Shake to Shuffle Album Review: Plastic Smiles “deadlines”
Nice to see an honest review of my EP. I agree with everything Jenna had to say about it. Check it out and let me know what you think!
http://shaketoshuffle.com/2011/05/24/album-review-plastic-smiles-deadlines-1212010/
Plastic Smiles interview with tupthev.com
Dave Gomez, 20, Singer/Songwriter
Dave Gomez knows what it’s like to be heartbroken but he also knows how to take and create something positive from it.
The Chicago-based singer/songwriter of Plastic Smiles, may be a one man army, but he’s one with a mission: to meld together his love, influences and hardships to ultimately help bring back the essence of 90’s pop punk.
TuptheV: Can you explain how Plastic Smiles came to be?
DG: In 2008, I was in a band called the Show and Tell. That band broke up in the summer because of musical differences and lack of dedication and stuff like that. I just wanted to continue playing music. I was the singer and bass player in a band before the Show and Tell so I kind of just wanted to continue what I was doing back in 2005.
TuptheV: What exactly is a Plastic Smile?
DG: The name is derived from a song called San Francisco from Alkaline Trio. The lyric is plastic wings and plastic smiles, and salted peanuts to stretch my mile. The whole song is about being on a plane going to San Francisco. I just thought it was a pretty catchy lyric.
After [The Show and Tell] broke up, I was going to start a side project with my friend Travis [Brown], who was trying to start a band. It was going to be more Postal Service-ish, like more electronic. I was going to use [Plastic Smiles] for that but it never really went anywhere. I asked him if I could use the name for this. I mean, I came up with it anyway, but I just had to ask.
TuptheV: What’s the Chicago music scene like?
DG: It’s kind of dead, to be honest. I mean, as far as the local scene goes, it’s going, but at the same time it’s kind of hard to get kids to go to shows these days. I’m hoping to fix that.
