NEW YORK (ALR) - AMERICAN LAUNDROMAT RECORDS (ALR) and FACE DOWN RECORDS (FDR) are proud to announce Indie Pop
Superstar – Matthew Sweet will cover Tom Petty's 'American Girl' for their upcoming tribute CD, HIGH SCHOOL REUNION (a tribute to those great 80's films!). The tribute will features John Strohm (Blake Babies, Antenna, Lemonheads),
Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave), Vic Chesnutt, The Atomic Hep Cats, The Caulfield Sisters, and many more covering songs from some of the 80's most popular teen films.
Release date is scheduled for October 15, 2005. A page devoted to the tribute record can be found at https://www.americanlaundromatrecords.com.
AMERICAN GIRL appeared in the quintessential high school film FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH which was written by Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Singles, Say Anything), and directed by Amy Heckerling (Clueless). Sweet will record the track in his home studio.
'Matthew was one of the first artists I contacted when conceiving this tribute last October. He's a phenomenal singer-songwriter and a huge film buff like myself, so I had a feeling he'd like this record. HIGH SCHOOL REUNION is a labor of love for everyone involved, and Matthew's participation is once again an indication of his generosity and commitment to the independent community.' Joe Spadaro, ALR founder & president.
MATTHEW SWEET emerged in 1991 as the leading figure of the American power pop revival. Like his British counterparts Teenage Fanclub, Sweet adhered to traditional songcraft, yet subverted the form by adding noisy post-punk guitar and flourishes of country-rock, resulting in an amalgam of the Beatles, Big Star, R.E.M., and Neil Young. Sweet enjoyed commercial success for several years and then went underground only to reemerge with the critically acclaimed record (Japanese released) Kimi Ga Suki* Raifu, which he called a love letter to his loyal Japanese fans. Matthew appeared in 'Austin Powers – Goldmember' as Sid Belvedere (the drummer in 'Ming Tea'; Austin Powers band), and part of supergroup 'The Thorns' with fellow singer-songwriters Shawn Mullins and Pete Droge. Last year Matthew released Kimi Ga Suki* Raifu and Living Things in the USA, on Superdeformed, the label he formed with his longtime manager, Atlanta-based Russell Carter; these were his first albums of new mateterial since 1999's In Reverse.
HIGH SCHOOL REUNION is scheduled for October 2005 release with an exclusive pre-sale offered in September to ALR newsletter subscribers. More information can be found at https://www.americanlaundromatrecords.com.
