Projekt Records founder, Sam Rosenthal of Black Tape for a Blue Girl, just released a new album to commemorate what would have been Timothy Leary’s 100th birthday this month. Entitled Tim, where are you now?, this collaborative album features many special guests, including Lovespirals, Steve Roach, Erik Wøllo, Mike VanPortfleet of Lycia, Brian Viglione of The Dresden Dolls, Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Reggie Watts, and more. Ryan and Anji contributed to “Starseed,” alongside Forrest Fang and Rosenthal, as well as “PSY PHI love means High Fidelity” alongside Byron Metcalf, Martin Bowes, and Rosenthal. These songs highlight musical sides of Lovespirals you may not have seen before. The CD is currently in preorder on Bandcamp, where you can alternatively purchase a digital download on the “Name Your Price” deal (meaning you can pay $0 if you want…), and it’s also available to stream on all digital platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube.
“Why Not Today?” Single and Video Out Now
Lovespirals’ soulful new single, “Why Not Today?” is now available on Bandcamp! The download of our single ALSO includes this brand new music video, shot at gorgeous Crystal Cove beach here in Southern California. With extremely chill vibes and super smooth production, “Why Not Today?” pulls from our r&b/soul side with a little jazz and blues twist. Melancholic, dreamy, and filled with soft yearning for a better time and place, the accompanying video is a lovely reminder of the healing power of nature, even in this time of human disconnection and unease. We hope this single will bring you some joy!
BUY THE DIGITAL SINGLE & MUSIC VIDEO:
You can download in any (or all) of the following formats on Bandcamp: MP3 V0, MP3 320, FLAC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, ALAC, WAV, AIFF.
Chillin’ with Lovespirals Podcast #86: New Album Charting & More
The Chillin’ with Lovespirals band podcast makes it’s return! We have so much news to share this episode, including our new album charting pretty heavily, which is super fun. We get into some background on our song, “Are You Lonely,” Ryan gets into the inspiration for the overall sound of ‘Life Goes On,’ Anji digs up some unreleased video, plus more news and conversation. We really hope you dig hearing/watching us talk about music because we have lots more stories to share about the making of the album and what inspires us to create! Check out http://somafm.com for our music and other great indie bands
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Pandora Adds ‘Life Goes On’ To Library
The popular music discovery site, Pandora, has added our new album, ‘Life Goes On,’ to its music library. This is a nice surprise, as they had previously rejected our 2010 album, ‘Future Past,’ returning our package unopened, with a cryptic note that they already had too much of “this genre” in their collection. We were pretty shocked that they felt there were too many albums which combined the sound of female fronted trip hop and chillout with the sounds of guitar-heavy classic rock ala Pink Floyd, but hey, maybe we were just ignorant of how mainstream our music was at the time? (Yeah, right…) Anyway, we’re more than happy to let bygones be bygones, as the service has seen fit to add the latest Lovespirals album to their library, which also includes our 3 albums prior to ‘Future Past,’ as well as a 2012 remix EP. Who knows? Maybe one day they’ll even add in that missing 4th album to have the complete set.
Check out Lovespirals ‘Life Goes On’ via Pandora and give a thumbs up to your fave tracks
Stream ‘Life Goes On’ on Spotify NOW
Lovespirals’ brand new 5th album, ‘Life Goes On,’ is available to stream on Spotify. We’ve been putting a little time into developing our artist profile over there, and plan to create more playlists featuring some of our musical influences and inspirations, so please “follow” us over there to stay up to date! Meanwhile, we hope you’ll find some tracks that you love enough to share on your own playlists, and that you’ll give our album a “thumbs up” on this popular streaming service. And if you’d like to pick up a limited edition eco-friendly CD, autographed by Ryan and Anji, you can still grab one of those from shop.happyhealthyvegan.org — the first 100 orders come with a ‘Life Goes On’ pin!
Life Goes On Preview On MusicTap
MusicTap made a little write up about our very soon to be released album.
Since 1992, the genesis of the current Lovespirals began a recording career as Love Spirals Downward (Ryan Lum and Suzanne Perry). After four exquisite recordings (Idylls – 1992, Ardor – 1994, Ever – 1996, Flux – 1998), all on Projekt Records. After a short hiatus, the band regathered with a new vocalist by the name of Anji Bee, and released four additional excellent sets (Windblown Kiss – 2002, Free & Easy – 2005, Long Way From Home – 2007, Future Past – 2010) as Lovespirals. After a long, long break from recording as a duo (Anji Bee released a solo album, Love Me Leave Me, back in 2013), the Lovespirals iteration will deliver their fifth album, Life Goes On.
Head over to MusicTap to read the full article.
“Motherless Child” Official Music Video
The first single from Lovespirals’ 2007 album, ‘Long Way From Home,’ was a heart-rending ethereal blues cover of the anonymous American spiritual, “Motherless Child.” It also appears on the ‘Motherless Child EP‘ released September 16, 2007. Anji filmed the scenes for this music video on a road trip to Sonoma County, California.
The ‘Motherless Child EP’ is available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Bandcamp and other online music stores.
“Heartstrings” Single & Music Video Out Now
Part Dream Pop, part Americana, the new single from Lovespirals is considerably more upbeat than “Brother Against Brother,” the first single. Ryan juxtaposes driving blues riffs and dreamy shoegazer guitar, finding a delicious balance between his earlier Love Spirals Downwards work and more recent Lovespirals work. Anji’s vocals exude the confidence born from years of familiarity with the material, with a lovely harmony of her natural earthy tone and haunting upper register.
“Heartstrings” is a lovely high point in the tracklisting for Lovespirals’ upcoming 5th album. The song is a celebration of the duo’s creative connection and the love that goes into Ryan and Anji’s music. The music video, created by the band themselves, is a beautiful representation of the song, shot during the height of California wildflower season. With 3 years of experience shooting, editing and producing videos for their YouTube channel, Happy Healthy Vegan, this creative couple have created what is surely their best and most professional looking music video to date.
Buy the new single & music video on Lovespirals’ Bandcamp to help fund the band’s upcoming 5th album
“Sandcastles” Official Music Video
Enjoy this new video for “Sandcastles,” the epic closing track to Lovespirals’ album, ‘Free and Easy.’ Enjoy two gorgeous sunsets over the Pacific Ocean, shot at the pristine So Cal beach, Crystal Cove. The first sunset was shot from down on the beach, while the second one was filmed from up on the bluff. The second sunset is the most amazing technicolor sky Anji and Ryan have ever experienced, and it really brings the gospel like chorus and electric guitar solo of the end 3rd of this song to life!
MUSIC: “Sandcastles” by Lovespirals From the album, ‘Free & Easy’ (2005) Available at http://lovespirals.bandcamp.com Or iTunes, Amazon, Google Play or Spotify
Lovespirals On Dave’s Lounge 10th Anniversary Mix
The Dave’s Lounge 10 year anniversary mix kicks off with the soulwhirlingsomewhere remix of our song, “This Truth,” and a vocal drop from Anji Bee You can download or stream this popular downtempo and chillout podcast from iTunes or directly from the official site at Daves Lounge #308: 10th Anniversary Mix.
“Brother Against Brother” Single & Music Video Out Now
The first new single from Lovespirals since their 2010 album, ‘Future Past,’ is in many regards a return to form for band founder, Ryan Lum. Lum exploded onto the American dream pop scene back in 1991 as Love Spirals Downwards on the Projekt Records label, quickly establishing himself as one of the best ethereal producers and guitarists this side of the Atlantic. “Brother Against Brother” is swirling, ambient, folk-tinged dream pop replete with heavily effected ethereal guitar and female vocals by his bandmate, Anji Bee.
Buy the 2-song single at http://lovespirals.bandcamp.com
Bee created this appropriately heavenly video filled with fluffy slo-mo clouds and the duo dressed like angels in all-white using her iPhone and Final Cut Pro. Each member selfied their own performance in the video.
“Breath Of Life” Official Music Video
The B-side to Lovespirals’ new single, “Brother Against Brother,” is a dreamy, mystical, ambient guitar and vocal piece that was originally written for the opening sequence of a documentary film of the same name about the Mauli Ola Foundation by Michael Squier. The version of the song offered here has been slightly updated with additional vocals, guitar, and new production. The amazing time lapse video sequences were all shot by Michael Squier, some of which appeared in his film of the same name.
Buy the ‘Brother Against Brother’ 2-song single or the full album, ‘Life Goes On,’ featuring this song on CD or as a digital download on the Lovespirals Bandcamp page.