The shadowy blue-black cover artwork (complete with sultry model) is an obvious homage to vintage cool jazz albums, but Spain's compositions are much more concerned with the dark and restless interiors of the psyche than those you'll find on any 1950s jazz record. It's no secret that Spain are trying to evoke a brooding, late-night atmosphere, and the quartet succeeds at doing this with its seductive drones (with lots of languorous guitar/basslines and shuffle drums) and melancholy, pensive songs. It's very much of a piece.
Spain Reunited Live at the Echo - "Untitled #1"Wish I could have been there! Found this on YouTube today after being simultaneously excited about Josh Haden's new solo cd Devoted and the reunion of Spain at the same time. I first heard Spain years ago and had the pleasure of seeing them at Rhino Records in Claremont, CA. (Notice a recurring theme in my musical awakening? That record store i...
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Moggers hear it first.Spain performing "Her Used-To-Been" recorded live 3 April 1996 @ T.T. The Bear's, Cambridge, MA.Josh Haden - bass, vocals; Ken Boudakian - guitar; Merlo Podlewski - guitar; David Harte - drums.The entire set can be downloaded for free from the Spain Live Music Archive soon.
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My band Spain performing the song "Ray Of Light" 28 March 1996 at Monty, Antwerp, Belgium. Download the entire show for free from the Spain Live Music Archive @ archive.org.Josh Haden - bass, vocalsKen Boudakian - guitarMerlo Podlewski - guitarDavid Harte - drums
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Rykodisc.com is offering a free download of the Spain song 'It's So True' (from the 'Blue Moods Of Spain' cd) as part of Rykodisc's 25th anniversary celebration.Registration is required, but you also get to download free songs from Andrew Bird, Morphine, Lori Carson, and Galaxie 500, plus free songs from five different Rykodisc artists every month. The Spain song is available starting today unt...
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I'm in the process of uploading all of my Spain live recordings to the Spain live recording page at archive.org.The first post is Spain live at Mars, Oslo, Norway, on 13 June 1999.This recording and all future posts can be downloaded for free from the link above.Here's a sample track, "Spiritual" recorded live with myself on bass/vocals, Merlo Podlewski - acoustic guitar, Björn Olsson - electri..
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Spain goes on at 8:30pm so get there early! Saturday March 7, 2009 Create:Fixate Art Event Premiere Events Center 613 Imperial St. LA, CA 90013 All Ages - $15/$20
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| 1 It's So True |
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| 2 Ten Nights |
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| 3 Dreaming of Love |
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| 4 Untitled #1 |
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| 5 Her Used-to-Been |
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| 6 Ray of Light |
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| 7 World of Blue |
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| 8 I Lied |
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| 9 Spiritual |
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