Spiral Beach ( http://www.spiralbeach.com/ )
The Only Really ThingSparks ( http://www.sparksmusic.com @sparkstoronto )
By Scott Thomson
Dec 6, 2009
Like their contemporaries in Los Campesinos, one of the biggest attributes Toronto band Spiral Beach has going for it is youthfulness. Between the four members I would be surprised if their total ages eclipse 85.
It is what makes them such a great band to see live. They always seem to have too much energy for the stage, and it often spills over into the audience. The problem is, sometimes this energy cannot be channeled into record, when in the studio.
My main complaint about the record is that Spiral Beach’s sound can get to be a bit much in long doses, and the 13 tracks found on The Only Real Thing seem a few too many. None of the songs are bad, but I think this record would have been better if they took three or four of the weaker songs off, and then released a follow-up ep.
Hell, they could potentially have made more money that way too.
By Scott Thomson
Aug 30, 2010
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