Heidi Alexander

Sandwitches good

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 | musiX | No Comments

I had to go a little further than the refrigerator to find these Sandwitches … OK, that’s ridiculous. But I’m not deleting it.

San Francisco’s The Sandwitches play sweet, sweet, sweet pop tunes that traverse the long and lonely stretch of road between early country western and folk and Girl Groups and British Invasion. And the three-piece has a new record called How to Make Ambient Sadcake that features an odd, two-legged cat on the cover. What I’m trying to say here, is that you have all the ingredients for a terrific Sandwitch (again, it stays).

The group includes Heidi Alexander of The Fresh & Onlys, another band I’m crazy about, and the album is the first release from new S.F. label Turn Up Records. The buoyant, slightly off-kilter guitars and vocal harmonies sometimes remind me of The Kirby Grips, a long-lost Bay Area favorite of mine. Except more lo-fi—which if played on a hi-fi will give you quite a mid-fi experience. I’m sorry, were you expecting another Sandwitch pun?

“Wicked Inger” - The Sandwitches

“Back to the Sea” - The Sandwitches

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