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The Shang Hi Los - Sway Little Player

from Genya Ravan / The Shang Hi Los (Split) by Genya Ravan / The Shang Hi Los

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    First time evah'!! Genya Ravan and The Shang Hi Los on limited edition 7inch Vinyl together!!
    - Featuring Genya Ravan with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Nile Rodgers on Guitar delivering a scorching rendition of "I Who Have Nothing"!!
    - Featuring the new kids around town The Shang Hi Los with their smash indie radio hit "Sway Little Player"!!
    - Your choice of Limited Edition CLEAR or WHITE Vinyl!!
    - all 7inch orders come bundled with download card for The Shang Hi Los "Kick It Like A Wicked Bad Habit" CD!!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Genya Ravan / The Shang Hi Los (Split) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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"I'm more than a casual fan. I've seen Jen D'angora(The Dents,The Downbeat 5, Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents), Dan Kopko(Watts), and Lee Harrington(The Neighborhoods),play live more times than I can count. I have all their records,they are among the best bands to come out of Boston !! So it comes as no surprise to me that when Dan, Jen, Lee and Chuck Ferreira formed the Shang Hi-Los...great thing would happen. It's a slightly different sound than anything they've done before but still fantastic !! The single Sway Little Player is just the start, get on board." - Skybar, Rising-WMFO

"Wow! When I heard that Dan Kopko (Watts) and Jen D'Angora (The Dents, The Downbeat 5) had started a new band together, I was 100 percent sure it would be great. But somehow the debut single from The Shang Hi Los is even better than I could have imagined. Boston does it again! The track is called "Sway Little Player", and it's the kind of rock and roll song you'll want to play on repeat all day (or is that just me?). Kopko and D'Angora are no strangers to any longtime follower of this blog. On "Sway Little Player", they share lead vocals and sound absolutely amazing as a tandem. They are joined by Lee Harrington (The Neighborhoods) on bass and Chuck Ferreira (Eddie Japan, Lonely Leesa & The Lost Cowboys) on drums - making The Shang Hi Los the latest in an endless line of Boston garage/punk supergroups. This particular track combines the spirit of late '50s/early '6os rock and roll with a cool punk/new wave edge (I'm getting huge Blondie vibes, which is never a bad thing!). Music doesn't get any more upbeat or catchy than this. If this song doesn't make you feel good about being alive, there is probably no hope for you." - Faster And Louder

lyrics

Hey you, I saw your name on a matchbook cover
Said you're looking for another lover
Who's gonna mend your true love ways

Hey you, yeah I was wearing another guy's jacket
I had to kick him like a wicked bad habit
Ain't it cruel how two doves play?

Oh they're gonna find us, swaying to a rock n roll record
Always play it cause it makes it feel better
Sway little player, sway!

Hey you, say its always gonna be this magic
If you would break my heart so tragic
And let it rain on love's parade

Hey you, let's let nothing ever come between us
And we'll kiss and reminisce, two dreamers
Holding hands in our old grays

Oh they're gonna find us, swaying to a rock n roll record
Always play it cause it makes it feel better
[And we wear it like an old knit sweater]
Sway little player, sway!

My heart beats 45 RPMs
How will I ever catch my REMs?

credits

from Genya Ravan / The Shang Hi Los (Split), released February 19, 2021
Jen D’Angora – Lead Vocals, Guitar
Chuck Ferreira – Drums
Lee Harrington – Bass, Vocals
Dan Kopko – Lead Vocals, Guitars

Written by D'Angora / Kopko
Mixed by Pat DiCenso and Dan Kopko
Mastered by Pat DiCenso

Drums Recorded at Mad Oak Studios by Benny Grotto
Bass recorded at Woolly Mammoth Sound by Sir David Minehan
Jen's Vocals recorded at Q Division Studios by Ed Valauskas

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