THE SPATULAS - Beehive Mind [Full Album, 2024]

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"To address the weight of the world without speaking of weariness. To march the song to breathlessness but loosen your grip when the band wanders. To tell all your secrets but shield your loved ones from vulnerability. To dress up in the charm and temptation of the pop song but maintain a core of peculiarity, of a single voice trying to navigate this world. This is the project of the Spatulas. Think of the few songwriters who know they’re the only ones in the world who could write their songs. The ones who sing in the confidence that the song couldn’t exist without them: Peter Jefferies, Jenny Mae, Ron House, Heather Lewis. Jonathan Richman? Put Miranda Soileau-Pratt and the Spatulas on this list.
All eleven songs on ‘Beehive Mind’ share a percussive, unshadowed presence, a steady, clear-voiced clop. Every note on the record is a little bit sad on its own but then they're organized in a way that you don't actually notice. Credit this to the band’s skill-Jon Grothman, Lila Jarzombek, Kyle Ra_quipiso and Miranda Soileau-Pratt all play with no limits and they all play with profound ease. The songs breathe in warmth and patience, they are immediate and sweet. And then they start to meander. The guitar skitters with the deliberate unpredictability of a wild animal. Parts repeat and reset with the obsessiveness of an anxious mind. The lyrics open doors to unexpected scenes of lovers, family, and violence.
This is all intentional: “I need to play music and listen to music as a form of therapy,” explains Soileau. This means safety, this means encouragement, this means trauma, this means hard questions. Only a band so comfortable at the margins, only a band so capable, only a band so trusting can achieve all this.
Miranda Solileau-Pratt wrote the first Spatulas song in 2020, while living in Oregon. Since that time, the band has released two cassettes and toured the United States. Members of the Spatulas have also played in The Blimp, Honey Bucket, Hot Gum, and Meerkaz. The band has shared stages with Helen, Lavender Flu, Debt Rag, Pink Reason, Blues Ambush, and Kath Bloom. ‘Beehive Mind’ is their debut LP.
00:00 Ariel Tram
02:04 Somewhat Alike
04:24 Facedown
08:37 Maya
11:34 The Long Way
14:37 Suzie Girl
17:50 Shedded Life 8. Mother Brother
20:22 Mother Brother
23:38 Get Along
27:34 Beehive Mind
30:19 Frontotemporal
bass- Jon Grothman
lead guitar- Lila Jarzombek
drums- Kyle Raquipiso
rhythm guitar and vocals- Miranda Soileau-Pratt
written by Miranda Soileau-Pratt
recorded and mixed by Evan Mersky at Red Lantern Studios
mastered by Fred Thomas
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[@pabloimireia]

Gooood!
And thanks for text...checking some of the stuff..
Jefferies😎

[@adylevene4318]

The Shop Assistants and The Flatmates are all grown up and mature, been listening to Mo Tucker and out come Spatulas. Bit of a long winded pile of bollocks just to say I love this. I saw a Lovely Eggs gig last week these would have made a great support band to their d.i.y. psychedelica.

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Feelgood hit of the summer.

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