Fountains Of Wayne Guitarist Going Solo
Posted by Mitch Michaels on 07.24.2008
Details on Jody Porter's solo debut...
Fountains of Wayne guitarist Jody Porter is set to release his first solo record via iTunes on August 26, 2008. Entitled Close to the Sun, the album is made up of 12 original songs that were recorded in New York and produced by Porter and Michael Tudor. Strokes producer Gordon Raphael also produced one song.
"Close to the Sun is a collection of songs I wrote and recorded over the last few years, in between Fountains of Wayne albums and tours," says Porter . "After working on my friends' records (Albert Hammond, Jr., Juliana Hatfield), I decided it was time to put out my own. It was nice to be able to let this record come together gradually until I had the right songs to make sense together on one album."
The songs bridge the gap between the atmospherics of Porter's first band, The Belltower, with the more guitar-driven power pop of his work in Fountains of Wayne. Look for a US tour in the fall.
Posted By: Guest#4235 (Guest) on July 24, 2008 at 09:53 AM
Don't you have to be good to go solo? Doesn't someone have to know who you are to be successful solo?
Posted By: Guest#5028 (Guest) on July 24, 2008 at 10:05 AM
So the guitarist of a band who had one of the shittiest and most annoying one hit wonders decides to go solo and this is news?
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my care frying pan appears to be empty
Posted By: natedoggcata (Guest) on July 24, 2008 at 07:03 PM
it's a great record, was sent a japanese release from a friend. jody was in a band called the astrojet in nyc before fow and they were amazing--really trippy and psychedelic...much different than fountains.
Posted By: Donnie Scott (Guest) on August 15, 2008 at 09:39 AM
