Label: Aviate

Reissued 3/28/2025, Originally released 2005

The cult classic sophomore full-length album from multi-instrumentalist mainstay Bryce Avary, aka The Rocket Summer, is now available for the first time ever on translucent yellow and opaque pink & white double vinyl which includes four additional unreleased recordings. Featuring the tracks, Brat Pack and Never Knew, and recorded while Avary was freshly 21 years old, "Hello, good friend." catapulted TRS into a now over two full decade career of album releases and worldwide headlining tours to a fervent army of fans. This is also the first ever vinyl pressing featuring the original album cover in its entirety. Limited to 1,100 copies. "Bursting with creativity, "Hello, good friend." is everything a sophomore set of sing-alongs should be: Exuberant, elegant, and as its name suggests, a proper introduction for the uninitiated." - Alternative Press "Chock full of hooks." - Los Angeles Times "I don't remember the last time I heard something as refreshingly different as this new album from The Rocket Summer." - Dallas Morning News "We're not talking simple acoustic solo stuff here, the music Bryce makes as The Rocket Summer is lush, explosively catchy and artful power pop that hints at a new Brian Wilson or Prince in the making. Keep an eye out on this one." - Austin City Limits

Track listing:

1. Move to the Other Side of the Block
2. I Was So Alone
3. Around the Clock
4. I'm Doing Everything (For You)
5. Tell Me Something Good
6. Never Knew
7. Brat Pack
8. Treasures
9. Story
10. Goodbye Waves and Driveways
11. Show Me Everything You've Got
12. Destiny
13. Christmas Present
14. I Was So Alone - Original Bedroom Demo, 2004
15. Never Knew - Original Bedroom Demo, 2004
16. I'm Doing Everything (For You) - Original Bedroom Demo, 2004
17. Goodbye Waves and Driveways - Original Bedroom Demo, 2004