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Cute Clown Girl finds Clown Boy. Portland Oregon
Clown Makeup

1st single off of Smoochknob's new album
MEET ME HALF THE WAY by SMOOCHKNOB.
From the album DRIVE BY HIGH FIVE (In Stores Spring 2013)

Director Freddy Heath. A Smoochfilms Production. In association with DRD Records
Producers: Freddy Heath, Javier Canteras, Donnie Rife
Written by Freddy Heath & John Hart
Director of photography: Nathan Luppino
Assistant Director: John Hart

Fimed in Portland Oregon, Camas, Washington, The Avalon Theater, Wonderland, Liberty Theater, Max Portland. Thanks Sam Adams for all your support. Portlandia is an amazing backdrop.

Starring:
Jael Cox as Clown Girl
Gabe Menkus as Clown Boy

Featuring:
Jeremy Burr, Domanique Burr, Javier Canteras, Craig McCarthy, Jesse Zander Corum, Nichole Curtis, Ellie Hakala, John Hart, Elliott Rife, Julian Rife, Lisa Rife, Karl Whinnery

Bio:
"Meet Me Half The Way" by Portland Oregon's Smoochknob is about finding your place in life and finding your "people" Donnie Rife (lead singer / drummer) started to write the song when his wife was 8 months pregnant with their first child, Julian (Jude) now four years old. He left it unfinished, mainly because it was not a typical Smoochknob pop punk anthem. Fast forward two year later... Smoochknob started working on their new album DRIVE BY HIGH FIVE. They decided early on not to stick to the normal formula used to guide them in the past. Instead, agreeing "Let's just record the best songs we have, regardless of them fitting into our normal style". Donnie had a back log of pop songs and song ideas that he and Javier Canteras (lead guitarist) started laying down. The end result is what many have described as Smoochknob's most mature and game changing release to date. "Our goal was to record an album without worrying about sounding like the previous records. We all love and write so many different types of music. We wanted to showcase this on our new record. Javi and I -- and I think most artists are in the same boat -- have tons of songs that we put into that "someday I will do a side project with these songs" folder. This release allowed us to explore that folder, and be true to ourselves as song writers". Don't get the wrong idea, though. The new album does have a consistency to it. It sounds like Smoochknob. Donnie's pop hooks and catchy, infectious songs abide. "The dude abides"