Artist: Spectrals
Title: Bad Penny
Label: Wichita
Genre: Indie
Bitrate: 248kbit av.
Time: 00:29:06
Size: 54.67 mb
Rip Date: 2011-09-19
Str Date: 2011-10-17
01. Get A Grip 2:51
02. Lockjaw 2:02
03. You Don't Have To Tell Me 3:05
04. Big Baby 2:24
05. Many Happy Returns 3:26
06. You Can't Live On Love Alone 2:11
07. Doing Time 3:08
08. Confetti 2:16
09. Luck Is There To Be Pushed 3:36
10. Brain Freeze 2:29
11. If I Think About The Magic Will It Go Away? 1:38
Release Notes:
Spectrals is 21-year-old Louis Jones. Mixing ingredients of pop, soul,
doo-wop and garage rock ballads, it sounds vintage but current, while
the Yorkshire lilt in JonesÆs voice (a result of his hometown,
Heckmondwike) places him firmly in the UK, rather than Detroit.
Spectrals has always been a small operation. Now in its third year of
existence, Jones started by recording in a friendÆs knocked-together
studio and posting the tracks on MySpace. Despite being intended for
his closest friends, his songs soon attracted the attention of
discerning labels all over the world: from BrooklynÆs Captured Tracks
(Dum Dum Girls, Wild Nothing) to BrightonÆs Sex Is Disgusting (Mazes,
Human Hair) to Underground Peoples, where he eventually released last
yearÆs Extended Play. Bad Penny is SpectralsÆ full-length debut album
recorded with Richard Formby (producer on Wild BeastsÆ Smother).
JonesÆs knack for penning a great tune is more obvious than ever. In
the eleven original songs, not heard on any previous tapes, singles or
EPs, he documents his relationship with his longtime girlfriend, from
the great to the not-so-good. ôLove songs are the kind of songs I
like,ö he says, ônot all of them are nice, but theyÆre all feelings
IÆve had.ö