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“Brother Against Brother” Single & Music Video Out Now

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The first new single from Lovespirals since their 2010 album, ‘Future Past,’ is in many regards a return to form for band founder, Ryan Lum. Lum exploded onto the American dream pop scene back in 1991 as Love Spirals Downwards on the Projekt Records label, quickly establishing himself as one of the best ethereal producers and guitarists this side of the Atlantic. “Brother Against Brother” is swirling, ambient, folk-tinged dream pop replete with heavily effected ethereal guitar and female vocals by his bandmate, Anji Bee.

Buy the 2-song single at http://lovespirals.bandcamp.com

Bee created this appropriately heavenly video filled with fluffy slo-mo clouds and the duo dressed like angels in all-white using her iPhone and Final Cut Pro. Each member selfied their own performance in the video.

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Meanwhile Irreplaceable Time Flees/Insignificant Video

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This lovely music video is set to the songs “Meanwhile Irreplaceable Time Flees” and “Insignificant” from our 2010 album, Future Past. It was filmed and edited by Lovespirals guitarist Ryan Lum, his first ever music video production. Shot on location at Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island and in the band’s Chillcuts and Chillcast studios.

Meanwhile Irreplaceable Time Flees/Insignificant from lovespirals on Vimeo.

Buy this CD or digital format album from the Lovespirals Bandcamp Page and you will also get a copy of this music video, as well as our videos for “Believe” and “Home.”

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Re:Gen Mag Reviews Future Past

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Re:Gen online magazine posted a review of the latest Lovespirals album:

Ryan Lum and Anji Bee go big on their fourth full-length album, adding ‘70s blues and progressive rock elements to their chilled out soul-tinged electronica.

Their fourth album together is a step into a bigger sound for Ryan Lum and Anji Bee. The duo’s fascination for ‘70s soul and jazz is amplified in Lum’s production, with the Rhodes piano that gave 2007’s Long Way from Home so much of its signature warmth joined by lush, almost disco-tinged strings on the languid, smokey “Rain” and the laidback but funky “Water Under the Bridge.” The guitars are bigger too, the spaced out progressive instrumental “Meanwhile, Irreplaceable Time Flees” segueing into the wah-wah-laced soul of “Insignificant.” Bee’s voice is stronger, more mature, and more powerful this time around as well; Lum and Bee have a reputation for love songs, but “Feel So Good” and “Shine” are positively lusty, highlighting both Bee’s range and her sensuality. The real standout on this album, though, is “Home,” which is more reminiscent of earlier Lovespirals songs in its cozy romantic vibe but features the best singing the pair have ever recorded, with subtle multi-tracking enhancing an already impressive vocal showing. 

While Future Past is undeniably warm throughout, there are also hints of the cooler, more dreamlike elements present in their earliest work. “Love” is the project’s most unabashedly electronic offering in years, all emphasis on the groovy breakbeats, and both “Shine” and “Believe” utilize softly insistent guitar strumming in the vein of Lum’s earlier project, Love Spirals Downward, in addition to the warmer grooves and subtle jazz instrumentation that characterize much of his work with Bee. The end result is an album that’s at once a leap forward and a fond glance back; the duo could hardly have picked a better title than Future Past.

— Matthew Johnson for regenmag.com
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Meanwhile Irreplaceable Time Flees Video

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There’s nothing quite as magical as warm Santa Ana winds in Southern California in December! Check out this gorgeous video of Lovespirals founder, Ryan Lum, longboarding at Bolsa Chica State Park Beach, set to his Future Past instrumental, “Meanwhile Irreplaceable Time Flees,” shot and edited by bandmate, Anji Bee.

You can download this video free from Lovespirals Vimeo account. Buy the mp3 of “Meanwhile Irreplaceable Time Flees” on iTunes.

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Lovespirals Remix Contest on ACIDplanet

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Enter Sony’s ACID Planet remix contest for Lovespirals! Remix the duo’s song, “Feel So Good,” from the 2010 album, Future Past. Download a zip file with a folder of official song stems including Anji Bee‘s main and backing vocals (both dry and with Leslie Rotary Speaker effect) and Ryan Lum‘s phased electric guitar, Fender P bassline, and Hammond organ line, plus a folder of 20 Sony bonus loops consisting of “Organ Donor” organ lines and “What Is It” basslines. Sony is also offering a free download of ACID Express which contestants can use to create a remix if they like. One grand prize winner will receive a copy of ACID Pro, 5 ACID loop libraries and all 4 Lovespirals albums on CD, plus the opportunity to be included on a new remix single for “Feel So Good.” Get started now, you’ve got until December 28th to enter!

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“Believe” Music Video

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Back in 2008 and 2009 when Lovespirals were creating their 4th album, Future Past, the band captured some behind-the-scenes moments during the songwriting, recording, and production process — as well as time spent at various beaches in their native Southern California to recharge their creative batteries. “Believe” was filmed by Anji and Ryan, and edited together by Anji.

Lovespirals “Believe” Music Video

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Chillcast Lovespirals Feature

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The Chillcast with Anji Bee podcast is hosting a special one-hour interview feature with Lovespirals this week. Ryan and Anji sat down in her podcast studio to discuss their brand new 4th album, Future Past, and give her listeners an overview of the band’s decade-long history. The band chat about their writing and recording process including our musical influences, album concepts, and the various stories surrounding our songs and albums as they listen to every track from Future Past and a few songs from their past 3 albums. If you haven’t checked out Anji’s weekly music show before, now would be the perfect time!

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Playlist:

  1. “Shine” Future Past (2010) Lovespirals - Future Past - Shine
  2. “Home” Future Past (2010) Lovespirals - Future Past - Home
  3. “This Truth” Long Way From Home (2002) Lovespirals - Long Way from Home - This Truth
  4. “Oh So Long” Windblown Kiss (2005) Lovespirals - Windblown Kiss - Oh So Long
  5. “Hand in Hand” Free & Easy (2007) Lovespirals - Free & Easy - Hand In Hand
  6. “Love” Future Past (2010) Lovespirals - Future Past - Love
  7. “Water Under the Bridge” Future Past (2010) Lovespirals - Future Past - Water Under the Bridge
  8. “Meanwhile, Irreplaceable Time Flees” Future Past (2010) Lovespirals - Future Past - Meanwhile, Irreplaceable Time Flees
  9. “Insignificant” Future Past (2010) Lovespirals - Future Past - Insignificant
  10. “Feel So Good” Future Past (2010) Lovespirals - Future Past - Feel So Good
  11. “Rain” Future Past (2010) Lovespirals - Future Past - Rain
  12. “One of Those Days” Future Past (2010) Lovespirals - Future Past - One of Those Days
  13. “Sinking” Future Past (2010) Lovespirals - Future Past - Sinking
  14. “Believe” Future Past (2010) Lovespirals - Future Past - Believe

Lovespirals - Future Past (2010)
Lovespirals Future Past (2010)

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Chillcast Video #37: Lovespirals "Home" Premier

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The Chillcast with Anji Bee presents the world premier of the video for “Home” by Lovespirals! This is the first-ever music video for Lovespirals, so we are pretty excited. The video was created using HD footage we filmed at the beautiful Newport Back Bay estuary, combined with footage from the ride home after mastering Future Past in Northern California. Its an intimate video with a dreamy feel that we hope you will enjoy. We’ll be making the video available on all your favorite video services soon, so stay tuned!

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Lovespirals 'Future Past' now on iTunes

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Lovespirals’ 4th full-length album, Future Past, was just released this week on the iTunes Music Store. Individual songs are available in non-DRM 256k AAC for just $.99 each or buy the full album for $9.99. The band offered Future Past digipac CDs and digital downloads over the holiday season exclusively on the Lovespirals Webstore, but the official album release date is January 1, 2010. Popular online music store, CDBaby, is also offering Future Past in both CD and digital download formats. More stores will be following soon.

Reactions thus far have been extremely positive, with many fans claiming Future Past to be Lovespirals’ best album to date. Even with the extremely limited holiday season release, some have included Future Past in their “best of 2009” lists, including Green Arrow Radio and several Last.FM bloggers:

Crap on a cracker, this album has gotten me so hooked, I can rarely pull away from it. Anji’s voice is like honey, very smooth. I was a bit concerned how the follow-up to “Long Way From Home” was going to sound, because it’s one of my favorite albums ever and very hard to surpass. But Anji and Ryan have done it. And how! – Escapings, Last.FM

Singer/songwriter, Beth Hirsch – who’s perhaps best known for her work with Air on their seminal Moon Safari album – has been extremely supportive, writing:

From the unforgettable chorus on “Shine,” to Anji Bee’s sultry vocal cadences on tracks such “Feels So Good”, “Love,” and “Rain”, to the stunning guitar riffs, Rhodes, and instrumentation by Ryan Lum on “Meanwhile, Irreplaceable Time Flees” and “One Of These Days,” Lovespirals’ latest CD, Future Past, is easily one of the best chillout albums to welcome in 2010. The album is sexy, moody, bluesy, ethereal – pure Lovespirals. — Beth Hirsch, CDBaby

Karmacoda frontman and producer, B, has shown his support as well. After attending an exclusive pre-release listening party, he had this to say:

Lovespirals combines seamless harmony and a relaxed tempo with guitar and synthesized instrumentals for a sound that is unique. ‘Future Past’ sounds both classic and yet completely new; it features the most compelling elements of seventies groups yet is completely rooted in today’s electronica/pop/alternative genres. — Brett Crockett

Anji and Ryan of Lovespirals would love to read your review of Future Past on iTunes!

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Green Arrow Radio Features Future Past

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Mr. G of Green Arrow Radio has been spinning several of Lovespirals latest songs, including “Home,” “Love,” and “Meanwhile, Irretrievable Time Flees/Insignificant”. Future Past also made the Green Arrow Radio Tops of 2009 list, ranking #33 out of his unconventional list of 97 albums. This free-form show features an eclectic array of artists with an emphasis on world music and underground talents that you are unlikely to hear anywhere else. Green Arrow Radio airs on 91.7fm WSUM in Madison, WI, Saturdays from 10 am to noon. You can also stream the Green Arrow Radio show — and indeed, the whole station — over the Internet via iTunes, Windows Media Player or WinAmp.

Mr. G wrote a fun and quirky review of Future Past on the Green Arrow Radio blog, which reads, in part:

The latest release from Lovespirals has me softly speaking to myself and smiling. The down tempo music and vocal temptations seduce the parts of my ears that are connected right to the part of my brain that produces happiness. Highlight on this album for me personally [is] “Meanwhile, Irreplaceable Time Flees” right into “Insignificant”… This is a classy album that I am so happy to share with others; I think it’ll find many compatible ear-mates out there.

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Lovespirals “Future Past” CD Available NOW!

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You can now buy Lovespirals’ brand new album, Future Past, exclusively from the Lovespirals webstore! This gorgeous 6-panel eco-friendly digipak includes all of the song lyrics plus beautiful photography by Susan Jennings and original artwork/design by ithinkitsnice, while the CD itself was replicated using real-time glass mastering and vintage CD manufacturing equipment for audiophile-class sound, care of Groove House Records. Ryan and Anji of Lovespirals will personally autograph your copy if you request it, and they will throw in an immediate digital download of the album for every order placed on their site. In keeping with this green release, the band will package orders in non-bleached mailers made of 90% recycled content (50% post-consumer). You can read more about the Future Past eco-friendly packaging in an earlier blog post.

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Buy Future Past digipak for $12.98 direct from Lovespirals (includes free digital download)

Future Past will also be distributed via Projekt Records, CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody and all the usual online music sources, but the band wanted to make the album available to fans as soon as possible. As an independent band, it is difficult to schedule simultaneous release on all platforms, so those will be trickling in over the next few months. Please join the Lovespirals mailing list to keep up with the latest news, events, and more. 

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Future Past Available November 17

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Lovespirals’ long awaited 4th CD, Future Past, will be available for sale on Tuesday November 17 exclusively on lovespirals.com, with iTunes, eMusic, Amazon etc to follow soon. As always, Anji and Ryan will personally autograph your CD if desired. And as a special bonus, all who purchase Future Past from lovespirals.com will receive a free download of the album (in 256k mp3 format) to enjoy immediately.

Future Past is the band’s first-ever digipak release and they are thrilled with the results. Featuring elegant artwork designed by ithinkitsnice (who designed the latest album and singles for Blu Mar Ten), with stunning photography by long-time band photographer Susan Jennings, and printed on a high end multi-color offset press to luxurious, yet eco-friendly, 100% recycled Enviroboard™ by Groove House Records, this is one album you will truly appreciate owning in physical form.

Eco-Friendly 6-Panel Digipak of Future Past
Eco-Friendly 6-Panel Digipak of Future Past by Lovespirals

The Chillcast with Anji Bee, will premier Lovespirals’ first new single – “Shine” –  on episode #190.  In case you haven’t heard the show before, it is a one-hour free mp3 download of the best new downtempo, chillout, lounge, worldbeat, electropop, and more, hosted with commentary by Anji. This Friday’s episode will also include brand new tracks by Blu Mar Ten, Groove Junkies, Minus Blue, and Amanda Blank.

If you haven’t already done so, please visit the official Future Past discography page to listen to audio clips of every song, read album liner notes, and view a photo album of Lovespirals’ latest band portraits.