March 28, 2025

200! SPACEMEN 3’S PETE KEMBER (AKA SONIC BOOM) ON THE BEACH BOYS’ SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!)

1 hour 20 minutes

Returning guest Pete Kember (aka Sonic Boom) is back, and better than ever, as he tackles the 9th LP by The Beach Boys. As it says in David Leaf’s 1990 CD two-fer liner notes: “After side two of Today!, it didn’t seem possible that Brian could return to these simpler themes, but for one last album, he found a way to combine Capitol’s commercial demands with his artistic calling.” Stay tuned, Pete’ll be back for one of our many episodes on SMiLE!

Here’s just a few of the many things that Pete discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

How Pete’s obsession with The Beach Boys began;

An in-depth conversation about Brian Wilson’s first acid trip in April 1965;

A consensus on Bruce Johnston’s entrance into the band;

Exactly how influenced Animal Collective’s Panda Bear is by The Beach Boys;

Brian’s absolute hatred of his vocal for “Let Him Run Wild”;

And the great “filler” debate, specifically with regard to exactly how much of it mars this record.

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