Fugu 1 (for SMiLE fans)

[EgoHanger1966]

I've had this album for a little while, but I don't see this guy (real name:Mehdi Zannad) mentioned anywhere. Under the name Fugu, he has a couple albums, but this one is head and shoulders above the others. Great baroque/chamber pop. But everytime I put it on, I am constantly thinking it's the son of SMiLE: not in lyrical terms so much (although there is a song about a barn!), but in the instrumentation and feel of the album. And, the first song is a rip off of Workshop. It can be found for mere pennies on Amazon used. Hope some of you enjoy it.

http://www.amazon.com/Fugu-1/dp/B00005NTQL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343152125&sr=8-1&keywords=fugu+1

[Aum Bop Diddit]

I went to YouTube and listened to a good bit.  Definitely worthy and engaging and the Beach Boys are in there, but more by way of  Emmit Rhodes, The High Llamas, and Belle and Sebastian.  That's a good thing!

[hypehat]

It's on Spotify too http://open.spotify.com/album/5Zddk0c9rcBqZ9U0UEjJUR

Am giving it a go atm, will report back

[EgoHanger1966]

It's on Spotify too http://open.spotify.com/album/5Zddk0c9rcBqZ9U0UEjJUR

Am giving it a go atm, will report back

Forgot to mention that - Spotify is where I first heard it!

(around the same time, I also discovered Lewis Taylor's "The Lost Album" on Spotify, which features a great Pet Sounds pastiche called "Let's Hope That Nobody Finds Us" - the best song Brian Wilson never wrote).