Coconut Records CD for presale

The debut disc from actor/ex-Phantom Planeteer Jason Schwartzman's new project, Coconut Records, is available for presale on the Coconut Records Web site. The album has been available for download only on all the usual sites, but he is also doing a limited run of CDs.



Schwartzman says pre-orders should ship around the 6th, that the album will only be sold through the site and that each one comes with a "one of a kind item from Jason," which sounds kinda creepy.

The album, "Nighttiming," includes the melodic, melancholy song "West Coast." Both the single and its video -- actually an old video of a skateboarder taking over a museum -- are highly recommended.

Coconut Records site

Stream "West Coast"

Previous Baby Heisman post on Coconut Records

Rushmore Solo Album Club

Dirk, take dictation...

Jason Schwartzman unveiled his solo project, Coconut Records, earlier this month, and he's posted three songs from the upcoming album on his myspace page. It's the same kind of sunny SoCal pop from his Phantom Planet days, but even tighter and catchier, especially "West Coast."

His myspace page has been blowing up (36,000 hits and counting) since a message about Coconut went out to the Weezer faithful. Dave, a =W= die-hard, tipped me off and said Coconut Records' friends doubled in a day. They include: The Strokes, The Shins, Ratatat, Of Montreal, Phantom Planet, Weezer, Rooney, Phoenix, Kings of Leon...

Actor. Coppola nephew. Co-writer on the next Wes Anderson movie. Ex-drummer for the band whose song got picked to be the theme for "The O.C." Now solo artist -- and one certainly worth checking out.

Coconut Records on myspace (including recommended track "West Coast")