As an idea of stuff we find exciting, we could start with Neil Young (and not forgetting Crazy Horse), The Band, Television, Radiohead, King Crimson, Dylan, The Verlaines, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, Wilco, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Jeff Buckley, New Order, The Clean, The Doors, The Byrds, Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno (production for both their combined and solo work with Dylan, Robbie Robbertson, Emmy Lou Harris, Bowie, Talking Heads..........), Tom Waits, Big Star, My Bloody Valentine, Pink Floyd, Townes Van Zandt, Straightjacket Fits You have got to love The Who, Springsteen, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Hendrix, Tribe Called Quest, Dinosaur Jr., Quicksilver Messenger Service, Sonic Youth.... there is so much good music out there.
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You can be the judge - unless your internet is so slow you can't play the songs.....
"amazing, dense and moody debut album ...... overlook this record at your own peril" - Andrew Tidbull, cheeseontoast.co.nz ....read full review here....
"this is rock music made by a young four-piece band with reach and ambition. There is angst, anger, energy, joy -- and musicianship to burn" - Graham Reid, elsewhere.co.nz ....read full review here....
"****.......at last, we have a rock band with more than one ace up its sleeve" - Jeff Harford, The Otago Daily Times ....read full review here....
Hey all. Great news! The album is out now and ready to go. It is being sold through stores by Global Routes Distribution and is available on i-tunes! For information on how to purchase our album you can e-mail The Low Spark and we will sort you out.
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“Look out for them, insiders say they are coming” – Bernie Griffen, Global Routes Music
The first incarnation of The Low Spark formed in Dunedin in 2004 as The Tomahawks. In parts evocative of Neil Young epics, of brutal Nick Cave narratives, and of the dense, sonic assault of Straightjacket Fits, their music could be broadly described as lyrical rock – with layered instrumentation creating a dynamic and expansive backdrop for the lyrics and voice. They promise they are not fashion victims riding musical bandwagons, or singing with phoney accents for invisible foreign markets. In short, they play music because they love it.
The Low Spark are a four piece who met each other through university in Dunedin, formed upon the promise of songs Tom was starting to write. Early on they developed a musical scope employing a variety of instrumentation live and in the studio. After a year and a half of honing their sound, songs, and performance, they set about finding how they’d come across on record. Their initial efforts (still as The Tomahawks) yielded their first single "Yesterday's Drink", which held the number 1 spot on Dunedin's BNet station Radio One for two weeks and featured on the Radio One 2006 Sampler album. Having had their interest in recording piqued, The Low Spark began recording tracks for an album in late 2006. Utilising Dunedin's Albany Street Studio - a room modelled off the famous BBC 1 studio at Abbey Road – without any time constraints, they let the album take shape over a year.
The album was then mixed and mastered by the brilliant Dale Cotton (Conray, HDU, Dimmer, Paul McClaney, Die!Die!Die!….) who worked closely with the band to capture its musical identity. In addition to Cotton's assistance, musical icon Graeme Downes lent his song-writing and production expertise. Their debut album Out in the Ozone is released nationwide in November 2007.
The Low Spark have performed extensively over the past few years and are currently based in Auckland, where they’re said to be enjoying traffic jams and the Asian Food Courts. They are also touring regularly throughout the country. You could say that the band has one foot in the past and one in the future, taking literate and incisive songs and wrapping them in layers of guitars and effects. But better still why don’t you put their album in your machine, pour a glass of scotch and make up your own mind.
“I'm really looking forward to seeing what the world makes of this album……there's enough puerile rock in the world but more rarely a band with something substantial to say comes along” – Graeme Downes, The Verlaines
To contact The Low Spark Management e-mail or phone Thomas on +64 21 1699 472
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Hey,
Check out the new video clip for The Baddies Are Coming. It was animated by Mike Gray (in our top friends), and is rather a visual extravaganza.
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heya, just a little note to say we got this debut album thing released on monday! we'll be out playing in March/April, hope to catch you then... x a. s. z. a
Glad to see some people are waking up to what you..re doing, rather than burying their cliche ridden and clique trapped heads in the mire of predictably colloquial ennui....or whatever..
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Was so sorry to hear you were laid up Tom....I was looking forward to the Dunedin gig.... Anyway, take care and all my best wishes for a speedy recovery ;o)
