please come along.

More exciting news from us soon! x