Wednesday 03.11.09: Club NME with SPIRIT ANIMAL / ASA RANSOM

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Spirit Animal makes soul music from Dance Angeles. Its core members have recorded and performed with The Pharcyde and Ben Harper. Combined, the four founding fathers have opened for major acts such as The Roots, M.I.A. and the Beastie Boys. The band’s catchy, meaningful songs and raucous live shows have sparked an explosive following of young, old, hip and humble. Their in-progress, debut full-length, The Cost of Living, features selected tracks mixed by Danny Kalb (Beck, Rilo Kiley, Jack Johnson), and showcases vintage synth wizardry, horn and string sections both punchy and grand, and swaths of vocal harmony — a soundscape that skillfully beckons classic and contemporary influences at once. Spirit Animal’s Internet-ready EP of cover songs, Covers I (out this Spring), will provide a brief introduction to the musical possibilities that lie ahead as they reinvent notable numbers from Beirut, Ginuwine, Alphaville and Sheila Hylton.

with:
Asa Ransom