The Spanish Armada – The Spanish Armada
As the story often goes for quite a few bands, The Spanish Armada came together after member Greg Lyon began tinkering around with ideas for songs that couldn’t quite fit into his other projects. After awhile other members were brought in and began to contribute to the songs and just like that it became a full band. Now a five piece based out of Boston, MA The Spanish Armada are nearly set to release their full-length debut self-titled album through Midriff Records on March 10th.
What the The Spanish Armada gives you on their debut is an excellent helping of hazy moody indie-rock that draws some from Sonic Youth’s lo-fi experimentalism along with a bit of a shoegazy melodic swirl that gives the band at times an eerie dark ambiance that is helped along by the bands often darkly themed lyrics. The band categorizes themselves as a noise-rock outfit, but this most definitely isn’t the sort of noise that strikes with sludge filled bass or in the red raw recording methods, no, this is the sort of noise that is deceptively delicate and finds its craft through many hidden melodies buried underneath the layers of wandering guitar work and fuzz. Repeated listens prove to be even more rewarding as the songs begin to reveal themselves further. Definitely give this album a listen, especially for those that enjoy a bit of a somber vibe to their haziness.
The Spanish Armada – Hospital Corners [MP3]
Keep an eye out on the Midriff Records site for the discs come March 10th and definitely pick up a copy for those that are digging what they hear.
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