Amazon Releases Songs of Summer-A Collection of Original Recordings Exclusively Streaming on Prime Music
Artists including Passenger, Matt Nathanson, Brandi Carlile, Kate Voegele, Sublime with Rome, The Strumbellas, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Ryan Bingham, The Mountain Goats and more are featured on Songs of Summer singing newly-written summer songs or new renditions of popular summer songs
Prime members can listen to the entire collection at no additional cost to their membership on compatible devices that support Amazon Music, including Amazon Echo, Fire devices, iPads, iPhones, Android devices, Sonos Players, the Web and more-songs can also be downloaded for offline listening on mobile devices
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 3, 2016-- (NASDAQ: AMZN)-Amazon today announced the release of Songs of Summer, a collection of more than 30 original recordings available exclusively for streaming on Prime Music and purchase on Amazon in the US, UK, Germany, Austria, and Japan. New renditions of popular summer songs include Brandi Carlile singing her version of The Beach Boys classic God Only Knows, Beats Antique covering the famed song Cruel Summer originally from Bananarama, and Passenger putting his spin on Otis Redding's (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay. Newly-written songs can be heard from artists like Baio of Vampire Weekend, Kate Voegele, Sublime with Rome, and more.
Prime members have loved listening to the original music we've released, from Amazon Acoustics to Indie for the Holidays, and we're thrilled to continue to offer new, interesting music and more ways to discover great artists with today's debut of Songs of Summer, stated Steve Boom, VP of Digital Music for Amazon. It is an eclectic mix of songs from different eras and genres, perfect for summertime listening, and we can't wait for customers and Prime members to enjoy.
The idea for Summer Dream' was to write a song about summer, without directly referring to it. When I was a kid, summer seemed to last forever; it felt almost endless, and that's where the chorus came from-this feeling of summer endlessly meandering along while the verses of the song are all images associated with that feeling: stones in a creek, music in the sunshine, road trips, a lazy dream, stated Zach Gill of ALO. Amazon gave us the creative freedom to make this song something really special for listeners-a summer dream, warm, wistful and winding with music.
God Only Knows' is quite possibly the best song ever written. The Beach Boys will always sound like summer to me, no matter what time of year it is. Mike McCready's guitar playing really brings out the sun for me, stated Brandi Carlile.
Recording a summer song for Amazon gave us the opportunity to think outside the box. We have an affinity for chill 70's music and Seals & Crofts' Summer Breeze' came to mind-we wanted to fit what we liked about the song into a more mysterious and haunting landscape, so we replaced a lot of the soft-rock instrumentation with baritone guitars and washed out tremolo, plus we threw a trumpet in for good measure, stated Escondido. We're grateful to Amazon for having us be a part of the Songs of Summer playlist and hope everyone enjoys listening.
We are so excited to work with Amazon for an exclusive release of our new song Secrets'- we've been wanting to share it with you all, stated Rome. We hope you enjoy!
Throughout the summer, Amazon will also debut official and live performance videos with featured artists on Songs of Summer like Oh Pep!, Kate Voegele, Escondido, Fort Frances, and more. The full track listing for Songs of Summer can be found below. More information, including how to listen, can be found at www.amazon.com/songsofsummer.
Newly-written songs:
ALO- Summer Dream (We Got The Time)
Baio (of Vampire Weekend)- Don't Fight Fate
Benji Hughes- Summersong
Blitzen Trapper- Summer Rain
Dirty Heads- So Long
Kate Voegele- Must Be Summertime
Kris Orlowski- Indian Summer
Ryan Bingham- Kindred Mountain High
Ryan Miller (of Guster)- June Summer Moon
Stephen Kellogg- I Will Be Crazy For You
Sublime with Rome- Secrets
The Kin- Weekend
Newly-recorded songs:
Aoife O'Donovan- Red & White & Blue & Gold (Acoustic)
Beats Antique- Cruel Summer
Big Jesus- The Last Day of Summer
Brandi Carlile- God Only Knows
Christian Lopez Band- Dancing in the Moonlight
Eric Hutchinson- Don't Worry, Be Happy
Escondido- Summer Breeze
Fort Frances- Summer in the City
Globelamp- California Sun
Laura Gibson- Sunny Afternoon
LOLO- The Boys of Summer
Matt Nathanson- Gold in the Summertime (Acoustic)
Michael Franti & Spearhead- Summertime Is In Our Hands (Acoustic)
Oh Pep!- The Swimming Song
Passenger- (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Rob Grote (of The Districts)- Nightswimming
Surfer Blood- A Summer Song
Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones- Walking on Sunshine
The Bright Light Social Hour- Sun King
The Mountain Goats- Summer
The Secret Sisters- Sealed with a Kiss
The Staves- Photobooth
The Strumbellas- Summer of 69
The Wild Reeds- Surfer Girl
About Amazon Music
Prime Music offers Prime members unlimited ad-free access to more than a million songs and thousands of playlists and stations as part of their Prime membership. Prime members can listen to the entire collection at no additional cost to their membership on compatible devices that support Amazon Music, including Amazon Echo, Fire devices, iPads, iPhones, Android devices, Sonos Players, the Web and more, with tracks available to download for anytime, anywhere listening. To find out more on how to listen visit www.amazon.com/howtolisten. Prime members and customers also have access to tens of millions of tracks to purcha
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Amazon Releases Songs of Summer-A Collection of Original Recordings Exclusively Streaming on Prime Music 
