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From The Desk Of The Rentals’ Matt Sharp: Rodrigo Amarante And Dalila Carmo

mattsharplogobThe multimedia Songs About Time is an ongoing project from the Rentals, the revolving-door band founded 15 years ago by then Weezer bassist Matt Sharp. Songs About Time finds Sharp and Co. collaborating with a cast of about 50 filmmakers, designers, producers, editors and artists. They began this year-long experiment January 1 and have since made a new black-and-white film every week, not to mention documenting the process with a daily photo diary and recording three mini-albums. (All of this content can be found on the band’s website.) As if Sharp wasn’t busy enough, he is also guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read his introduction.

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Sharp: Dalila Carmo is a great television, film and theater actress from Lisbon. She has been one of my best friends for as long as I can remember. Rodrigo Amarante, whom I’ve only just met, is the singer from the band Little Joy. I suppose Rodrigo is most well-known for the records he recorded with Los Hermanos. And somehow they both remind me of a little bit Guillermo Del Toro. I’ve just started talking with the both of them about the Portuguese voiceovers they will record for the final season of Songs About Time, which starts in October. One of the great joys this year has been all of the new friendships that have come together through undertaking of this project. All of the help we’ve received from people like Rodrigo, Dalila, Nikolai Fraiture, Emilie Simon and Gorka from Berri Txarrak has really been one of the great and unexpected blessings of this year. Video after the jump.