Lost Boy ? "Pop Songs For Dummies"
$14.00
Lost Boy ? "Pop Songs For Dummies"
$14.00
We are so excited to announce our first cassette release Lost Boy ?’s latest album “Pop Songs For Dummies” As long time fans of this solo project from Davey Jones, his new record goes in a new enthusiastic direction of electronic, trip-hop, and dance influences and we are proud to say is out now on Freeman Street Records.
“Pop Songs For Dummies” was never initially intended to be a full length. I was moving in all sorts of directions musically over the past years, so I was experimenting with a lot of sounds I haven’t tried before. Most of the tracks were meant to be released individually over time as singles when they felt complete. I had written probably around 20 tracks before sorting out what seemed cohesive to be an album.
The songs on this release I took my time with instead of just letting them be finalized right off the bat- like in the past. I wanted to craft and carve this time around because I feel I can be impatient. Perspective was a big factor. Mark Brickman, Nick Rogers, and myself [aka The Turtle Rubs] would listen and give feedback on what I was working on. Eventually we would record “3 Helicopters” together. Having this approach helped with being more patient without deadlines or time limits over my head.
It has been an amazing journey making this record and I am very happy with the outcome."
New York's Lost Boy ? is Long Island native Davey Jones, starting off as a bedroom recording project in the late 2000s, Jones worked fast and with cheap equipment, spending his formative musical years cranking out songs and self-releasing singles, cassettes, and CDs to increasing acclaim. His 2011 release USA USA garnered some good notices in the press and he began touring more, using a rotating collection of musicians. In 2012, Jones joined the band Baked as guitarist, a move that slowed down Lost Boy ?'s output a little. In 2014, the Wasted EP was released by the Exploding in Sound label. By this time Jones had made Lost Boy ? a real band, adding Ryan Foster on guitar, RJ Gordon on bass, and Matt Gaffney on drums. This lineup recorded the Canned LP which saw release in early 2015 via the PaperCup label. Jones followed up a year later with another solo Lost Boy ? effort, Goose Wazoo, this time working with Little Dickman Records. Recorded with Shea Stadium co-founder Adam Reich, 2018's Paranoid Fiction took influences from the gritty rock and punk scene histories of New York and Los Angeles. In late 2020 two records were self-released in collaboration with Jeremy Aquilino (of Baked and Time Vampire) entitled "Vampire Boy ?" and "Canal St."
All songs written and recorded by Davey Jones
"3 Helicopters" in collaboration with The Turtle Rubs (Nick Rogers, Mark Brickman, Davey Jones)
All Photos by Jordan Bell
Styling for Cover Photos by Natalie Kirch & Mattie Siegel
Ink by Mark Brickman
Mastered by Amar Lal
Pressing Information
50 Limited Edition Baby Pink Cassettes
Available on cassette and digitally July 29, 2022
