Showing Blue
Spicer Heights
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Spicer Heights started out in 2004 when David Binder (vocals) and Mike Binder (guitars, backing vocals) asked Tyler Morton (drums) to record some of their acoustic songs in his basement. Tyler, who had played in several other bands since the age of 13, liked the sound and laid down drum tracks on the brothers' originals.
Soon thereafter, Tyler had an unlikely (and random) reunion with a childhood friend, David Miyamasu (guitars, bass, mandolin) and asked him to be part of the band. David quickly agreed and thus formed Spicer Heights. The two Davids became roommates that year, and Dan Wannemacher (violin, keyboards, guitar, bass) would often come from across the hall to join them when they were jamming. His classical training added a different twist to the music, and he joined the band to round out the five members.
Each member in the band comes from a different (and eclectic) array of musical influences, making the style versatile and original. They put on a great live show in any kind of venue, and anyone who sees them can attest that they are far more than a mere studio band; each member is musically talented and adds a little different flavor and energy to the music.
"Showing Blue" is the band's first full-length studio effort, and they are currently working on new material for their second album.
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Finest Acoustic Rock
author: Oliver
I found Spicer Heights on the website musicishere.com, where I could already tell from the 30sec. samples that I want this album, which I later bought here at cdbaby.com
There is not much to criticize here, the songs really get to you and are quite diversified over the length of the album. If you like modern Folk like Jack Johnson or maybe even the Crashtest Dummies, I'm sure you will like Spicer Heights.
What was a little disappointing is the production quality of the album. The recording quality isn't all bad and as long as you preview the songs on the computer, everything seems fine. On my home stereo I couldn't help but think that they did without a final mastering. The CD sounds somewhat "raw" and "unpolished". Sometimes there are some audible distortions, like in "Waiting" from time stamp 1:50 or 2:50. This is a bit sad, because this kind of music would normally be perfect for an audiophile stereo equipment. Don't get me wrong: the quality is already very good for a low budget production of an unsigned band!
The other thing with room for improvement are the vocals. I really like David's vocals, but sometimes, like in the chorus of "Don't" or "Carolina Nights", it seems as if the pitch isn't completely right and that sounds a little weird.
But still - there's a lot of potential in this band and this is already a great CD. I just hope that for the next album they will have a bigger budget for a more elaborate sound engineering.
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