Spine To Sea

Stares, The
Web of Mimicry
General | Jan 2006

Reviews

Ben Wolfson
Reviewed 2006-02-10
Dreamy, melancholy/romantic pop with some nice arrangements courtesy Eyvind Kang. Male and female vox, generally slow-moving melodies and tempos. Many of the songs (eg 1, 5) have a torchy feel, though they are not torch songs. The album as a whole is pretty samey.
Best: 1, 4, 6,

1: Sultry female vocals, glacial but excellent brass arrangement (love the French horn).
2: Primarily male vocals, this is more straight-ahead in arrangement, plodding drums.
3: Male/female tradeoff on vocals. Stirring string arrangement and chiming guitars.
4: Minute-long spare instrumental lead-in. Noiry lyrics; female vox. This song is very slow. Rises to a relatively intense (but no faster) climax.
5: Mostly instrumental in the beginning, full arrangement. Female vox.
6: Male vox. Upbeat (relative to the rest), with a more active arrangement.
7: Duet.
8: This track has a bass clarinet, which is good, but is otherwise fairly ordinary.

Recent airplay

From The Sky
Rock in a PositionMar 09, 2006
Killing Time
From The Sky
Rock in a PositionMar 02, 2006
Disconnected Again
Foreplay and Sex WaxFeb 22, 2006
From The Sky
Biff Bang PowFeb 18, 2006
Disconnected Again
Rock in a PositionFeb 16, 2006

Charting

2006-02-12 — 2006-04-16
Week EndingAirplays
Mar 12 1
Mar 5 2
Feb 26 1
Feb 19 4

Track listing

1. Disconnected Again
2. 8,000 Feeet
3. Killing Time
4. From The Sky
5. 1 2 3
6. On Repeat
7. Fine Arts
8. Forget The Souvenirs