The Spinanes - Manos - VINYL LP

Zak Peter - Blues on the Corner [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/29/2009

A college radio hit, Manos was characterized as indiepop or indie rock or Inchalternative,Inch but also had a touch of art rock, folk, emo, math rock, postrock, even jazz, nearing the same spiritual space as '90s bands like Unrest, Sebadoh, and Versus. [Rebecca] Gates told our zine in 1993 what kind of record she wanted to make She wanted it to be Inchreally magical-the way the first Verlaines record is or a Replacements record-things that you can put on when you feel horrible.Inch Named after a misheard Jesus Lizard lyric, Manos is just that It sounds like smoky venues and dance parties at punk houses woozy, tight, fraught, wrought, tense, intense, swoony, breathy, fast, worldly/weary-sophisticated and primitive, stressful and soothing.

It's about it being bigger than yourself, says Art vs Science's Jim Finn of their epic 2015 album, Off The Edge Of The Earth And Into Forever, Forever. InchAbout appreciating the insignificance of life, and so appreciating life more - stepping away from the mundanity of everyday existence and looking at the bigger picture.Inch Grand words for a trio of Sydney dance-pop nerds. But as Art vs Science - Finn, keyboardist and co-vocalist, drummer Dan Williams, and front man and multi-instrumentalist Dan Mac - have proven profoundly adept at harnessing the power of a collective. Since Art vs Science's 2009 debut EP spawned major hits 'Parlez Vous Francais?' and 'Flippers', the band has been eagerly embraced as radio and festival favorites, with an uncanny knack for unifying the masses with their feel-good live-dance rock. With two EPs, Art vs Science and Magic Fountain, going platinum, their gleefully schizophrenic debut LP, The Experiment, debuted at #2 and went on to win the band an ARIA for Best Independent Album in 2011.