SPODs highly anticipated maximum overdue chart busting AMAZING RIDE OF YOUR LIFE record ‘SUPERFRENZ’ is here! Spanning over 6 home studios, a veritable museum of classic synths and 2 hard drive meltdowns.
SPODs highly anticipated maximum overdue chart busting AMAZING RIDE OF YOUR LIFE record ‘SUPERFRENDZ’ is here! Spanning over 6 home studios, a veritable museum of classic synths and 2 hard drives meltdowns.
This album hit a solid brick wall of emotion after SPOD returned from showcasing in the USA at the SXSW festival in early 2007. Locking himself away in his studio with an impressive museum of owned & borrowed classic synths; he hit the final switches on the record. But whilst triumphantly packing and moving out of the studio, both the album and back up hard drives did a spectacular high dive to death. Due to the financial and emotional cost of repairing the drives, the fact it took around 3 years to get the album done through several home studios and the hellish work it would take to get it back up and running, SPOD was going to bin the whole thing, the album, the band, everything, out to pasture into the realms of non existence for all eternity, until… A super lovely crew of superfrenz caught wind of such talk and all joined forces in wondrous superiority, organising a SPOD fundraiser pulling some money together all on their own SPOD love accord. Along with a dose of ‘dude, pull it together and get it done’ love, SPOD started upon the long journey to re-record, rebuild and reinterpret what would become SPODs long overdue second album, Superfrenz, which is dedicated to those very people.
The destruction and reconstruction process of this album has resulted in an album much more evolved, adventurous & musically involved, spanning & capturing the magic of what makes Spod, SPOD! …and also exploring the realms of epic majesty only noblemen and lordmens dare. But more than anything, it reminded SPOD of why he makes music in the first place. SPOD has extended the abilities of his studio beyond an Atari, a sampler and a drum machine which allowed him to construct an album that spans from psychedelic folk vintage synth epix about death to future metal anthems about bewbs and post hip hop noise jams about the concept of time. The instrumentation of these recordings range from game boys, video game machines, live drums, keys, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass… creating at bare minimum, a record of all sorts. SPOD recorded and produced the entire record in various studios, before dealing with the genius mix works of Mirko Vogel (sekiden), cameo boy Jonboyrock on DEAD (hardons etc), and finally Shellac’s own Tom Weston mastering the record (woo!).
SPODs recording and performance existence has been always active, innovative and forever interesting resulting in attracting collaborating teams of multi plat legends, having awesome bands as his SPOD band such as Black Level Embassy, Further, Sekiden, and 2/3rds of Wolfmother and releasing special limited cassette tapes, EPs and 7″ vinyl for his people.
Since the almighty return of SPOD instant support and opportunities have unveiled themselves. Clarifying, that the people missed SPOD and that we need all things SPOD.
Plenty of loadponies have attempted to take the crown in the absence of Sir Spodlington, but the crown is safe once more, and secured back on his sweet kingly head so fear not, sit back and relax and listen to SPOD. Hairs to SUPERFRENZ!
SPOD’S SUPERTOURZ
OCT 11 -- Shapes Perth
OCT 17 -- Northcote Social Club Melbourne
OCT 18 -- Enigma Bar Adelaide
OCT 24 -- Oxford Tavern Wollongong with WOW
OCT 25 -- Oxford Art Factory Sydney with WOW
OCT 31 -- Hotel Great Northern Byron Bay
NOV 1 – The Step Inn Brisbane
NOV 2 -- Sol Bar, Coolum
SUPERFRENZ out now on Valve/MGM. Features DEAD, Afterparty, Cats & more. For interviews, images and more contact consume1@ozemail.com.au or management@spod.com.au www.spod.com.au / www.myspace.com/spod http://www.littlegeorge.com.au/spodpresser/albumpresser1.html
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