that’s the spirit.

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that's the spirit interviewed about playing the Ottawa Bluesfest w./ Flaming Lips and Metric - July 2010

'the blue of distance' live - band = ben wilson (vox, guit), tom thompson (pedal steel), brennan pilkington (drums), simon wright (bass), nicholas dyson (trumpet).

Staying Places, the brand new debut full-length, is now available on iTunes and Zunior ! - just click on one of these links below!:

In OTTAWA, you can now pick up the new CD Staying Places for $10 at:
SOUNDS UNLIKELY, BLACK TOMATO, END HITS and COMPACT MUSIC!

In TORONTO, you can find it at SOUNDSCAPES.

In JAPAN you can now buy the CD through DUOTONE RECORDS !

IN THE REST OF THE KNOWN WORLD, you can buy HERE for $12 incl shipping worldwide - click the 'buy now' button below to get it via paypal!

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For a downloadable staying places lyric booklet, press kit, high-res photos and more info on that's the spirit, please visit the antique room website or email info[at]antiqueroom[dot]ca

If staying places isn't in stock at yr local record store, or if you're a record store that wants to carry it, please email distro[at]antiqueroom[dot]ca

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Hi! Staying Places is a travel-themed album, made 'for explorers and armchair travellers alike'... It was inspired by misadventures as much as adventures. Getting lost in a forest at midnight on a 5-day trek through southern England...Trying impossibly to walk out of cities...The very act of travel and the need to escape...

Thanks for listening. You can read this if you like.

Also, lyrics for Staying Places can be downloaded here.

You can also follow us on twitter if you like.

Member Since:

January 11, 2006

Members:

Ben Wilson - often by his lonesome, other times joined by a revolving cast of folks including:

Tom Thompson (pedal steel guitar, keys, guitar)
Brennan Pilkington (drums, vocals)
Simon Wright (bass)
George Jennings (bass)
Nicholas Dyson (trumpet)
Mike Peterson (bass)
and more and more friends.

Influences:

Tom Verlaine, Mick Turner, My Bloody Valentine, FemBots, Jeremy Enigk, Sufjan Stevens, Yo La Tengo, Andrew Bird, Luna, Sonic Youth, Galaxie 500, Spoon, Versus, Yellow Jacket Avenger, John Southworth, Loney, Dear

Sounds Like:

praise for Staying Places, so far!

"Shows off Wilson's skills behind the mixing desk as much as his songwriting ability...sleek guitar lines and deft changes of gear...breezy, wistful songs [that] share high-end production values with power pop bands like the Shins."
-Exclaim!

"Surprising and inventive songs that will mature greatly over multiple listens... [Wilson has] an astounding ear for song crafting. This is a spotless, near-perfect release. Maybe I've just fallen in love with it, but I can see this album staying just as strong over time as it is now."
- The Line of Best Fit (UK)

"...One of Wilson's most inspired projects to date...there's a softness to [the songs] that makes you want to listen to this album over and over again."
SoundProof Magazine

"Lyrics float introspectively over dreamlike music...Simple melodies over excellent arrangements; this is great stuff."
- Bridging the Atlantic

"Staying Places is looking like an album that will turn a lot of heads."
-Herohill

"A perfect piece of indie pop."
- mp3Hugger (Ireland)

"A distinctive pioneering spirit...That's The Spirit appears to have genuinely embraced a quiet determined-plodding-forward kind of hopefulness, which lends their music this uplifting quality...'Staying Places' is a delightful album, which has captured something of today's Zeitgeist."
- Two Way Monologues

"Gentle, melodic, mind-massages. Listen and drift slowly into a womb-like comfortable slumber."
- A New Band A Day (UK)

"Hazy folk-inspired tunes which feel just as much as home in your dreams as they would as a hearty meal-soup...very comforting."
- A Limerick Ox

There's also a great new article in 24hours magazine that sums our stuff up pretty well, which you can read on the antique room blog

Record Label:

self-released (antique room)