Lovespirals and Mira will team up this summer for
several shows along the West Coast. Confirmed dates thus far include:
The Pound – 100 Cargo Way, San Francisco, CA 415.273.1169 | Wed
August 21st
The Paris Theater –
Ha ha ha!!!
This is a funny review from a New York punk & rock n roll fansite called New York Waste:
LOVESPIRALS Windblown Kiss is a soft, gentle breeze blowing through the white curtains of your perfect house on the hill with little flowers growing all pretty in a row in a garden of soft green grass to stretch out on in those lazy days we call summer. Okay, enough, enough, I’m gonna puke! Okay, very lovely stuff. Dreamy voices floating over spanish guitar, this a huge potential in some hot European country, just keep it out of mine!
So who the heck sent them this review copy?
Lycia
Just joined the Lycia mailing list about a week ago and have entered into many lively chats with Tara and friends about all kinds of fun stuff. She’s kinda sad that they missed the Projekt Fest… There’s been a lot of talk about getting all the AZ Projekt bands together to do a show out there sometime, so maybe we can get either Lycia, Estraya or Tara Van Flower to make an appearance?
Anyway, if you like Lycia, too, come check out their newslist at: http://lycia.darkspire.net/
Site Updates
Made a few little additions to the site this week. Now the journal entries are separated into batches of 10, so it won’t get too overwhelming. The Photos page has been updated to accommodate a new section, containing fan photos from ProjektFest 2002. I thought it would be a little nicer than pasting them into the Journal… Also added a new link in the Interviews section, and fixed a dead link by just hosting the content ourselves. Fun, fun, fun!
All Music Guide reviews "Windblown Kiss"
Ned Raggett reviews “Windblown Kiss”
When the original partnership of Ryan Lum and Suzanne Perry in Love Spirals Downwards dissolved, the result was a new romantic and musical union between Lum and singer/songwriter, Anji Bee. With the band slightly renamed to indicate the difference between the new directions the duo explored, the first effort from the two was the excellent Windblown Kiss.
Advantageously, it isn’t a radical departure from Lum’s earlier work this isn’t Mojave 3 as different from Slowdive, say but instead a fascinating and beautiful new path that draws from his past without repeating it. It’s evident not merely in his own playing he’s just as apt to explore moody blues licks, acoustic flamenco and bossa nova lines, as well as his trademark digital delay lushness but the range of the songs as a whole.
Bee’s singing is key here instead of the angelic bliss-out of Perry, her approach blends that touch with a subtly sassier tang, reflecting her love for singers like Billie Holiday. Indeed, much of the album feels like a performance at a very classy (but not dull) late-night establishment, with subtle grooves and the sense of passionate love suffusing the air. That she can manage the wonderfully romantic Spanish-language song “Dejame,” with appropriately delicate Latin pop arrangements — not to mention equally fine singing elsewhere in German and French — as well as a cover of an obscurity by America, “You Girl,” gives a good sense of her abilities.
With fine guest work from Doron Orenstein on saxophone and, in two excellent duets with Bee, “How the Thieves Ride” and “You Are the Gun,” Eden’s Sean Bowley on both vocals and guitar, Windblown Kiss adds up as an enveloping, invigorating listen that avoids any easy “Goth” tag to find its own darkly passionate medium. (4 stars)
allmusic.com
Nice comment!
DJ Bryan, of “The Witching Hour: on WRSU, New Jersey, was sweet enough to including this quip in his weekly playlist:
“Windblown Kiss has got to be my favorite release from Ryan Lum. Even the DJ who spins house music before my show liked what he heard. He described it as ‘seductive’.”
Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside…
88.7 WRSU FM can be heard over the web at http://wrsu.rutgers.edu/
Windblown Kiss shipping now!
You can now purchase Windblown Kiss for just
$11.98 online from Projekt Records,
including first class shipping!
P-Fest
I’ve started hearing back from a few of the fans who attended Projekt Fest 2002. Its so nice to know that people enjoyed our show! We weren’t sure how folks would take to our jazzy new sound, but it seems like it was a success. And my kazoo was a big hit!
Looks like we might have a half dozen shows set up this year when everything is verified. Big stuff, for us! We’re thinking about adding a few more songs to the setlist, perhaps some more electronic stuff?
First WK review
Lovespirals – Windblown Kiss (Projekt): Love Spirals Downwards remove the “Downwards,” dispense with the electronic beats of Flux, and change the singer, but remain as ethereally innocuous as ever, if a bit more eclectic. — Angry Robot
Pretty much to the point, eh? I looked up “innocuous” just to make sure that there actually is a positive use for it. Ha ha!
New Comp Released
Lovespirals are included on the new compilation CD,
Blisscent Vol. 1, which
showcases Indie, Dream Pop, and Shoegazer acts
popular on the underground radio show, Blisscent.
Back from Projektfest
Got back from Philly last night. We enjoyed ProjektFest more than we anticipated. It was fun to hang with Audra and Mira at the after parties, and to see old pals like Roachie, Johnny, Lisa etc… There’s some talk of us doing a West Coast tour with Mira this Summer, which would be really cool! We especially hope to hit Portland and San Francisco, where we have friends and family. Keep posted to our news section for updates!
Jive Magazine Interview
A new Lovespirals <a
href=”http://www.jivemagazine.com/interviews/2002/051
92002-lovespirals/index.shtml”
target=”_blank”>interview has been posted at Jive’s online magazine. The print edition is due out June 1st. An mp3 of “Love Survives,” a new unreleased track, is included in Jive’s music section.