Suzanne’s band, Melodyguild — spelled here as Melody Guild — were interviewed for the Winter 2004 issue of Gothic Beauty. You can find print copies of this magazine in gothic leaning stores or pick up a digital copy of Gothic Beauty Issue 15 from the zinetastic site.
Projekt just released a limited edition Maxi CD in their popular Excelsis series entitled ‘Holiday Single 2.’ Here’s what it posted on the Projekt website:
Limited edition of 1000! The companion to Holiday Single 1 presents more splendid music to get you in the winter mood! It features the recording debut of melodyguild, the new band from former Love Spirals Downwards vocalist Suzanne Perry (doing a cover of “Sally’s Song” from The Nightmare Before Christmas), another beautifully chilling original from Projekt’s own Unto Ashes, and an original song from Middle Pillar Presents recording artist The Mirror Reveals. Packaged in an environmentally friendly 5″ cardboard wallet. Cover Photo by Vaclav Jirasek (website).
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Check out Holiday Single 2 on Projekt
We’ve nearly completed our next album, tentatively titled “Free & Easy.” So far we have 9 tracks recorded and mixed, totalling 48 minutes. You can hear mp3 clips on our newly updated audio page.
Our prior album, “Windblown Kiss,” is now available through iTunes. You can also buy a cut-out copy from us via CDBaby for the bargain price of just $8.99. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lovespirals
Last.fm is now offering a 192kbps mp3 download of our out-of-print “Ecstatic EP.” The 6 track EP is a whopping 40 minutes long. http://www.last.fm/music/Lovespirals
Anji contributed vocals and lyrics for 2 songs (“Smoke” & “Love Me, Leave Me”) on the brand new Bitstream Dream CD, “Integration.” http://www.bitstreamdream.com
I’ve been contacting local musicians to put together a live band for future Lovespirals gigs. This should be an exciting new development for the promotion of the next album!
Apple is now selling Lovespirals’ 2002 album, Windblown Kiss,
and Love Spirals Downwards’ 2000 retrospective compilation,
Temporal: A Collection of Music Past & Present, in their iTunes
music store. You can purchase either individual songs or the entire
album.
Pat Ogle has released the second volume of his new zine/CD series. Guest List: Precipice Vol. 2 features Lovespirals’ song “Love Survives,” alongside “rare, one of a kind unreleased, and out-take tracks” from Darling Kandie, Angela Bowie-Barnett, Thanatos, Buzz McCoy, Grove Mann, illegalteenagebikini, Queen Mary, mmnpltr, X-VoreteX, Dendron, Chris Connelly with William Tucker, Numb Ones, Prime Rib, Nikekka RPM, and Cinematik.
CNET’s brand new Music.Download.com site has posted the Top 50 Downloaded Songs for Week 2 on their forum, and it turns out that “Psyche,” from Flux, is #1! This 1998 track featuring the vocals and lyrics of Suzanne’s sister, Kristen Perry, has already had over 4,000 downloads from May 3rd to May 9th – not too shabby! LSD is featured on the site’s front page with this editor’s review:
Have a hit of Love Spirals Downwards, which otherwise goes by LSD. Ryan Lum and Suzanne Perry make music that will set your mind drifting, inspired by such beautiful dreamers as the Cocteau Twins and Mojave 3. The difference is that this duo drops drowsy beats over their acoustic guitars.
Check out our page at music.download.com/lovespiralsdownwards!
Lovespirals have joined CNET’s new music.download.com. The band is currently featured as the editor’s pick for 5/6/2004, highlighting “Love Survives” with the following editorial commentary:
The smooth grooves conjure comparisons to Portishead and Everything But the Girl. Combining jazzy torch-song vocal stylings with modern trip-hop sounds and rhythms, Lovespirals craft an infectious and exotic down-tempo sound that you might hear playing in an upscale New York club or Parisian underground lounge.
Suzanne’s band, Melodyguild, posted an update on their official website today:
Regarding the E.P. that you’ve all been waiting for….believe it or not, we are still hard at work in the studio. We are hoping we can post some music soon, but we haven’t decided yet what to post or when. We promise we will make a decision soon as we know you are all waiting!
– melodyguild.com
SoundClick.com, reputedly the biggest mp3 hosting site since Mp3.com shut down, is now hosting several Love Spirals Downwards’ mp3 files. Check it out at soundclick.com/lovespiralsdownwards
Interview by Isobel Geo for Fiber Online, Oct 26, 2003
ISOBEL: What changed in the Lovespirals sounds with your entrance in 1999?
ANJI: The sound was already evolving in 1998, moving towards something more jazzy and funky than previously. Ryan was working with Doron Orenstein, a trained jazz saxophonist, when I joined. Adding my jazzy and soulful vocals helped to further that evolution. As we continued to work together, my song writing style brought a poppier edge to the music. The biggest change I brought to the band was that I encouraged a more collaborative song writing technique.
ISOBEL: The last album was ‘ Windblown Kiss,’ released last year, so what’s the new Lovespirals’ plans for albums, tours, or remixes?
ANJI: We’ve been writing and recording new songs ever since we finished touring for Windblown Kiss, and are about half way done with an album now. Soon we need to start preparing a new live set that includes all of these new songs. Right now we’re getting together files for a remix competition of our new song “Walk Away” that PeaceLoveProductions will be putting on. We are currently seeking a label to release our next album, as well as looking into possibly doing them ourselves.
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