[2018-02-16] Shannon And The Clams "Onion" produced by Dan Auerbach (Easy Eye/Nonesuch)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

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The Oakland-based, indie garage punk quartet Shannon & The Clams, known for a diverse sound that incorporates elements of doo-wop, early rock & roll, classic R&B, garage psych, and surf rock as influences, releases its fifth album, Onion, in early 2018, this time working with producer Dan Auerbach and Easy Eye Sound.

Shannon & The Clams recorded Onion over ten days in early 2017 at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound Studio in Nashville, where he helped refine and embellish the songs and steer the album. “He works in this very layered style,” Cody says. “He has all these instruments in the studio mic’d up at all times, ready to go. You can go back and add all these layers of instruments really fast and then cut stuff away in the mix.” With Shannon and Cody focused on pinning down the songs and tracking vocals, Nate and Will dug into the studio’s wealth of instruments, tapping into their own years of songwriting and multi-instrumental experience to ornament and color the tracks, which lead to the band’s most nuanced and layered album to date.

The themes of origin and introspection are central to Onion, and each song wrestles with the idea of identity, and identity’s origin as a collection of experiences. “I had this epiphany that was likening an onion to being human and how you’re nothing without layers of experience,” Shannon says, “Every time you think you’ve figured something out there’s just another layer beneath it. Each song on this album is about problem solving and having realizations about yourself.”

Tracklist
1. The Boy
2. It's Gonna Go Away
3. Backstreets
4. If You Could Know
5. I Never Wanted Love
6. Onion
7. Did You Love Me
8. Love Strike
9. I Leave Again
10. Tryin'
11. Tell Me When You Leave
12. Strange Wind
13. Don't Close Your Eyes

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Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

Here's a playlist with three songs from Onion:

[2018-02-16] Shannon And The Clams "Onion" produced by Dan Auerbach (Easy Eye/Nonesuch)

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