The Spinanes

Imp Years

The Spinanes - Imp Years

04/01/2000 | Merge Records 

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All Music Guide Review

The Spinanes had a particular acumen for deprived sanguine college rock that was as reclusive as their deprived and sanguine fanbase, although Imp Years proved the band was far more caustic than most people gave them credit for. Collecting the band's 1992 pre-Sub Pop 7" singles, this diminutive compilation crawls with abruptness and melancholy. "Messy Shitty" is appropriately named but not unsuccessful, and "Halloween Candy" and "Hawaiian Baby" are quiet, insistent numbers which underline the early talent of Rebecca Gates' voice and her perpetual career-long taste for acoustic passive-aggressiveness. ~ Dean Carlson, All Music Guide

Imp Years Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Suffice
  • 3:49
  • Sound Clip for Suffice from Imp Years


  • 2
  • Halloween Candy
  • 3:33
  • Sound Clip for Halloween Candy from Imp Years


  • 3
  • Rummy
  • 4:21
  • Sound Clip for Rummy from Imp Years


  • 4
  • Hawaiian Baby
  • 5:45
  • Sound Clip for Hawaiian Baby from Imp Years


  • 5
  • Messy Shitty
  • 3:31
  • Sound Clip for Messy Shitty from Imp Years


  • 6
  • Handful of Hearts
  • 4:07
  • Sound Clip for Handful of Hearts from Imp Years


    • Credits of Imp Years

    • Rebecca Gates
    • Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Design, Photography, Layout Design

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