Spiral Stairs (Scott Kannberg) has been extremely busy since Pavement’s dissolution, putting out two albums with Preston School Of Industry. The first one, 'All This Sounds Gas,' was everything fans hoped for – an immensely tuneful, memorable album that Mojo called "an album of joyful, desperate and messy songs, as honest and delicious as any on Pavement's 1992 classic, 'Slanted And Enchanted.'"
'Monsoon' continues in the vein of many of Spiral’s classic songs, setting a confident, effortless beat to a literate and mischievous rock sound as informed by Echo and the Bunnymen, the Clean, and the Fall as by Neil Young, Lou Reed, and John Prine. But while 'All This Sounds Gas' was largely an assortment of songs he’d had laying around over time, these songs were written specifically for 'Monsoon', with no baggage or ghosts, and with all the looseness and confidence that suggests.
Spiral's due to release a new album around September 2009. Currently in the final stages of recording, the new 'Spiral Stairs' album will take a different path to previous recordings with Pavement and Preston School.
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**UPDATE..NEW ALBUM "THE REEL FEEL" DROPS 20 OCTOBER 09**
Your place got booze today!!!!! Sweet Jesus!! So, do you have an accent yet?? Don't come home without one! Good luck on the tour...remember to wear your rock & roll sunscreen! xo, Juanita
Happy New Year Mr. Stairs! You are awesome and missed in Seattle! Hope you have a great AUS tour and that 2009 is good to you! I'm in Brooklyn ringing in the New Year and getting mass free drinks for being a "Clemente"....Puerto Rico mofo!!!! Best & Peace to you and Lady S!!! xoxoxoxo, Juanita
