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ComePickMeUp999
Love this acoustic version of The Living Things, soo good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZIjAtZWfwU&list=PLA0FDtKTjMMIJRjyeLC2kDPCO9WmfyR90&index=1
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radioinmotion
New album coming up already? That's fine by me. Shy Pursuit is holding up pretty nicely.
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canopiesngrapes
I interviewed the Spinto Band for Issue 23 of DrunkenWerewolf: http://www.drunkenwerewolf.com/fanzine/current-issue/
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ResonantDiscord
If anyone is looking to get an idea of what the album is about a wrote a little review here: http://thebomberjacket.com/2012/05/01/the-shy-pursuit-of-happiness-2/
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ResonantDiscord
From what I understand, with Moonwink, they used a lot of material that had been tabled for a few years, so that would obviously effect the feel of that record, purely because it wasn't written all at the same time. Now, with their new studio that they hand built, you can kind of hear a certain level of comfortable confidence, and that they were making a record that they wanted to make, not caring about what sound they might have had in the past. "Muesli" and "Take It" are some textbook pop songs – almost like they were channeling Roy Orbison or Buddy Holly, along with some Pinkerton riffs.
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StuTheShoe
Really like the new album. As far as what others were saying about it sounding very cohesive, I agree. It sounds like they had a very well thought out idea for the sound they were going for on Shy Pursuit. However, in doing so it sounds like they may have curbed some of their more eccentric harmonic tendencies. "Muesli" and "The Living Things" are basically I-IV-V songs and "Leave Yourself Alone" never breaks key. Even the more harmonically tame songs on Moonwink like "Summer Grof" and "The Black Flag" had some very interesting changes for rock/pop music. I was pretty fond of those off the wall changes and arrangements. But I see that they were going for something different on this one and that's fine. They're both good records with catchy songs.
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radioinmotion
@ResonantDiscord You hit the nail on the head, "wholly substantial" is a great way to describe it. Don't get me wrong, Moonwink has some really good stuff on it, but it doesn't have the cohesiveness of this one. You can really feel that the band had a clear vision of what they wanted this album to be; sometimes on Moonwink it felt less like an "album" and more like a random combination of songs. Every song on Shy Pursuit just blends into the next one so damn well. I also agree that they pushed themselves, there are some really awesome arrangements going on.
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ResonantDiscord
@the_sofa_den I totally agree. The album feels wholly substantial. I felt that Moonwink had a lot of wholes and didn't seem so much of a conscious effort. This, however, is very conscious and well put together. You can also tell that they've pushed themselves and have progressed as a group, which was another criticism to Moonwink.
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radioinmotion
Shy Pursuit features some of their best work yet. Too early to tell, but it could end up being my favorite album of theirs on the whole.
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ResonantDiscord
The new album most certainly does not suck. I would actually say that it is rather fantastic!
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kissesneverdie
Wow. Airport > Franco Prussian. Seriously, who chose that A-side? Big mistake.
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