Artist: The Billy Nayer Show
Album: Return To Brigadoon; The Billy Nayer Show
Review: This is another band that I love, and another band with connections to the world of film! The band was named after leader Cory McAbee's first film "Billy Nayer", and he's gone on to make a couple other short films and the feature The American Astronaut, a black-and-white, surreal space-western comedy-musical. (Believe me, it works! I've seen it a bunch of times.... even before it was released on DVD!) This is from the album Return To Brigadoon, and is a re-recording of a song they put on their first self-titled full-length. It's probably my favorite BNS song, it's naive and sweet and actually pretty rockin' as well. Definitely something to check out. (Also, a while ago, Andrew posted "Must Be Santa" from a 7" (and also the short film The Man on the Moon), so you might remember them from that! But this isn't from a film.) Cory McAbee is also an amazing visual artist, who's completely self-taught. The records are kind of hard to find in stores (though I've found them from time to time!), so you can pick them up from the band for a really good price. I especially recommend Return To Brigadoon, The Villain That Love Built and The American Astronaut soundtrack. - Rev. Syung Myung Me