Album Notes

:: BIO by Sly :: I like to think of The Miles as a blistering and fiery cosmic flame streaking through the night sky at warp 9.997, and me as a time-traveling pirate in a fresh, pink mini-skirt crying myself to sleep every night during the Reagan administration. Its this kind of oxymoronic relationship that patterns The Miles' elusive wit and musical boundary-bending. Not really, but kind of. It's like when you just listen to some songwriting rock band and think to yourself: "I grew up with some of the same records as these kids". So, it's like that and it's nicely done, and nowhere, ANYWHERE IN ANY MILES SONG WILL YOU HEAR "THINKING" AND "DRINKING" PLACED IN RHYME. GUARANTEED! Certain rules exist for a reason. Ok, some music writers have praised the songwriting as both unique AND quality. They have also praised the band for a sweet, tasteful delivery completely free of any "stage moves". Fake passion just looks stupid. Best way to know for yourself is to download some songs, come to a show, or just browse the pictures section while your boyfriend is sleeping. ~Sly Perkins :: RECENT PRESS :: "Ladies and gentlemen, the cutest band in Sacramento.......The Miles!" -Kevin Seconds =========== "...The Miles are really good." -Alive and Kicking =========== "...very excellent songs, and the band does them full justice. Really good show." -Alive and Kicking =========== "...[The] songwriting focuses pop and indie-rock into some memorable three-minute numbers," ".... This process is also what makes The Miles interesting." -Sacramento News and Review ============ "A band of sidemen " Dave Brockman's new trio, the Miles, exemplifies the best the Sac-pop sound has to offer By Christian Kiefer (Sacramento News and Review) Sacramento has a long history of pop songwriting. Marshaled, in many ways, around Kevin Seconds' Poprockit label; a series of SacPop compilation albums (the latest being SacPop 3); and bands and musicians such as Anton Barbeau, California Oranges, Popgun and the Kimberly Trip, the Sac-pop scene has become one of our most recognizable musical exports. As a result, the pop-songwriting bar is set pretty high in this town. When competing with the caliber of pop songwriting Sacramento has to offer, the average songsmith must be pretty darned good just to keep up with the locals. David Brockman is pretty darned good. In fact, he's better than that; he's the kind of songwriter that other songwriters speak of with a kind of reverence. What's surprising, though, is not how good Brockman's songs are, but rather that he has been known around town for years--not as a songwriter but as one of the most in-demand sidemen in town. It is as a sideman that Brockman came to form one of the area's most exciting new pop bands, the Miles. The Miles is, at heart, a trio of sidemen. Bassist Shawn Hale is a veteran of various Anton Barbeau-fronted bands. Drummer Garin Casaleggio also has worked with Barbeau, and Brockman was a member of the band Ian Faith in the late 1980s. And, for five years, Brockman worked with Rusty Miller and Eric Bianchi in Jackpot. But it took local legend David Houston to bring the three of them together. "I met Garin when I was playing with Jackpot," Brockman recalled, "and saw him a few times playing with David Houston. Later, I sat in with David, and that's where I met Shawn." The trio worked so well together that when Brockman decided to work on some of his own material, it was natural to ask them to join in--first as a backing band for his project and later as full-fledged band members. "I like the band thing, and that's where I wanted it to go," Brockman admitted. "When I asked Garin and Shawn if they wanted to do a band thing, they said, 'Yeah, Dave, let's do a band thing.'" By January of this year, the project that had begun as Brockman's solo project became known as the Miles. "I still write the songs and bring them in," Brockman said. "Then we dive in and tal