“The Sandwitches are a band straight out of a David Lynch film. Wide eyed beauties, hardened against the cold San Francisco air, voices bellowing like the capricious winds, sometimes low and meandering, sometimes high and haunting. Roxanne Young’s drums ramble through song after song with a strange, unpredictable and perfect lightness, while near-moans and sky-high melodies collide in a soundtrack to the end of the world. Songs on this record deal with the most playful moments in a new love, the most charming parts of decay, the heart wrenching feeling of impending doom at the dawning of something new. This record is a seamless followup to their previous release, Mrs. Jones’ Cookies, a record teeming with, for the most part, a spirit possessed by possibility; pure and potent potential. Our Toast is a causal record; the beautiful, raw comedown. The spell has been broken and this new batch of songs lingers in the space between. The Sandwitches took songs born of universal anguish to create a record blooming with whimsical notes on a life that’s changing chapters.” —Emily Rose (Ty Segall Band)
LP $17.50
06/09/2015
CD $9.50
06/09/2015
MP3 $8.91
06/09/2015
FLAC $9.90
06/09/2015
MP3 $1.98
08/02/2011
***Empty Cellar Records presents the latest full-length platter by THE SANDWITCHES, Mrs. Jones' Cookies. San Francisco's Sandwitches have been plugging away at their craft for a couple magical years now, sprinkling their barbed, alluring electric folk briars across unsuspecting gardens in the Bay Area and beyond. Previous releases, such as the swampy ecstasy of How To Make Ambient Sadcake and last year's oceanic ouija board of an EP, Duck Duck Goose!, captured distinct sides of the trio. Mrs. Jones Cookies is here now to unify their uniquely whimsical and creepy vision. Mrs. Jones' Cookies pours Sadcake's plaintive bounce into Duck Duck’s celestial, mysterious drift, spiking the mix with a side they've previously only hinted at: a playfulness, a comfort. It's the sound of a band at ease with unease. Even when they're plumbing the most desperate depths, there's an unforced confidence in the lonely plucking of guitarists HEIDI ALEXANDER and GRACE COOPER. The shared vocal duties are where these ladies truly and finally let loose. On 'Lightfoot' and single 'Summer Of Love,' drummer ROXY BRODEUR punches out lively, soul-flecked trots, as Grace and Heidi tickle the end of their high and low ranges, returning later to those highs and lows with extra force and bluster, shooting out the lights with aplomb. The Sandwitches live for moments like this, teasing the listener with deceptively simple backing, then letting fly with soaring vocal saltwater taffy that can be scary, cartoonish, or both. Then, of course, the girls backtrack on a dime and...
LP $16.00
03/29/2011
CD $9.25
03/29/2011
MP3 $9.90
03/29/2011
***“A brand new single from THE SANDWITCHES. It's two real haunters that at times remind me a lot of ELIZABETH FRASER’s vocal work (especially on ‘Summer of Love’), but with more real words and deciperable lyrics! I'm sure you've been beat over the head with it before but just in case you don't know The Sandwitches is the new project of GRACE and HEIDI, formerly of THE FRESH AND ONLYS. I was a huge fan of their voices in that band and it's great to get them up front and center for a change!”—1-2-3-4 Go!
7" $4.00
12/14/2010
***On their latest vinyl release, HEIDI and GRACE from San Francisco's THE SANDWITCHES perform four heartbreaking acoustic lullabies interwoven with the spookiest sessions of Duck Duck Goose! ever caught on tape. Recorded and Produced by WYMOND MILES (The Fresh & Onlys) and The Sandwitches, Duck Duck Goose! features haunting renditions of Tim Cohen's "Rock of Gibraltar" (a bonus track from the Two Sides of Tim Cohen), and of the Oscar-nominated ballad "Baby Mine," from what some say is the most heartbreaking moment in Disney cartoon history. Stamped on one-sided 12-inch vinyl, the initial pressing of this EP is limited to 500 copies brought to you by Empty Cellar and Secret Seven Records.
12" $12.00
07/13/2010
MP3 $5.94
07/13/2010
***NOW AVAILABLE ON CD!!! “The three ladies in the band have done time in great San Francisco bands like BRILLIANT COLORS, THE FRESH & ONLYS, and PILLARS OF SILENCE, and it is kind of cool how if you did put all three of those bands in a blender the sound of the SANDWITCHES can really be imagined. So many bands of late seem to be so dialed into such a narrow and small palette of sounds so it’s really refreshing to hear a band who are no one trick pony, but instead cover lots of musical ground but do so with a cohesiveness that is often really tricky to pull off like The Sandwitches do on this debut. In lots of ways the record makes us think of what it would sound like for a band on Woodsist to cover Fleetwood Mac’s amazing record Tusk. There is also something so honest and sincere about their delivery that you get the feeling they would play these songs with as much conviction and emotion in their living room filled with a few friends as much as they would on stage at a packed venue.”—Aquarius Records
LP $13.25
10/19/2009
CD $9.25
05/04/2010