Rocketship – A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (30th Anniversary Edition)

An outsider, even in its time, the debut from Sacramento’s Rocketship found its footing somewhere between the jangled and jeweled gardens of twee pop and the headier burbling of Radiophonic plug jockeys like Stereolab, Broadcast, and Unrest. The band’s debut feels somehow completely at home among its Slumberland peers and completely incongruous. With singer/songwriter guitarist…