Spokes

Add Date: February 8 

Artist: Spokes 

Album: Everyone I Ever Met 

Label: Counter

Genre: Shoegaze, folk, pop 

Comments: Wonderfully-crafted debut album from the Manchester 5-piece band Spokes. Melancholic, yet comforting sounds often reminiscent of Andrew Bird's complex violin structures dominate the entire album. From the promoter: "This is an album that moves from the chamber shoegaze pop of title track 'Everyone I Ever Met', through heartfelt acoustic folk on 'Sun It Never Comes', slowly building piano balladry ('Give It Up To The Night'), spinning revelry on 'Torn Up in Praise', rural-psych in 'Happy Needs Colour' and beautifully poised pop [in] 'When I Was A Daisy, When I Was A Tree'."