Spring are a fairly recent 'discovery' for me, courtesy of Myspace. This is their latest album, which opens with the catchy rocker 'Clipped Wings', before moving on to the slightly country-flavoured title track.
'Ursa Major' falls somewhere between The Beatles' 'Blackbird' and an early McCartney solo number, while other tracks hark back to 70s riff-laden rock. Much of the time though, they're not a million miles away from Crowded House, Teenage Fanclub, or - my own favourite band - Cosmic Rough Riders.Their songs all have strong melodies, which earns them huge brownie points in my book, and I'm delighted to use my two favourite musical descriptions here: 'catchy' and 'hooky'. And there's even more good news - for the first time in my blog, I'm writing about a band that's still making music! You can listen and buy on the Spring website and on their Myspace; if you look for the albums on Amazon you need to find the right Spring - these guys are from Leeds in England, and their albums are called 'Cornered', 'Circle Cake', 'Four' and 'Anytime Now'. Go ahead and give them a listen - you won't regret it.
