Jake Sprecher of The Wind-Ups gives his quarantine top 5 to Add To Want List

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Jake Sprecher (Terry Malts, Smokescreens & Jonathan Richman) shares his top 5 quarantine albums that sound absolutely nothing like his new project The Wind-Ups.

“This week’s Gimme 5 features a multitalented artist who plays (or has played) with Terry Malts, Smokescreens, Beehive and Jonathan Richman of the Modern Lovers. I am talking about Jake Sprecher, who made good use of his Covid induced boredom by purchasing a TASCAM 388 and recording a new solo bedroom-project as The Wind-Ups. The result is Try Not To Think, a 19 minute powerpop masterpiece disguised as lo-fi garagepunk record. Of his previous bands, Try Not To Think is sonically nearest to the early Terry Malts stuff: just as infectious but louder and slightly slower paced. The songs have that deceptive songwriting quality that can easily be misinterpreted as simplism. In truth, it takes skill to write songs that are this straightforward and yet so memorable. To give you an idea, listen to the two prematurely released tracks off the record: Lockdown and Too Many Bibles.”