The Elephant Six Recording Company - Sunshine Fix
SUNSHINE FIX


Photo by Amy Hairston

The Sunshine Fix is the recording project of Bill Doss. He began using this moniker back when he was still in high school, long before joining The Olivia Tremor Control.

There was a self-released cassette on Elephant 6 entitled A Spiraling World of Pop. Some of these songs would later reincarnate on The Olivia Tremor Control albums.

In November 1999 a 7"single was released containing tracks Beaconary Word and Last Night I Had A Dream.

In August 2000, Kindercore released an EP called The Future History Of A Sunshine Fix. Bill himself played most of the instruments, but there were also contributions from John, Will, Peter and Eric (all members of The Olivia Tremor Control and The Black Swan Network), Scott Spillane and Jeremy Barnes (The Gerbils and Neutral Milk Hotel), Derek Almstead (Of Montreal) and John D'Azzo (The Gerbils).

Also in August 2000, there were 2 tracks released on a couple compilation CDs. Currency Exchange Communion appeared on U.S. Pop Life, Volume 5 - Athens: The Invention to be Nobody & Nowhere and the song Ordinary Extraordinary appeared on the Kindercore Fifty CD.

In the summer of 2001, a more permanent band line-up was assembled with Kevin Sweeney on guitar and Sam Mixon on bass. A single for That Ole Sun was released in December 2001.

A full-length album, entitled The Age of the Sun, was released in January 2002 on Emperor Norton. Some of the contributors were Derek Almstead & Jamey Huggins (both of the band Of Montreal) and Neil Cleary (Essex Green).

Their second record, Green Imagination was released on SpinArt in August 2004.

Official web page: www.thesunshinefix.com

Other projects involving Sunshine Fix members:
The Olivia Tremor Control

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ALBUMS FORMAT LABEL RELEASE DATE
A Spiraling World of Pop Cass. Elephant 6
(private release)
1993
Age of the Sun CD/LP Emperor Norton/Kindercore
(EMN 7048)
Jan. 2002
Green Imagination CD SpinArt Aug. 2004

SINGLES / EPs FORMAT LABEL RELEASE DATE
Sunshine Fix 7" Elephant6 Oct. 1999
The Future History of a Sunshine Fix CD Kindercore
(KC 054)
Aug. 2000
That Ole Sun 7" Emperor Norton Dec. 2001

COMPILATIONS SONG FORMAT LABEL RELEASE DATE
The Powerpuff Girls:
Heroes And Villains
(credited as The Bill Doss)
Friends Win CD/ Cass Rhino
(Rhino 75848)
July 2000
U.S. Pop Life, Volume 5 - Athens: The Invention to be Nobody & Nowhere Currency Exchange Communion CD Contact
(CR 012)
Aug. 2000
Kindercore Fifty Ordinary Extraordinary 3x CD Kindercore
(KC 050)
Aug. 2000
Beikoku Ongaku Vol.16 Sounds Around You CD + mag Beikoku Ongaku 2000
Birthday Girl Age of the Sun movie soundtrack 2001

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