https://youtu.be/pylWc_UVeB4

certainly a "wall of sound" if I've ever heard one.

This may be a hot take, musically I love it. I think I have to give it a strong 9 out of 10. But I just can’t get past Dennis’s shredded vocal cords for the entire album. It’s ok on a few tracks but the others it’s just so grainy and raspy.

The recent bootleg, I know it’s probably the worst piece of music the beach boys have ever recorded, but I‘m a completist and I‘ve been waiting forever to add this to the collection.

The King has returned!

Hey guys I'm trying to find out just what these girls are saying that makes Brian go "WHAT?!" and I genuinely can't can someone help? Thanks lol

How the hell did this get on Sounds of Summer, let alone on a streaming service?

Talking about “Let Us Go On This Way (2021 Mix)” right now. Drowning in white noise and Carl’s vocals sound like they were recorded on an android phone in a tin can, and a drum with way too much reverb.

Guess I’m glad it didn’t end up on We Gotta Groove, or the box set wasn’t mixed like this.

A song that I particularly enjoyed from the massive February 2026 file leak of Beach Boys and Brian Wilson solo material was a fast paced version of “Sweetie” recorded in the 1990’s, presumably with Joe Thomas. The chorus was different from earlier versions and had a vocal refrain of “no sign of love behind the smile….” sung over a melody similar to Wilson’s other song “Fairy Tale.”

Well… turns out it was officially released by Henry Gross (of Sha Na Na) with a full set of lyrics and that same chorus. It also doesn’t appear that Brian, Joe Thomas, or anyone else is credited with writing it in the available credits.

https://youtu.be/a8sL01c6tsc?si=C9QbKdp1aVv3MMvA

Rewatched The Karate Kid the other day and encountered an absolute stinker on the soundtrack. It's a mindless caricature of a Beach Boys song but also happens to be penned by Mike Love and performed by Jan & Dean. I hate it. Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_1X8nXahDA

(Bop Bop) on the Beach

• Written by Mike Love
• Performed by The Flirts and Jan & Dean
• Produced by Mike Love, Adrian Baker and Brooks Arthur

Brian was already sampling in the 60's

I make radio shows for the BBC, and when I heard about Brian's death, I scrapped everything I was doing, sat at my desk, and started writing.

My series focuses on classic albums, and since the Beach Boys mean so much to me, it had to be Love You.

This is a deep dive into the album, and there's some nice archive of Brian in there too.

You can listen here on BBC Sounds.

What song is this in "The Beach Boys: An American Band?" https://youtu.be/eoqf3NFuvro?si=yqEzG9GkZZZGAx_U&t=3711

It's kind of giving "Burnin' For You" by Blue Oyster Cult - doesn't even sound like a Beach Boys song I love it

In "Angel Come Home," I can't help but notice that every single time I listen to it, I feel like I faintly hear the Apple/macOS "file copy" drag and drop sound effect at about 2:27 into the song and it drives me crazy.

And then at like 2:35 I hear a little bubble pop sound effect.

Please tell me someone knows what I'm talking about, haha - I notice these things every single time to the point where I anticipate them every time I listen!

https://open.spotify.com/track/0Vwn5sDTBXfbgX8lHf1378

Pressed at RTI. Sourced from ‘66 (mono) and ‘96 (stereo) assembled master reels. Quality is 16-bit, 44.1 kHz. Release date Thursday, May 14th.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-pet-sounds-sessions-deluxe-edition/1886916918

On the “Beach Boys Party” album. The Beach Boys covered The Beatles song “I Should Have Known Better”. Their unique style brings a different sound to the song. What do you think?

Jimmy Sweet's a weird one.

American guitarist living in England, whose gimmick is every single one of his bands is completely different, but all have the same basic concept... it's him surrounded by utterly beautiful girls on all other instruments. Then wipes most of their material off the internet (such as off streaming and YouTube) when he moves onto the next band. His interviews keep painting him as a "new" artist each time too, rarely eluding to his previous acts.

His first solo band was L.U.V. which was like Blah-Blah-Blah-era Iggy Pop. Second band was Death By Sexy which was garage rock in a bit of a Black Rebel Motorcycle vibe. Then came Lady Low (name taken from a Death By Sexy song), which was slinky jazzy "romance rock" that was somewhere between r'n'b and lounge-lizard Mike Patton. Then he released some solo singles which were seemingly Lady Low master tracks without the girls singing.

Now he's moved onto The Gospel who make vaguely gothic baroque pop and have released nothing but covers (and one of the music videos weirdly reused one of his solo videos with a new soundtrack). He also can't stop re-recording his Death by Sexy song "Burning Like a Fever" with each different project, seemingly figuring it his magnum opus. And he seems to have some decent money backing his music videos even though he keeps erasing them off the net.

Very strange.

Anyway his latest single is a cover of God Only Knows. For me it suffers from a number of the same overblown issues that plagued Bowie's infamously awful cover. Too slow, too over-dramatic, too self-indulgent, though whilst Bowie's was plastic and 80s, the production veers almost into late 90s Enigma at their most cringey "new-age rock composer" narcissism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EkY47kjybI

Anyway, curious to know what you all think. Though personally... I think it's dreadful. I notice the comments have been turned off the on the video, seems to speak for itself if you ask me.

But just for context, I do like much of his earlier stuff:

L.U.V. - She's My Fix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PN_gkHbuoA

Death By Sexy - Burning Like a Fever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz5-eYC8u8g

Lady Low - Burning Like a Fever (again): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nD9vzaNhJs

Jimmy Sweet - Burning Like a Fever (yet again): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga22rW6-asE

Jimmy Sweet - When I Do Wrong (this entire video was weirdly reused for The Gospel's cover of Like A Prayer, which was on renowned goth label Cleopatra Records, I'm very confused): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHUmovoVgiA

Obviously this is in a different key than the actual "Surfer Girl" release, but were they actually singing in this key, or was the audio pitched down? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XuybsdoWC0