Episode 224 : Cassie Ramone (Vivian Girls, The Babies)

Blasting Tchaikovsky at 5:00 in the morning, Billy Joel‘s next level move, and deep cuts from grocery store’s playlists. Cassie Ramone (Vivian Girls, The Babies, Cassie Ramone) Cassie Ramone- “Sweetheart LP”: https://www.cassieramone.com/store "Perhaps Ramone’s most unexpected move so far is breaking a five-year silence with a surprise video essay album, Sweetheart, uploaded to YouTube days after it was completed. Composed of 11 DIY phone vignettes filmed verité style by Ramone, the footage is raw and diaristic and is soundtracked by the album in its entirety. Despite her lengthy discography with band projects, Sweetheart is only Ramone’s second solo album; but it’s possibly her best record to date, the culmination of almost two decades of songwriting and honing her sound. Heartbreaking and raw, and featuring her sharpest writing yet, Sweetheart was crafted with collaborator Dylan White from song fragments Ramone sang into a voice recorder over bonfires at night. The finished songs range from distorted, visceral head cleaners like “They Hide Their Eyes” to melancholy starlit waltzes touched by tragedy (“Joy To The World”) to some of the catchiest songs Ramone’s ever written—take “Together” or the Mac Demarco-featuring “The Only Way I Know How” as examples. Recorded at White’s Valley Structures studio on frequent trips south to Richmond, Virginia—Ramone lives in Brooklyn—Sweetheart peels back the curtain, just a little, on the swirling, creative energy at the heart of Cassie Ramone’s music. What’s revealed is a frankness and emotional truth that’s always been there, informed by classic American songwriting and years of freewheeling living. That Ramone has released it on her own label—created with White in true DIY fashion—should come as no surprise." Excerpt from https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/cassie-ramone-sweetheart-interview Cassie Ramone: Bandcamp: https://cassieramone.bandcamp.com Instagram: @cassieramone Website: https://www.cassieramone.com Records: https://www.cassieramone.com/store Merch: https://www.cassieramone.com/store/music Vivian Girls: Bandcamp: https://viviangirlsnyc.bandcamp.com Instagram: @viviangirls Records: https://www.polyvinylrecords.com/pages/artists/vivian Merch: https://www.polyvinylrecords.com/collections The Babies: Instagram: @thebabiesforever Records: https://kevinmorby.merchtable.com/the-babies/our-house Merch: https://kevinmorby.merchtable.com/the-babies The Vineyard: Instagram: @thevineyardpodcast Website: https://www.thevineyardpodcast.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thevineyardpodcast