Hamilton, Ontario's David O'Connor, better known as Sweet Dave, recently shared the first single from his upcoming sophomore LP Pink Dreams. You can watch the video for the buzzing goth-pop tune "The Long Ride" on YouTube now. Nathan Belgrave shot and edited the clip.
Pink Dreams follows O'Connor's first solo effort, 2017's psych-heavy Mental Jails. Dave attributed that record to his then-touring gothic cabaret ensemble Sweet Dave and The Shallow Graves. The latter are absent from this outing. London Ontario's Yeah Right Records will issue the 8-song set on vinyl on March 13.
You may recognize Sweet Dave as the frontman of the garage-punk group TV Freaks. That band's been working on their follow-up to 2015's Deranged-released Bad Luck Charms, and I wouldn't be surprised to see it this year. Over the past few years, O'Connor's been working as a tattoo artist, contributing album art to bands like PRIORS, and contributing to Freaks-adjacent musical projects like Pneumatic Tube and Uncontrollable Urge.
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