"Sick in the Teeth" by Jonezetta ft. David Bazan +Aaron Sprinkle Essentials playlist, Saturday, February 26, 2022
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Labeledfans are still waiting for the Jonezetta story. Several parts have been teased in previous episodes, about how they were one of two general-market bands signed to Tooth & Nail (The Classic Crime being the other). The band's sound drastically changed between their first and second record, Cruel to Be Young. But today rather than digging into Jonezetta's story, we're going to explore the career of Cruel's producer, Aaron Sprinkle, as Cruel to Be Young has become a cult classic and an essential piece in the legendary producer's catalogue. Using just tracks that I've written about over the year+ I've been blogging, I made a playlist celebrating Aaron Sprinkle's career.
IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL. I'm going to post the Spotify playlist here and talk briefly about each track and why it is quintessential Sprinkle. This is an unofficial list. I may be missing some from my blog, and there are certainly other artists such as MxPx, Poor Old Lu, and Gatsby's American Dream, but I decided to stick with the ones I've written about.
1. "Sick in the Teeth" by Jonezetta is today's song of the day. Featuring legendary Pedro the Lion frontman David Bazan with whom Sprinkle had worked with before co-writing Pedro's 2002 album Control, "Sick in the Teeth" was probably intended as an indie passing of the torch. Unfortunately, the torch extinguished quickly after this album's release. "Sick in the Teeth" is a wistful memory of what could have been.
4. "Should You Return" by Copeland. Aaron Sprinkle has mentioned in several podcasts that he enjoyed co-producing Copeland's You Are My Sunshine just to watch Aaron Marsh work.
5. "Glory/Us" by Acceptance. Phantomsis another cult classic that Sprinkle is always asked about. The production on this album interested Anberlin when it came time to record their first album.
7. "Someday" by Aaron Sprinkle ft. Matty Mullins. For Sprinkle's last record with Tooth & Nail, Real Life, he assembled a dream team of fellow musicians and made a late '80s/early '90s vibey album. For this track Sprinkle sings with lead singer of hard rock band Memphis May Fire who had recently crossed over into Christian Rock.
9. "Broken Heart" by Falling Up. Crashingsis an underrated album in Sprinkle's catalogue. In fact, I've never heard anything about the production. When I was growing up, it always made me think what if Linkin Park was a boyband?
10. "Don't Blink" by Relient K. While Collapsible Lungis arguably the worst Relient K album, it was actually not due to Aaron Sprinkle's co-production or the quality of the songs. It was just the wrong album that nobody wanted from the K.
11. "Sun" (Acoustic) by Mae. Aaron Sprinkle has only worked with Mae on one project, the B-sides to their acclaimed debut album Destination: Beautiful.
12. "Disappearing World" by Fair. Another track with Aaron Sprinkle on lead vocals.
14. "Look How Far We've Come" by Corey Crowder. There's a fun story about this record on the Randy Torres episode of Labeled. Check out the post to find the link.
And that's all for today. I'm sure I'll be adding to this playlist as I blog.
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7. "Someday" by Aaron Sprinkle ft. Matty Mullins. For Sprinkle's last record with Tooth & Nail, Real Life, he assembled a dream team of fellow musicians and made a late '80s/early '90s vibey album. For this track Sprinkle sings with lead singer of hard rock band Memphis May Fire who had recently crossed over into Christian Rock. 
9. "Broken Heart" by Falling Up. Crashings is an underrated album in Sprinkle's catalogue. In fact, I've never heard anything about the production. When I was growing up, it always made me think what if Linkin Park was a boyband?
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