I was surfing the web, minding my own business, you know just collecting a few mp3's for a Fat Tuesday mix I was going to throw up, when I was distracted by an ad that said "Jason Schwartzman IS Coconut Records (download the album for FREE now)." A sucker for free shit and loving the Coppola family as one should, especially Señor Schwartzman, I humoured the ad and clicked. Good thing. As promised, the album was available for free download after a 30 second signup with the site.
Coconut Records is not Schwartzman's first dive into the music scene (he was the drummer as well as songwriter for Phantom Planet). Produced by Incubus guitarist, Mike Enzinger and released in May 2007, Nighttiming is Schwartzman's first solo endeavour and in my opinion, an album grossly overlooked this past year. Clocking in at a little over a half hour, Nighttiming is a relatively short album. Melodic, lo-fi, California-esque, sometimes a bit funky--all around a fine album, incorporating different sounds while remaining cohesive and coherent. Also, how can on not love an album that incorporates the use of kazoos?
Interesting Nighttiming factoids? Schwartzman's Marie Antoinette co-star, Kirsten Dunst, provides backing vocals on two tracks, This Old Machine and Summer days. Incubus' Brandon Boyd is the one whistling in Slowly. And the lovely Zooey Deschanel pops up in Slowly as well.
Download the album, as well as preview the tracks at the Amie Street site:
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