The Rentals

The Pop-Rock outfit The Rentals was the side project of singer+songwriter Matt Sharp, former bassist for Weezer, he started his own band in 1995 in Los Angeles, California USA, with vocalist Cherielynn Westrich, guitarist Rod Cervera, violinist Petra Haden, keyboardist Jim Richards and drummer Patrick Wilson.

The group released in October 1995 "Return Of The Rentals", which incorporated the early '80s New Wave sounds with plenty of Moog synthesizer, the set entered the top 20 of the Billboard Magazine's Heatseekers Albums chart highlighted by the single "Friends Of P.", it reached #7 on The Modern Rock chart and cracked The Billboard Hot 100; the band supported the release with a string of dates opening for Garbage and Blur.
After the second Weezer full-length disc, in February 1998 Sharp announced that he was leaving the band in order to work full time on his own creation; The Rentals team this season include Cervera, Richards and the new drummer Kevin March with guest appearances by Damon Alborn from Blur, Tim Wheeler from Ash and once again, Petra Haden; the second album, "Seven More Minutes", was finally released in the spring of 1999.

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Return Of The Rentals

(1995)

1. The Love I'm Searching For
2. Waiting
3. Friends Of P.
4. Move On
5. Please Let That Be You
6. My Summer Girl
7. Brilliant Boy
8. Naive
9. These Days
10. Sweetness And Tenderness

 

Seven More Minutes

(1999)

1. Getting By
2. Hello, Hello
3. She Says It's Alright
4. The Cruise
5. Barcelona
6. Say Goodbye Forever
7. Overlee
8. Big Daddy C.
9. Keep Sleeping
10. The Man With Two Brains
11. Must Be Wrong
12. Insomnia
13. It's Alright [reprise]
14. My Head Is In The Sun
15. Jumping Around

 

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