The Celebrity Pilots - "We've Lost Kasparov"

I've really been enjoying The Celebrity Pilots' album Beneath The Pavement, A Beach this week. Cleveland's own Chris Sheehan is a virtual one man band, playing nearly all the instruments himself. The result is really great music that fits somewhere in between The New Pornographers and Yo La Tengo. Sheehan's also played keyboards with Bob Pollard and Guided By Voices guitar player Doug Gillard. Apparently the album's title is a "reference to the French Situationalist [sic] movement in the late 60s." Check it out:

The Celebrity Pilots - "We've Lost Kasparov" (MP3)

Bonus:
The Celebrity Pilots - "Lemons From Lemonade" (MP3)

You can also stream the entire album here, and read a nonsensical interview with Mr. Sheehan over at Splendid.

Posted at 3:35 PM

6 Comments

midwest representing on stereogum

Posted by: midwest at 11/02/05 3:59 PM  | Reply
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by the way: not "situationalist", but situationist. In french: "sous les pavés, la plage"

Posted by: Martin at 11/02/05 4:14 PM  | Reply
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I like it.
Then again, I like all songs about Kasparov.

Posted by: scott at 11/02/05 5:13 PM  | Reply
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"really great music that fits somewhere in between The New Pornographers and Yo La Tengo"

oxymoronic statement

Posted by: G3K at 11/02/05 5:38 PM  | Reply
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daddy like. reminds me of Creeper Lagoon

Posted by: monkey cole medina at 11/02/05 6:13 PM  | Reply
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wow and he's touring w/eric metronome and essex green!! what a rad tour. i so wanna go!!

Posted by: rachel at 11/03/05 8:13 AM  | Reply
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