Ben Folds, Crowded House, The Feeling, Franz Ferdinand, The Strokes, Supergrass, The Beatles, Talking Heads, The Police, Bob Dylan, The Smiths, Aerosmith, Radiohead, Muse, Artic Monkeys, Paul Weller, The Beach Boys, Beck, Eric Clapton, The Who, Dire Straits, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Jack Johnson, Bruce Springsteen, Travis, Pink Floyd, Keane, Madness, Peter Gabriel, Jeff Buckley, David Gray, Paul Simon, Fleetwood Mac, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, James Taylor, Paul McCartney, Ocean Colour Scene, Stevie Wonder, Morrissey, Ryan Adams, Van Morrison, Queen, Elton John, The Killers, Abba, Joan Armatrading, Turin Brakes, Graham Coxon, The Magic Numbers, The Zutons, The Happy Mondays, ABC, World Party, Billy Joel, The Darkness, Barenaked Ladies, My Chemical Romance, Aimee Mann, Al Stewart, Alan Parsons, The Wallflowers, Dave Matthews Band, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Simpson, Björk, Avril Lavigne, Elvis Presley, The Eagles, George Michael, The Supremes, Bee Gees, the kooks, Gnarls Barkley, Tom Petty, Bryan Ferry, The Housemartins
The Proclaimers, Echo and the Bunnymen, Midnight Oil, David Byrne, Hootie & the Blowfish, Dodgy, Fiona Apple, Bryan Adams, Jackson Browne, Jerry Lee Lewis, Electric Light Orchestra, Cast, Cat Stevens, John Denver, Maroon 5
Little Richard, James Blunt, Catatonia, INXS, Duran Duran, ELO, Phil Collins,
Squeeze, Split Enz, Everything But The Girl, Neil Finn, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Garbage, Garth Brooks, Sarah McLachlan, Men at Work,
Simon and Garfunkel, Simply Red, The Faces, Rod Stewart, Spice Girls, Take That, The Hollies, Charlatans, The Jayhawks, Robbie Williams, Tracy Chapman, Pete Townshend, Ray LaMontagne, The Beautiful South, The Buggles, The Pretenders, Waterboys, ZZ Top, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse
James Morrison, Carly Simon
Sounds Like
Ben Folds, Crowded House, Jimi Hendrix, Abba, Joan Armatrading, Bloc Party, Turin Brakes, Editors, Franz Ferdinand, Graham Coxon, The Magic Numbers, The Feeling, The Strokes, White Stripes, The Zutons, The Happy Mondays, ABC, World Party, Billy Joel, Elton John, The Killers, The Darkness, Barenaked Ladies, Nirvana, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, My Chemical Romance, Aimee Mann, Al Stewart, Alan Parsons, Supergrass, Pearl Jam, Green Day, U2, Foo Fighters, The Wallflowers, Dave Matthews Band, Britney Spears, Eminem, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Simpson, 50 Cent, Bon Jovi, Björk, The Beatles, Talking Heads, Avril Lavigne, Michael Jackson, Soundgarden, Marilyn Manson, Elvis Presley, The Doors, Elvis Costello, REM, The Eagles, George Michael, The Supremes, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Police, Bob Dylan, Bee Gees, the kooks, Gnarls Barkley, The Libertines, Tom Petty, Bryan Ferry, The Smiths, Aerosmith, Carly, The Housemartins, The Proclaimers, Radiohead, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Paul Weller, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elton John, Beach Boys, Beck, Eric Clapton, The Who, Midnight Oil, David Byrne, Dire Straits, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Hootie & the Blowfish, Dodgy, Fiona Apple, Jack Johnson, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, Jackson Browne, Jerry Lee Lewis, Coldplay, Electric Light Orchestra, Cast, Cat Stevens, John Denver, Pink Floyd, Billy Joel, Maroon 5, Little Richard, Keane, Madness Peter Gabriel, Jeff Buckley, David Gray, Manic Street Preachers, James Blunt, Travis, Catatonia, INXS, Duran Duran, Paul Simon, Pulp, ELO, Phil Collins, Squeeze, Sting, Split Enz, Everything But The Girl, Neil Finn, Paul McCartney, Faithless, George Harrison, Fleetwood Mac, Traveling Wilburys, Garbage, Garth Brooks, Sarah McLachlan, Queen, Men at Work, Gorillaz, Simon and Garfunkel, Simply Red, Rolling Stones, The Faces, Rod Stewart, Spice Girls, Oasis, Stone Roses, The Kinks, Take That, The Hollies, John Lennon, James Taylor, Charlatans, Ocean Colour Scene, Stevie Wonder, The Hollies, The Jayhawks, Robbie Williams, Tracy Chapman, Turin Brakes, Morrissey, Ryan Adams, Pete Townshend, Ray LaMontagne, Talking Heads, The Beautiful South, The Buggles, The Pretenders, Van Morrison, Waterboys, ZZ Top, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, James Morrison, Franz Ferdinand, Ben's Brother
Being a talented foursome with individual musical flair, Ash, Si, Jim and Woz have developed a sound that does not depend upon samples, overproduction and technology to define their groove.
The purpose of Alphaspin is to give audiences a taste of the past where song craft overshadowed fashion and trend and where talent, musicianship and originality came first.
Formed in 1998 as BreakFast, the established line up was thrown together in Early 2001. To date, the band have played mainly London venues such as Borderline, Water Rats Theatre, Metro Bar, Dublin Castle, West One Four, WKD bar, Kashmir Klub, Underworld, Sound, Earls Court Olympia, and recently supported The Who at Knebworth.
The band centres around three singer/songwriters. The resulting sound varies from interesting guitar to high-energy piano led songs. All are big on harmonies crossing many borders of music. (This profile was edited with Thomas Myspace Editor V3.6.)
About the debut album
Through the Solar Waves
If you're enjoying the songs above, and you'd like to listen to more, our debut album, Through the Solar Waves, is available from:
for iPod users.
Alternatively, if you fancy a hard copy of the album, it is available to purchase online from either:
or from CD BABY.....
for orders in the US,
for orders worldwide, or
for UK buyers only.
Feel free to click here to hear a teaser of the album. The songs on the profile are not necessarily the best songs from the eleven included, so you may find one on Through the Solar Waves that you like even more.
Feedback:
'Piano-led rock' it says here. Which should bring to mind the Keane muppets. Now, get rid of that image, cos this is far better. These London based fellas are more akin to Crowded House, so yes, there are killer songs on here, full of summery pop joy. Much appreciated round here considering the present weather.
A&R team, Rough Trade Shops
"I liked it - made me tap my feet quite a lot, and want to dance, it's full of energy. Did you say they had a record deal? I need to wait until they've got a bit more profile - then will get them on." Jamie Theakston, Heart 106.2
"Album of the Week" on Pulse Rated, August 2005
"A fantastic fresh and fun sound that just makes me want to jump about! These guys deserve their break" Lindsay Hooper, Pulse Rated FM
"A great new band reminded me of early Damian Rice particularly liked the last track Only you for me...." Tom Fenner Producer of Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2.
Artist of the Week on karmadownload.com, February 2006
"If you like your pop perfect, and your vocal lines instantly memorable, and your production values high, well look no further!" A&R team, karmadownload.com
"Alphaspin deliver gob smacking piano rock comparable to the likes of early Elton John and The Beatles, Abbey Road era. "A&R team, Halfmoon
"Positively smashing, and very catchy, debut by this British band! EXCELLENT!!!" A&R team, Kool Kat Musik
"Shifting between simple acoustic indie pop to piano-laden Keane-esque ballads, they have the simplistic sound and the right hooks to make it in the industry today. Sometimes simple pop-rock is the way to go. Alphaspin seem to have rounded out a solid sound with some tight musicianship, good vocals and top notch songwriting." Daniel Field, ReadJunk
About the album
The band recently decided to raise some cash and self finance an album. The demos were picked up by a number of producers, the band settling on Ian Grimble (Travis, Texas, Manic Street Preachers) and work began at 2Khz Studios. There they used a 1968 EMI desk that was originally purpose built for John Lennon and Phil Spector for the Imagine album sessions. Further to this, the band used the drumming skills of friend of the band Luke Bullen, (KT Tunstall and Joe Strummer) and the Hammond organ skills of Julian Wilson of Grand Drive.
Recording took about 30 days over the course of 3 months including a trip to Rockfield Studios in Wales, where they recorded the piano (incidentally the Bsendorfer grand played by Mercury on Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody) and the Rhodes organ parts. Ian was keen to capture the retro sound that they have, so avoided modern instruments where possible. Interestingly enough the EMI desk was removed from 2khz upon completion of the album, so it remains the last commercial album to use this legendary equipment.
The album was mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Steve Rooke (Franz Ferdinand, David Bowie and The Beatles).
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Can't wait to see the dates and were your playing!! How could I not support my boys! Just remember us little people when you guys become uber famous! lol. I love you guys, and I'm doing great :D. I can't wait to hear more music from you all!!
Sorry I haven't been keeping in touch with you all, but school's been hectic and I almost got kicked out :(. So what's new? How's everything going and how are you all? I hope everyone is well and that things are going great!
Hey! How's the weather over there? I just want to let you know that i'm coming to London in late May/early June to play bass with Kevin Montgomery and Tommy Allsup. Tommy played guitar with Buddy Holly, and is THE guy that flipped the coin with Ritchie Valens.....would love to see you at a show? I figured with you being a musician you could appreciate this show. We play the Half Moon Putney. I hope you can come down?
Take care!
DW
How's it going guys. I have a scoop for you. Alphaspin on Dutch radio ;). Sunday Drivers & 50-1 Outsider. Next time I'll try to record it for you guys.
Hey Ash and guys!!, You should get some sort of messanger! It'd be a lot faster to talk to you :P. Anyways, what's new? As always, I love hearing from all of you.
I just checked out the vid from Knebworth. Awesome!!! Would have loved to have been on the stage with you. This may come as a shocker but Tricia and I just had a baby boy.
Smash - I think I have an old email address for you. Can you send us a good email address?
We miss you and hope to see you soon. All the best - Gazza
Lol, I love you guys too! Really though, your comment came at like the perfect time. However if you knew all the crud going on right now, and if it was going on with you all, you'd feel the same way. Anyways, what's new? You guys should get some sort of messenger ;P.
hey guys, Long time no hear. What's new? I hope everything's going well. School just started so I'm excited about that :D I get to blast your CD in my car and laptop :D.
Hi pals!! Just stopping in to say hi!! Thanks for the comment of the another day : ) I really appreciate your comments and your friendship. You count with me always. How are you?? What have you been doing? Keep in touch have a great weekend.
Hi Friends!! I sent a bulletin to all my friends inviting them to enjoy your music. Besides I added your video in my profile. Let me know what another thing I can do. have a great day.
Hey guys, I haven't heard from you in a while. How are you all doing? I hope everything is going great =D. I miss talking to you so hit me up sometime.
Hey ya'll. Just wanted to drop in and say hello! (Since I haven't in forever!!). Like the new video. I really enjoy your music. . .Only You For Me is one of my favorites. Have a wonderful weekend!
Alphaspin
Just stopping in to say hi!! Thank you so much for listening to my music, and I really appreciate the comments and support!! You are welcome to add a song to your profile!! Have a great week and stay in touch!!
Hey! Hope you are doing well.....what a rainy weekend!!?! I'm in London now.......about to start the tour. I don't know if you are playing a show on June 24th or not, but i thought i'd let know that i'm playing in London on that night at the Half Moon Putney. Tommy Allsup, who played with Buddy Holly, will be with me that night.......he is 75, and full of stories.....he is the guy that flipped the coin with Ritchie Valens for the seat on the plane. Anyway, i hope you are doing well, and i hope to get to meet you on the night. Sincerely, Kevin Montgomery
