Spirals Over Kansas, In The Sky, I see With My Eye, Thats No Lie....Hi!

Folks, and ladies and gents!  The Noise Circus has started, and its more like an avalanche…But never-mind that, just concentrate on the bizarre sound fields rotating inside your head for a minute and pray for at least one more guerrilla show!  Thats right folks!  This band may never play again, and if you watch the video, you will know why.  This has me a little upset, because I was feeling like I just got to know these freaks, and now this news.  We will call it the ton of bricks news.  This just may turn 2010 into a dud year.

And now for the weather…

Spring has been launched and is about to hit its target, so get out side with a cool brew, and your favorite fanboy phone of choice and watch/listen to the noise this band Spirals Over Norway has produced!  Its perfect for an intoxicated flight through the end-zone of reality, so do yourself a favor and take the trip!  As a journalist, I have one hell of a job before me.  First of all, who the hell is this super underground “Hipster” band that they keep talking about in this video?  Woodchip?  After doing a google search this is what you come up with:  BULLSHIT!

We will get to the bottom of this people!  Send in your comments if you know who the hell this band is!  I may buy you a beer if you can point me in the right direction.

I got to Spirals HQ right after they finished up session 7 and asked them a few questions, but they were in no mood to discuss the drama, so hopefully when I see them this coming Sunday, I can pour enough liquor down their throats to lubricate their juicy speech glands!  What I did find out is this…

They started the practice off with a jam they now dub “Chewing on Vicodin”.  Its a little bit more up beat than some of their stuff, and dare I say a little poppy even!?!  The vocals are reminiscent of Bauhaus at times, and Talking Heads at others.  Don’t get me wrong though, there is plenty of noise and ambiance to drown out anything sounding even remotely traditional, and it is just a jam.  But I asked Dr. Gamage about any plans on using the jam in the future.  “Well Mr. Sunday, I think that there are some great parts in that song, and after listening to it, I believe we will take some parts of it to sample in a future song…Probably in a loud outdoor amp, at 200 decibels and with as much distortion as we can muster.”, he said.

I then asked Griffnasty what plans the band has for the future.  He replied,”We are working on an album, in between random guerrilla shows…and we really want to make the album into something that is its own, its very own…Not some copy of another bands music, or ideas, but our own.  The band seemed to all agree with this statement as they left their practice space skipping towards the local Mexican restaurant for chips and tequila.

The band as a whole, from my perspective at least, seems to have taken on a  private, and more secretive MO these days.  Who could blame them after their cradle has been rocked so!

Here is the Webisode followed by “Chewing Vicoden”.  Enjoy, and feel free to leave some feedback, or any information you might have on this developing situation!

-Corporate Sunday

Chewin’ Vicodin- Feb 19th, 2010

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Machinegun – Guitars

Dr. Gamage – Drums

Griffnasty – Bass/vox/synth