Squire - Get Smart! (2007)

Recorded in London and Los Angeles, this was Squire's most ambitious project, full of lush strings, horns, harpsichord, and piano as well as the usual guitar bass drums. In complete contrast to the white sleeved hand printed sparse/stripped down Fan Club album just a year earlier, this record celebrated the pop song in technicolor, with its vibrant sleeve, lyric insert and poster included! The album was mixed, half at Jacob's Studio (The Life, Jesamine etc) which brought out the British pop sensibilities and half at Ocean Way, L.A (Take A Look, You're The One etc) touched by the California sun. Ocean Way had previously been Western Recorders where The Beach Boys had recorded most of their songs, and still used the same echo chambers.