Rings

Frenchkiss Records will release the debut full-length, Rings, from Brooklyn island-indie ragamuffin Sean Bones. What started last summer as the musical component to a light-hearted fashion line quickly morphed into a full-fledged project for Sullivan. As he patiently awaited the release of his former act Sam Champion's Heavenly Bender, Sullivan dove into the studio to create a solo single he would package with the swim trunks he'd created for his own S/S Friends line. A RCRD LBL rave and a single show later, Sean Bones suddenly became Frenchkiss' latest signing, joining hte ranks of San Francisco's Dodos and Boston's Passion Pit, not to mention founders Les Savy Fav, on the wide-ranging roster.

Disappearing into the studio with Jay Braun, who's also worked with the Stills and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Sean Bones would create what is sure to be one of the most distinctive records of the year, a song cycle that runs the roots gamut from the sturdy rocksteady groove and sly Phil Spector nods of "Cry Cry Cry" to the myriad twilight zone passages of "Smoke Rings," a song that isn't afraid to drop bits of Afrobeat, reggaeton and disco on its way to your summer-time-in-the-city playlist. And then there's "Turn Them," a duet with the Grammy award winning Norah Jones, who Sullivan stars opposite in a forthcoming film. Named after the pervading influence of such speaker-imploding '60s/'70s standards as the Congos, Desmond Dekker and Lee "Scratch" Perry, Rings was first recorded live to a 16-track tape machine with one malfunctioning slot before the tunes were taken into the studio with Braun.