Spinto Band

Moonwink

Spinto Band - Moonwink

10/07/2008 | Park The Van Records 

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Songs from Moonwink

  • Pumpkins And Pasiley

    • All Music Guide Review

    Following up the their well-received 2006 effort, Nice and Nicely Done, Delaware indie rockers Spinto Band deliver more angular, rambunctiously creative pop on 2008's Moonwink. Although Spinto Band remain devoted to artful songcraft, longtime fans may find themselves missing some of the more emotionally resonant electro-pop of Nice and Nicely Done. Nonetheless, Spinto Band are a ceaselessly melodic ensemble and here they mix such pop touchstones as '60s psychedelic pop and '80s new wave with a kind of general indie pop sensibility. Such tracks as leadoff cut "Later On" and the bubbly "Summer Grof" are frothy, immaculately executed nuggets of neo-sunshine pop that should draw quick comparisons to classic acts like the Kinks as well as contemporary acts like the Futureheads. However, the truth is somewhere in between, as Spinto Band are neither a classicist pop act nor are they as mathematically post-punk as the Futureheads. That said, there is a thick strain of vaudeville running through much of Moonwink that comes through most prominently on such aptly named mid-album tracks as "The Carnival," "The Cat's Pajamas," and "They All Laughed." Here Spinto Band pile on the nasal vocal harmonies over piano, horns, and driving beats -- as well as the occasional wolf whistle and backing "la la la" -- essentially revealing themselves as a kind of modern indie rock take on British music hall. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide

    Moonwink Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Later On
  • 3:33
  • Sound Clip for Later On from Moonwink


  • 2
  • Vivian, Don't
  • 2:42
  • Sound Clip for Vivian, Don't from Moonwink


  • 3
  • Summer Grof
  • 2:25
  • Sound Clip for Summer Grof from Moonwink


  • 4
  • The Carnival
  • 3:24
  • Sound Clip for The Carnival from Moonwink


  • 5
  • Needlepoint
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Needlepoint from Moonwink


  • 6
  • The Cat's Pajamas
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for The Cat's Pajamas from Moonwink


  • 7
  • They All Laughed
  • 3:21
  • Sound Clip for They All Laughed from Moonwink


  • 8
  • Pumpkins & Paisley
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for Pumpkins & Paisley from Moonwink


  • 9
  • Ain't This the Truth
  • 3:20
  • Sound Clip for Ain't This the Truth from Moonwink


  • 10
  • Alphabetical Order
  • 2:38
  • Sound Clip for Alphabetical Order from Moonwink


  • 11
  • The Black Flag
  • 3:48
  • Sound Clip for The Black Flag from Moonwink


    • Moonwink Notes

    After constant touring and the worldwide release of their acclaimed album Nice and Nicely Done, The Spinto Band found themselves eager to record new material. The band took it upon themselves to oversee the assembly of their next album. After half a year of rehearsing, arranging, demoing and perfecting the songs that would sculpt Moonwink, the band personally contacted Producer / Engineer Dave Trumfio (Wilco, Built To Spill, Billy Bragg, Mates of State) and Mixing Engineer Tchad Blake (Tom Waits, Los Lobos, Cibo Matto, Paul Simon). After hearing the band's striking new songs, the two recording veterans were excited to work with the bright young composers, and plans were soon hatched to begin work on the band's second major release.

    The band first ventured to North East Los Angeles where they spent five weeks recording with Trumfio in a converted sweatshop. Then, with the fruits of their labor in hand, they traversed the ocean and arrived in a small English village where, amid cow pastures and skid pan racetracks, Tchad Blake lent his sonic expertise to the mixing process. With Moonwink complete The Spinto Band was once again ready to dazzle listeners with their skewed approach to song-craft.

    The new recordings fortify The Spinto Band's ability to interlace rich, textured guitars, unconventional orchestration and multiple-part vocal harmonies into exciting new avenues of indie-pop. The music is at once outlandish, kinetic and luminous, while still restrained in a way that pays homage to the classic pop song, bringing to mind a contemporary coagulum of, Bacharach, Beatles, Berlin, and Bowie.

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