The Californian band Sonny and the Sunsets stars in the new event of the initiative galeaSHOWroom in the legendary Muebles Sofás Galea showroom (Getxo).
Part of the concert given last summer by the Californian band is now available on YouTube Sonny and the Sunsets in the furniture store Galea Sofa Bedswithin the initiative galeaSHOWroom. The San Francisco musician Sonya Smith is behind this project that musically caresses with warm pop melodies with an old flavor mixed with rhythm & blues, swing, doo-woop, sixties psychedelia, folk… He began his career in 2000 and since then, he has published more than one fifteen albums (not counting singles and EPs), most of them with the band Sonny and the Sunsets. In it galeaSHOWroom He has been accompanied by Germán Carrascosa (bass and backing vocals) and Fiona Moonchild (drums and backing vocals), and the three songs that have been selected from the concert for the video have been “Something is hold on to”, “Girl on the street” and “Stranded.”
The project galeaSHOWroom born from the unconditional passion for music of those responsible for Galea Sofa Bedsthe first store in the Basque Country (active since 1968) dedicated to the sale of sofas, sofa beds, auxiliary furniture and lighting. After occasionally organizing concerts at their facilities among friends, they decided to take the step and document these musical parties.
The main feature is that the guests do not know who will perform until the last moment, what they call a “secret show.” They record and edit the live concerts held in their legendary Sofás Galea furniture showroom, in short, it is like their small tribute to the improvised concerts in the living room at home surrounded by friends. Thanks to these recordings, the bands have the recording of several of their songs live with high-quality sound and images.
The cycle premiered with McEnroe with Jimena (his daughter) for the 20th Anniversary of the band at Christmas 2022, and continued in February 2023 with the performance of the band from Malaga based in Getxo Goons Lagoon, last spring with the legendary band from Getxo The Communist Tenant, and the gernikarras Audienceother classics of the Basque scene.
It is a production of Galea Home in co-production with Chaostic and Sweet Saúl Music. They have participated Borja Dopico and Juan Dopico (Cameras), Saul Santolaria (Sound and Mixing Engineer) and Juan Dopico (Realization and editing).
