this is yet another chapter in someshines long history,donald pursley is the lead singer/ writer in this once southern california based quartet, although idle for quite a few years as a complete unit, pursley continues to write and record in his santa maria,california home/studio, inspired to pick his guitar up once again after hearing such newcomers as kings of leon,the national,athlete and glasvegas he's managed to piece together 11 solid and catchy tunes which definetely sound better with the stereo up higher than normal,original members and high school classmates ken pacheco,mario ponce,donald pursley,and steve rikimaru, make up someshine,this four piece has been playing together since high school, while ponce has been gone for quite a few years years now, pacheco,pursley and rikimaru continue on. someshines talents are showcased in the title song"crash landing"."most of the songs are love songs" says pursley,"all the songs say something,even if the lyrics aren't too obvious","i use alot of metaphors i guess,always have".asked how this record came about?"well i started writing again last winter, and the songs were just coming fast and steady, i literally had about 40 songs to choose from,not wanting to have a long drawn out record i narrowed it down to 11 songs", and i decided to put a couple songs in there recorded a few years back."i hope everyone that picks up this cd will enjoy it, there were times i had my kid running into the room in the middle of recording,i had to be patient, i think you can actually hear him in the back ground in a few songs(laughs)".influenced early on by the cars and talking heads, tastes expanded into bands on the other side of the pond such as echo and the bunnymen, the house of love, the jesus and marychain and the stone roses."all those bands were just so melodic,and their guitars sounded the way guitars should sound"."im still hoping to write the perfect love song one day"(chuckles pursley).what songs means the most to you on this cd,and why?(long pause)"essence of time" its one of those types of songs where you have to listen to it a few times, then it just clicks,it grows on you. what's it about?(longer pause)"its about missing your chance to do something big" something memorable"nearly missing your last chance.i love your album cover!what inspired that?(laughs)"just being at the right place at the right time,obviously its n.y.c. my favorite place in the world, i was there for 2 weeks playing rhythm guitar for a friend at some shows in all these cool,little clubs all around town,while i was heading back to j.f.k. i kinda uncomfortably spun around in the cab and snapped a shot that i had no idea at the time would be used as my cd cover".nice choice, whats next for someshine?"well i'll continue to write and record, i'd also like to do a proper recording of some earlier songs respectively and give them their due.its tough though being 150 miles north of my bandmates,were forging ahead at a snails pace, were going with a new singer named danny dean, he's got a great baritone voice, deep and sometimes heavy its time to step aside and stick to guitar, we hope to play a few shows in the spring/summer of 2009",well your current cd sure grew on me."thank you","i enjoyed making it".