Daniel Gugins, where are you now?
And hey, did you ever get over that “S.”?
At the time Daniel Gugins unleashed his self-released CD “S.” on an unsuspecting and deeply uninterested world (circa 1999) he was working for Slimline Sunrooms in my hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In fact, he was building a sunroom in my dad’s house. He gave my pop a copy of “S.” which, upon hearing, I promptly pilfered. Like that other musical oddball of the same first name, Gugins is obsessed with a particular woman who serves as a bottomless muse for his over-the-top home-recorded homages. There are also a few differences between the two. Johnston is a troubled genius. Gugins…is not. Gugins wears jean shirts embossed with the Slimline logo. Johnston…has likely not. But I’m telling you, this “S.”, it’s a truly great pop album. It’s all handcrafted. Like a sunroom. And it unselfconsciously conveys his love for a woman who obviously could not, even with great effort, get any more over him. Like a sunroom. And whoo boy, that Gugins can cobble together a chorus of choice cliché! But this is pop music, and somehow, don’t ask me how, I don’t even want to know how…it works. It really works. You will laugh at Daniel Gugins. You will feel sorry for Daniel Gugins (or at least be awed by his cringe-inducing lack of self-insight). You will tap your feet and bob your head. You will also help me make Daniel Gugins very slightly semi-famous so he can bring sunshine into the darkest corners of everyone’s houses. If you please: Go forth, download, and Guginsify. Then help me spread the Gospel of Gugins. Hallelujah and Fiat Lux.
And hey, did you ever get over that “S.”?
At the time Daniel Gugins unleashed his self-released CD “S.” on an unsuspecting and deeply uninterested world (circa 1999) he was working for Slimline Sunrooms in my hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In fact, he was building a sunroom in my dad’s house. He gave my pop a copy of “S.” which, upon hearing, I promptly pilfered. Like that other musical oddball of the same first name, Gugins is obsessed with a particular woman who serves as a bottomless muse for his over-the-top home-recorded homages. There are also a few differences between the two. Johnston is a troubled genius. Gugins…is not. Gugins wears jean shirts embossed with the Slimline logo. Johnston…has likely not. But I’m telling you, this “S.”, it’s a truly great pop album. It’s all handcrafted. Like a sunroom. And it unselfconsciously conveys his love for a woman who obviously could not, even with great effort, get any more over him. Like a sunroom. And whoo boy, that Gugins can cobble together a chorus of choice cliché! But this is pop music, and somehow, don’t ask me how, I don’t even want to know how…it works. It really works. You will laugh at Daniel Gugins. You will feel sorry for Daniel Gugins (or at least be awed by his cringe-inducing lack of self-insight). You will tap your feet and bob your head. You will also help me make Daniel Gugins very slightly semi-famous so he can bring sunshine into the darkest corners of everyone’s houses. If you please: Go forth, download, and Guginsify. Then help me spread the Gospel of Gugins. Hallelujah and Fiat Lux.
Sample mp3:
Full download: http://www.zshare.net/download/9761694754de5f/
