Power pop/alt-rock albums by Rooney, Marvelous 3 to get vinyl release in September

Rooney (named after the principal in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) was formed in high school by singer-songwriter Robert Schwartzman, whose list of celebrity connections is long: brother to actor Jason Schwartzman, cousin to actor Nicolas Cage and director Sofia Coppola, and nephew of Francis Ford Coppola. 

Johnny Ramone selected them for the Ramones tribute album We’re a Happy Family, and the band toured with Weezer, The Strokes, and The Donnas (they also appeared as themselves in the first season of The O.C.).

Their 2003 self-titled debut (produced by Jimmy Iovine among others) sold a half million copies and spawned the top 40 pop hit "I'm Shakin," but has never been out on LP. Real Gone will release it Sept. 8 on LP in metallic gold vinyl housed inside a jacket with printed inner sleeve. 

Track Listing:

A1. Blueside
A2. Stay Away
A3. If It Were Up to Me
A4. I’m a Terrible Person
A5. Popstars
A6. I’m Shakin’

B1. Daisy Duke
B2. Sorry Sorry
B3. That Girl Has Love
B4. Simply Because
B5. Losing All Control

Before Butch Walker produced and/or wrote for such acts as P!nk, Fall Out Boy, Avril Lavigne, Weezer, Green Day, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift, he fronted this fondly-remembered power pop/rock trio. Hey! Album actually first came out as an independent release in 1998, but the band re-recorded almost half of it when they signed to Elektra, who released it in 1999.

The album scored a hit with “Freak of the Week” and introduced Walker’s songwriting to the masses (it also landed Marvelous 3 fashion spreads for Abercrombie & Fitch and Calvin Klein).

This Real Gone Music reissue marks the first time Hey! Album is making it to music retail on vinyl Sept. 8, and for its debut it's being pressed on pink vinyl, with a printed inner sleeve featuring lyrics.

The recently reunited band is doing a short tour in October.

Track Listing:

A1. You’re So Yesterday
A2. Freak of the Week
A3. Until You See
A4. Write It on Your Hand
A5. Let Me Go
A6. Every Monday

B1. Indie Queen
B2. #27
B3. Mrs. Jackson
B4. Over Your Head
B5. Vampires in Love
B6. Lemonade