The Ballad Of Doug, by The Telephone Numbers

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The Ballad Of Doug

by The Telephone Numbers

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The Telephone Numbers - The Ballad Of Doug Cassette Tape
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	1.	You're Nowhere 04:09
	2.	Oh, Pretender 03:54
	3.	Ballad Of Doug 03:34
	4.	Sunset Town 02:41
	5.	Pictures Of Lee (Honey ver) 03:05
	6.	Kaleidoscope 03:15
	7.	Cards They Show U 04:03
	8.	Curtains Close 05:00
	9.	I Don't Wanna Cry (The Keys Cover) 02:37
	10.	Open The Door 03:30 video

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Jangling power pop under lush reverberation; San Francisco’s The Telephone Numbers “The Ballad Of Doug” falls somewhere between The Feelies side-project Yung Wu’s “Shore Leave” and my favorite/best The Mantles album “All Odds End”. Thomas Rubenstein leads The Telephone Numbers but is accompanied by (the great) Glenn Donaldson, Charlie Ertola, Morgan Stanley, Andrew Hine, Eli Groshelle, and K. Dylan Edrich.

Glenn says:

"There’s always good music in San Francisco, you just never hear about it till someone somewhere else finally pays attention. The Telephone Numbers and contemporaries live in the tiny spaces between row houses in the outer districts of San Francisco. You can hear them earnestly strumming through cheap practice amps choked with probably too much reverb and trying to craft ambitious sounds with no career ambitions and few resources. These bands were rarely invited to play the bigger venues in their own hometown when it mattered. They had their own intimate shows wherever they could beg for space, and that’s maybe more fun. Thomas Rubenstein is 100% from this subculture of record geeks and renters, haunting bedroom studios and fog-damp garage practice spaces. He writes tragic love songs that pull from classic power-pop and 80s/90s indie. He does in fact have a Teenage Fanclub tattoo and is rarely not listening to Prefab Sprout or some other over-the-top heartbreaking pop on the way to earn his hourly wage. He recruited a whole host of pals to help him make The Ballad of Doug, which may or may not be a concept album about the rise and fall of the Gin Blossoms. The touches of violin, layers of guitar and soaring backing vocals make this seem bigger than just a DIY record, and it is. These tunes are worthy of some historic festival slot or hit parade appearance, but for now you can dream with the vinyl on your deck or the bandcamp blasting in your phone.”

“The Ballad Of Doug” is part of a co-release with Meritorio Records out of Madrid, Spain. You can pre-order a cassette from the Paisley Shirt Bandcamp, a “Transparent Electric Blue” or Black Vinyl from the Meritorio Bandcamp, or if you’re based in the US you can order the LP directly from The Telephone Numbers.

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released June 25, 2021

Songs by Thomas Rubenstein
Except 9 (The Keys)
and 7 (Rubenstein/Donaldson)
Mixed by Glenn Donaldson

Thomas Rubenstein: vocals, guitars, percussion, casio
Glenn Donaldson: guitars, synth, organ, percussion, vocals
Charlie Ertola: bass
Morgan Stanley: vocals, casio
Andrew Hine: drums, percussion
Eli Groshelle: drums
K. Dylan Edrich: violin

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