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Music Critics Weigh in on Lovespirals' Long Way From Home

Reviews are starting to come in for Lovespirals new album, Long Way From Home, and the critics have been kind.

All Music Guide‘s Ned Raggett writes,

For their third album as Lovespirals, Anji Bee and Ryan Lum again create a lush series of songs that synthesizes disparate influences into a warm, enveloping listen.

Matthew Johnson of Re:Gen Magazine writes,

It’s not an understatement to call Long Way from Home the duo’s most accomplished work up to date; as enjoyable as their previous explorations of laidback electronica and jazz fusion have been, this album captures Lum and Bee’s warm musical chemistry in a way that previous releases only hinted at.

Matt Rowe of MusicTap.net writes,

From the band’s early years as Love Spirals Downwards — with a vocalist all but forgotten for Anji Bee’s lovely, dreamy, and expansive vocal pleasantries — to their current album, Lovespirals have always been a band of change. Their latest, the wonderfully titled Long Way From Home, is one of superior work and can easily rank as the band’s best work in either incarnation.

cadencerevolution.com podcast blogs:

It’s very rare these days to come across an entire CD which you will listen to over and over from beginning to end non-stop, and even rarer to find one which makes you want to grab everyone you know and tell them “you must listen to this.” However such is the case with the third release, Long Way Home, from the California based duo Lovespirals.

Come hear what all the fuss is about at lovespirals.com/longway!

"This Truth (Live)" #1 on Podsafe Music Network Chart

Podsafe Music NetworkLovespirals’ live acoustic version of “This Truth” from their recent Second Life concert ranks as the #1 most played song of the month on the Podsafe Music Network Acoustic Top 10. Historically, Lovespirals have ruled the PMN Downtempo Top 10, where “Love Survives” from Lovespirals’ 2005 CD, Free and Easy, still holds the #1 position for most played song of all-time, followed by “Walk Away (Bitstream Dream Remix)” in the #2 position, and “Ecstatic (Podsafe Edit)” the #7 spot. Anji Bee’s 2004 collaboration with Bitstream Dream, “Phantasma,” holds the #3 position. Podcasters can find these and other podsafe Lovespirals songs at lovespirals.com/podsafe and lovespirals.com/podsaferemix. Please be sure to report your podcast plays to the Podsafe Music Network to help Lovespirals rise in the charts!

Lovespirals & Love Spirals Downwards Dominate Projekt Top 10

Projekt Top 10The Projekt.com Top 10 currently lists the newly released Love Spirals Downwards – Idylls [Remastered Reissue] at the #1 spot, followed closely by Love Spirals Downwards – Ardor [Remastered Reissue] at #3. Trailing slightly behind is the new Lovespirals – Long Way From Home (which was actually released by Chillcuts, not Projekt) at the #8 position and Lovespirals – Windblown Kiss — which Projekt released back in 2002 — at #9. With the #5, #6, and #10 albums being comps that include tracks by Lovespirals and/or Love Spirals Downwards, I guess you could say that we’re dominating the Projekt Top 10 charts!

Lovespirals Featured on Bite Sized Bonus

Lovespirals are the featured Artist of the Day for Bite Sized Bonus #507. GD interviews Anji about the new album, Long Way From Home, performing in Second Life, and more in this “members only” podcast. It is free to subscribe as a member.

You know when you get a tune stuck in your head? It seems to stay there all day, no matter what else you listen to, the same tune resurfaces and drives you to the point of insanity. Well I am well past the point of having any sanity left so I need not fear, but yesterday I had not one but two songs buzzing around my vacuous cranium. So much so that to try and exercise them out of my head I open today’s show with them. May they invade your every waking hum for the rest of the day.

A very special album of the week, as not only do I get to play the tracks but I have a lovely conversation with half of Lovespirals, Anji Bee. Listen in as we talk about their new album, the duos past, and performing in Second Life. And just what is it that I say that makes Anji giggle? You will have to listen to find out.

Anji Bee of Lovespirals interviewed on Bite Size Bonus podcast

Bite Size BonusLovespirals vocalist/lyricist, Anji Bee, was interviewed by GD about the band’s new album, performing in Second Life, and more on Bite Size Episode #509. To hear this podcast, you must sign up for a free subscription to the BsB Members Only Podcast. BTW, GD holds the honor of being the UK’s first podcaster, and he has long been a supporter of Lovespirals podsafe music.

Chillin’ with Lovespirals #45

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Download Chillin’ with Lovespirals #45 MP3

The band talk about recent Long Way From Home news items including last week’s live performance podcast, Lovespirals’ Re:Gen Magazine feature, Lovespirals’ Shameless Plugcast feature, airplay on terrestrial radio, recent reviews from the All Music Guide and Cadence Revolution, fan reviews on Amazon, iTunes, plus announce next week’s special feature and close the show out with Brian Noe‘s awesome Long Way From Home promo.

Podcasters — please play our promo for next week’s special feature:

Download the Long Way From Home Special Feature Promo (60 sec) mp3

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Chillin' with Lovespirals: Live in Second Life

In this special episode, we present our Second Life acoustic performance from Oct. 27th. This was recorded directly from the mixer so there’s no ambient sounds like the water — or the laughing fish that resides near the stage we played. If you have no idea what I’m taking about, check out the video capture of “Walk Away” on YouTube. This is the first live set in support of Long Way From Home, and the first Lovespirals Second Life performance. By the way, the folks from PodShow Island said we had 760 listeners on their audio streams in addition to the full house watching in-game, pretty crazy! We hope you enjoy this stripped down set.

UPDATE: In addition to the live listeners, this episode has now had over 15,000 downloads/streams!

Setlist :

  1. “Our Nights” from Windblown Kiss (2002)
  2. “Walk Away” from Free & Easy (2005)
  3. “Treading the Water” from Long Way From Home (2007)
  4. “Empty Universe” from Long Way From Home (2007)
  5. “Abide” from Free & Easy (2005)
  6. “Lazy Love Days” from Long Way From Home (2007)
  7. “Caught in the Groove” from Long Way From Home (2007)
  8. “Once in a Blue Moon” from Long Way From Home (2007)
  9. “This Truth” from Long Way From Home (2007)
  10. “Motherless Child” from Long Way From Home (2007)

Links:

Buy CDs from lovespirals.com — personally autographed by Ryan & Anji!

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Shameless Plugcast Features Lovespirals

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Download Lovespirals’ Shameless Plugcast MP3

Zack Daggy interviews Ryan Lum and Anji Bee of Lovespirals about their band history, musical process, brand new album, Long Way From Home, and more in a Shameless Plugcast feature. Included in the show are two podsafe Lovespirals songs. Zack’s also running an autographed CD contest – see shamelessplugcast.com for details!

Anji Bee Hosts RockMe. Session on Me.dium

On Wednesday Nov. 7th, Anji will host a Lovespirals RockMe. Session on Me.dium, taking users on a tour of various band assets online in this unique social browsing platform. Come chat and interact with Anji and fans of the band in this first-of-its-kind online music event beginning at 1pm PST. For more info, see the PR Newswire press release.

Anji Bee says “hello” to Me.dium users for her RockMe session