The Spill Canvas

So, after my long hiatus from pushing my music on the whole 4 people that read this... I've come back!!!! My hiatus was filled with nothing... and now that school is about to start up again, I thought HEY what a better time to start blogging again and putting off my school work even more?!

The band to bring back the assault is The Spill Canvas, those four nifty guys showing off their amazingly flexible karate kicks. (Is anyone else wondering how many tries it took them to all be relatively the same height and doing the same type of move without hitting each other?!) Anyway enough about their ninja moves and more about them!

First I should start with how I found these guys... all of the credit goes to my good friend Jeremy... upon meeting Jeremy (the first victim of my music assaults) he asked me if I had ever heard of The Spill Canvas... I hadn't, but looked into them and fell in love. The lead singers voice... just makes you fall in love with him. *Swoon*

Now upon observation only you can see that there are clearly 4 of them. The band hails from South Dakota... Sioux Falls, South Dakota (the reason I mention the city is because I read a book in grade 5 called Sioux Winter and that's what it reminds me of... maybe I should write the author and tell them to do a prequel called Sioux Fall...)

The band's lead singer is Nick Thomas, he has a gutsy voice that floors you when you see who he is. The first time I saw a music video by them I was floored that he was the singer. Joe Beck plays the drums, and gives some of their songs a heavier rock sound, especially at the beginning of some of them and he uses the high-hat!! Oh how I love it... Dan Ludeman plays guitar and also backs up Nick Thomas on vocals, he plays guitar so awesomely, from what I remember from their show he plays lead guitar so he's the cool rock part as well. It should also be mentioned right now that Nick Thomas also plays guitar along with his lead vocals gig. The final member of the band is Landon Heil. First of all... LOVE his name, I don't think I've ever met a Landon, therefore it's cool and mysterious with no bad memories attached to it... like the name Amanda (bad elementary school experience). Anyway he plays bass and was so cute at the show I saw them at... he just sways... ho hum. So cute.

Now, their most recent release was their Realities EP... which has, in my opinion their best song... or well maybe. The EP is poppy, alternative, rock and just so catchy.

One listen and I swear you'll be hooked, especially my favourite song on it... you can't help but singing along and bopping your head to it.

They've released, five full length albums and have a new one due out sometime this year.

I believe this is all I have to say about them right now... so here come the top 5 songs to download by them. But let me say that all of their songs are amazing, they do a lot of acoustic slower stuff and the songs I picked are more uppity and awake music, no going to bed music.

SONGS TO DOWNLOAD

1. Our Song

2. Polygraph, Right Now!

3. All Over You

4. Staplegunned

5. Hush Hush

1. Our Song... so this is the song that I'm obsessed with off of their most recent EP. Not only is the beat amazingly catchy but the lyrics are to die for. "We'll never be, strangers kissing the pouring rain, chasing after your leaving train, but we know that's not how our song goes..." so good! His voice in it is just right as well... he even has a gritty part that gives me chills. (it was bad when they preformed this song live, I almost jumped up on stage and that would have been bad because he's smaller than I am...)

2. Polygraph, Right Now!... ok the title of this song proves how good it is... there's an exclamation point!! It's about a break up... enough said. Heavy drums, he talks about being a king of a pitty party... I want to be at his party and make him feel better... his voice, just so good. Oh and the word whore is in it... so it makes you feel evil... hahaha

3. All Over You... THIS is the song that I first fell in love with, and saw the video and was floored by his voice and his appearance and just him (he looks much different now, the video is fairly old and he's rid himself of the beard/goatee and shaved his head). Onto the song... proclamation of love... the chorus is so catchy and the beat is addictive, the lyrics are a little stalkerish but hey who said stalking an ex girlfriend in a song was against the law right?

4. Staplegunned... again kind of a creepy song, he wants to throw his lips on a girl in an elevator but who cares!! Again, his voice is so good... this song is pretty heavy on guitar, the riff is different and shapes the song perfectly

5. Hush Hush... secrets... it's catchy and the guitar in it is soooo good. The lyrics again are creepy, but again... look past it... it's again about a cheater, I'm thinking he went through a lot of heartbreak before this album.... he does a lot of falsetto singing in this song... but it shows his range (again perfect... even live)

Now. Closing words. This band is amazing. You need to see them live if you ever have the opportunity to... I saw them at a really small venue and they still played like they were playing to a stadium and they were so nice and interacted with the crowd. So. Get their music. Get them to come up to Canada (I'm fairly sure they're HUGE in the States, but at the show I was at there were only about 40 people).

Now enjoy... and in the words of Paul the Intern (who cracks me up) "... Sleep well my darlings..."