Staticblog Is Really Damn Happy About: Tinted Windows
Bun E. Carlos, James Iha, Taylor Hanson and Adam Schlesinger are Tinted Windows.
Anyone with great affection for power-pop should be happy about Tinted Windows, a supergroup of sorts featuring Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne and Ivy, James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle, Taylor Hanson of Hanson and Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick.
This new band’s debut comes out April 21 on S-Curve, and while we’ve all been burned by supergroups before, I will never discount anything Schlesinger toplines — the man is one of the most gifted songwriters working today. Furthermore, Taylor Hanson gets another shot — it’s easy to dismiss Hanson out of hand for the band’s late-’90s bubblegum image, but he’s a strong singer and I think having his vocals on Schlesinger’s songs has the potential for genius.
As soon as music or video arrives, it will be in this space.
UPDATE: Ryan at Oklahoma Rock posted a video segment from an alleged music show (I agree, Ryan, it looks like a big fake that Schlesinger probably dreamed up as a tribute to TV shows he saw in his Long Island youth) that showcases a couple of Tinted Windows songs. They sound exactly as you might expect, which is pretty awesome. Here ‘Tis:
Tinted Windows - "Rock After Dark" Promo
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hmm…after the video…i’m not so sure. my own little jury is still out on this one. i’m going to go listen to duran duran.
Rolling Stone’s Smoking Section has the first single:
http://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/smokingsection/2009/02/tinted-windows.php
oh my godd taylor hanson i love him so much ive been an hanson fan for like 12 years now and i love taylor’s soul he itz good that hes doing this now because he will get alot of feedback and attention to now always taylor hanson will show be awesome he has great skill and great powerful talents too. he rocks live. give taylor hanson the respect awe. i love your new band to tinted windows freaking rules. with tay in it too. ill be an hanson fan always.
And I love Adam Schlesinger because he’s like totally awesome and he writes good songs and I know he’d like me if he got to know me and we’d hang out and he’d buy me beer and it also helps that he’s an MoT.
I looooooooooove the song in general, but it sounds nothing like a Hanson song, no piano. And Taylor’s looking like Daryl Hall from 1984 there. Oh well, give me time.
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That’s exciting! Schlesinger is an amazing talent — and as an old-school Trick fan, it’s nice to see Bun E. remaining relevant.