Artist description Some artists have great ideas. Some have great songs. Brad Brooks has both.Quiet, yet powerful, Brad's music is very compelling. Complex vocal arrangements, excellent instrumentation and just old fashioned quality songwriting that grabs the cynic in you and kicks its ass. If you like the Eels, Elliot Smith, Brian Wilson, and the softer side of Jellyfish, Brad Brooks is your next popcrush. -skott bennett, localmusic.com

Music Style Rootsy-Pscyhedelic-60's-Pop

Musical Influences Elliot Smith, Wilco, Eels, Rufus Wainwright, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Big Star, Quasi, Olivia Tremor Control

Similar Artists Elliot Smith, Wilco, Eels, Rufus Wainwright, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Big Star, Quasi, Olivia Tremor Control

Albums Sanctified into Astroglide

Press Reviews On his singulary titled self-released album Sanctified into Astroglide, Bay Area singer-songwriter Brad Brooks favors a complex approach – major chords, tambourines, acoustic and electric guitars, pianos, calliopes, third-year music theory chord progressions, and layers upon layers of sugary backing vocals – the end result of which is a very pleasant and well-crafted 13-song pop toothache. Brooks takes notes from '90s popfiends like Guided by Voices and Matthew Sweet, but still holds old-school syrup-mongers like 10cc, Wings, Supertramp, and XTC close to his chest. Sanctified into Astroglide is a promising recording from a rising Bay Area songsmith. -Summer Burkes S.F. Bay Guardian If you could take sunshine, collect it in a jar, and then pour the incandescent liquid over piano keys and unplugged guitars and chiming tambourines, you might end up with a Brad Brooks song. All those dream-inducing Beach Boy harmonies and syrupy slow music combine to sound like a summer day when the gentle breezes keep the heat away and gently brush the hairs on your face.-Listen.com

Location San Francisco, Ca - USA

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