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All Music Guide Reviews Future Past

February 13, 2010 Anji

The All Music Guide posted a positive review of Lovespirals’ new album, Future Past, which reads, in part:

The combined approaches of Bee and Lum have created what is essentially a slinky soul album for the 21st century. One senses on songs like “Home” and “Sinking” that Bee and Lum have found a lovely balance between shoegaze’s love of reverb and texture and the richness of ’70s quiet storm at its best. “Shine,” with its build into a multi-tracked harmony from Bee and a gently majestic guitar part from Lum, and the similarly slow-burning “One of Those Days” are among the best standouts for the two as a team in perfect sync. – Ned Ragett

Read the entire review on Lovespirals All Music Guide page.

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Lovespirals Release Home Video

February 4, 2010 Anji 1 Comment

After a decade of making music together, Ryan and Anji of Lovespirals have finally released their first-ever music video. Created by the band themselves using HD footage shot on the drive home from mastering their fourth album, Future Past, combined with footage filmed at the beautiful Newport Back Bay estuary, this intimate video truly captures the essence of the band and the song itself. “Home” debuted on Anji’s own Chillcast Video Edition show Jan. 28th, and is slowly but surely making its way across the Internet. You can now view “Home” on the official Lovespirals pages on Facebook, MySpace, ReverbNation, Vimeo, and – of course – YouTube. Additionally, Angelic Voices blog is featuring “Home” on their homepage this week. PLEASE repost this video, rate it, leave comments, tell a friend etc to help spread the love for Lovespirals!

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Chillcast Lovespirals Feature

January 30, 2010 Anji 1 Comment

The Chillcast with Anji Bee podcast posted a special one-hour interview feature with Lovespirals this week. Ryan and Anji sat down to discuss their brand new album, Future Past, and give her listeners an overview of the band’s decade-long history. The duo chat about their writing and recording process including musical influences, album concepts, and the various stories surrounding songs and albums as they listen to every track from Future Past plus a few songs from their past 3 albums. If you haven’t checked out Anji’s weekly music show before, now would be the perfect time!

Playlist:

“Shine” Future Past (2010)
“Home” Future Past (2010)
“This Truth” Long Way From Home (2002)
“Oh So Long” Windblown Kiss (2005)
“Hand in Hand” Free & Easy (2007)
“Love” Future Past (2010)
“Water Under the Bridge” Future Past (2010)
“Meanwhile, Irreplaceable Time Flees” Future Past (2010)
“Insignificant” Future Past (2010)
“Feel So Good” Future Past (2010)
“Rain” Future Past (2010)
“One of Those Days” Future Past (2010)
“Sinking” Future Past (2010)
“Believe” Future Past (2010)

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Chillout Scene Reviews Future Past

January 26, 2010 Anji

Chris of the Chillout Scene just gave Lovespirals new album, Future Past, a very positive review this week. The US-based blog is centered around the music and culture of the Chillout genre, including new album reviews, favorite YouTube videos, recent finds from music discovery services including Last.FM, Pandora, Blip.FM, and LaLa, as well as suggestions for Internet radio and podcasts. Chris also maintains a Chillout Scene Facebook page and Chillout Scene Twitter account (mirrors of each other) you can follow to keep up with site updates and cool daily music suggestions, as well.

After giving a breakdown of his favorite tracks (“Home,” “Love,” “Meanwhile Irreplaceable Time Flees/Insignificant,” and “Sinking”,) Chris sums up his thoughts on the album:

Overall, I really like Lovespirals’ sound on this album, especially since it is similar to one of my favorite chillout artists, Zero 7. I think Ryan’s bluesy guitar playing is what makes them unique and makes them even more interesting than Zero 7 since they don’t just stick to acoustic guitar parts and electronic drum and bass tracks. Anji’s vocals also set Lovespirals apart from other artists as even the quieter parts are nice and smooth, rather than whispery. She makes her voice appear so delicate that it could fade away if any quieter, but it remains nice, smooth, and chill. Check out Future Past right away HERE.…I highly recommend it!

Read Chillout Scene’s full review of Future Past by Lovespirals.

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Lovespirals 'Future Past' now on iTunes

January 8, 2010 Anji 1 Comment

Lovespirals’ 4th full-length album, Future Past, was just released this week on the iTunes Music Store. Individual songs are available in non-DRM 256k AAC for just $.99 each or buy the full album for $9.99. The band offered Future Past digipac CDs and digital downloads over the holiday season exclusively on the Lovespirals Webstore, but the official album release date is January 1, 2010. Popular online music store, CDBaby, is also offering Future Past in both CD and digital download formats. More stores will be following soon.

Reactions thus far have been extremely positive, with many fans claiming Future Past to be Lovespirals’ best album to date. Even with the extremely limited holiday season release, some have included Future Past in their “best of 2009” lists, including Green Arrow Radio and several Last.FM bloggers:

Crap on a cracker, this album has gotten me so hooked, I can rarely pull away from it. Anji’s voice is like honey, very smooth. I was a bit concerned how the follow-up to “Long Way From Home” was going to sound, because it’s one of my favorite albums ever and very hard to surpass. But Anji and Ryan have done it. And how! – Escapings, Last.FM

Singer/songwriter, Beth Hirsch – who’s perhaps best known for her work with Air on their seminal Moon Safari album – has been extremely supportive, writing:

From the unforgettable chorus on “Shine,” to Anji Bee’s sultry vocal cadences on tracks such “Feels So Good”, “Love,” and “Rain”, to the stunning guitar riffs, Rhodes, and instrumentation by Ryan Lum on “Meanwhile, Irreplaceable Time Flees” and “One Of These Days,” Lovespirals’ latest CD, Future Past, is easily one of the best chillout albums to welcome in 2010. The album is sexy, moody, bluesy, ethereal – pure Lovespirals. — Beth Hirsch, CDBaby

Karmacoda frontman and producer, B, has shown his support as well. After attending an exclusive pre-release listening party, he had this to say:

Lovespirals combines seamless harmony and a relaxed tempo with guitar and synthesized instrumentals for a sound that is unique. ‘Future Past’ sounds both classic and yet completely new; it features the most compelling elements of seventies groups yet is completely rooted in today’s electronica/pop/alternative genres. — Brett Crockett

Anji and Ryan of Lovespirals would love to read your review of Future Past on iTunes!

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Green Arrow Radio Features Future Past

January 5, 2010 Anji 3 Comments

Mr. G of Green Arrow Radio has been spinning several of Lovespirals latest songs, including “Home,” “Love,” and “Meanwhile, Irretrievable Time Flees/Insignificant”. Future Past also made the Green Arrow Radio Tops of 2009 list, ranking #33 out of his unconventional list of 97 albums. This free-form show features an eclectic array of artists with an emphasis on world music and underground talents that you are unlikely to hear anywhere else. Green Arrow Radio airs on 91.7fm WSUM in Madison, WI, Saturdays from 10 am to noon. You can also stream the Green Arrow Radio show — and indeed, the whole station — over the Internet via iTunes, Windows Media Player or WinAmp.

Mr. G wrote a fun and quirky review of Future Past on the Green Arrow Radio blog, which reads, in part:

The latest release from Lovespirals has me softly speaking to myself and smiling. The down tempo music and vocal temptations seduce the parts of my ears that are connected right to the part of my brain that produces happiness. Highlight on this album for me personally [is] “Meanwhile, Irreplaceable Time Flees” right into “Insignificant”… This is a classy album that I am so happy to share with others; I think it’ll find many compatible ear-mates out there.

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Free Lovespirals Download for the Holidays

December 22, 2009 Anji

Its that time of the year… that special time when Lovespirals bust out their one and only holiday song! You may remember our contribution to the Projekt holidays series, Excelsis, recorded way back in 2001; a cover of John Denver’s wintry song “Aspenglow.” If not, then you are in luck! We’ve just made this track available as a free download in multiple audio formats over on our new Bandcamp page. Stream “Aspenglow” in full or download it FREE in your choice of high quality mp3, AAC, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, or ALAC.

“Aspenglow” was officially released via CD on the 2001 compilation, Excelsis Vol. 3, and the 2002 Hot Topic compilation, A Dark Noel: The Very Best of Excelsis.

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Music Tap Praises 'Future Past'

December 5, 2009 Anji

Matt Rowe penned a very positive review of Lovespirals’ latest release for the Music Tap site. It reads, in part:

I’ll say it now, Lovespirals is an undiscovered diamond, cut to a many-faceted perfection in their new album. Future Past is their masterpiece work to date. With Manzarek-like keyboards, a masterful bluesy guitar, and an angelic voice, the 11 tracks that you’ll find on this magnificent surprise are not to be missed.

He goes on to comment about the performances of Ryan and Anji individually, even encouraging the duo to pursue solo endeavors outside of Lovespirals. You’ll have to read the full review on Music Tap.

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