Era Was, by The Spires

Era Was

by The Spires

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dr.kr The Spires always have at least one song that rewards repeated listening for hours at a time. On Era Was, that song is Doomed Submarine--an apt metaphor for Life and Livin' It, as Sinkane sings (sinkane.bandcamp.com) Favorite track: Doomed Submarine.

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1.	Suburban Eyes 01:59	buy track
2.	Actor In a Plot 02:44	buy track
3.	Half An Idea 02:50	buy track
4.	Digital Mind 02:22	buy track
5.	Memory of 04:44	buy track
6.	Why Do You Look at Me So Strangely? 04:27	buy track
7.	Process (What's the) 03:24	buy track
8.	Neon 01:54	buy track
9.	Pre Post War 02:18	buy track
10.	Doomed Submarine 05:04	buy track

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"I really enjoy my other Spires records, so I was looking forward to this one. I picked it up on the first week it was out. Now I’m playing it every day. Sometimes, I even put on headphones and just listen to it. It’s rare that I do any of these things" - Razorcake

The latest salvo from Ventura, CA’s Spires highlights this duo’s adept distillation of nonchalance, charm, and intelligence, all by way of a mid-fidelity aesthetic wherein clangy guitars hitch a ride atop subtle traces of vibrato and stray undercurrents of organ. The album’s title is apt, as the Spires have a tendency to stretch back and purloin some of the most enticing attributes from former head-of-the-class indie institutions Pavement, Yo La Tengo, and Versus, while bearing enough elasticity to summon earlier epochs (think Wire circa “Outdoor Miner”) and even more negligibly the Velvets. Era Was is one of those rare records that’s both a thoroughly engaging listen in the here and now, and an immediate incentive to excavate the band’s past endeavors. Jack Rabid - Big Takeover

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released January 22, 2021

SPIRES GROUP:
Brook Dalton - Drums
J Morgan - Everything Else

All tracks recorded at Zoom Spark by Jason – 2020

Justin Dullum - Mastering
Chris Larsen - CD layout
Gothic hospital palms - JM

All songs – Fop Music 2021
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