Artist Blog: Spiral Beach

It's All Happening!

The new Spiral Beach album, "THE ONLY REALLY THING" will be released across North America by Sparks/Tommy Boy on September 22, 2009. The album will be available as a CD and LP, as well as a limited edition comic book, lyric book, photo book and T-shirt, each of which will come with a free digital download of the entire album.

We're also announcing the first half of our fall tour!

September 10 - Brooklyn, NY / Don Pedros w/ DD/MM/YYYY
September 15 - Toronto, ON / TIFF Canadian Music Cafe
September 19 - Toronto, ON / Edge 102.1 Steamwhistle Indie Club (FREE all ages show)
September 22 - Sault Ste Marie, ON / TBA
September 23 - Thunder Bay, ON / The Outpost*
September 24 - Winnipeg, MB / The Royal Albert*
September 25 - Saskatoon, SK / Amigo's*
September 26 - Edmonton, AB / The Pawn Shop*
September 30 - Victoria, BC / Lucky*
October 1 - Vancouver, BC / Biltmore*
October 2 - Kelowna, BC / Habitat*
October 3 - Calgary, AB / The Legion*
October 5 - Regina, SK / The Exchange*
October 7 - Minneapolis, MN / 7th St Entry
October 8 - Chicago, IL / TBA
October 13 - London, ON / Call The Office*
October 14 - Hamilton, ON / The Casbah*
October 15 - Guelph, ON / E-Bar*
October 16 - Toronto, ON / Sonic Boom (7pm FREE all ages show)
October 16 - Toronto, ON / Lee's Palace*
October 17 - Ottawa / Zaphod Beeblebrox*
October 20-25 - New York City, NY / CMJ

* with Two Hours Traffic

Here's the track listing for "The Only Really Thing"

"Battery"
"Scour + Devour"
"Domino"
"After Midnite"
"Orange"
"Raising the Snake"
"May Go Round (In a Mania)"
"Which + Whats"
"Way Way Out"
"7 Girls"
"Cemetery"
"Vagueries"
"Shake the Chain"

You can download "Domino" for FREE at http://www.domino.baom.net

More updates as we get closer to the release, stay in touch!!

-Daniel, Airick, Maddy and Dorian

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to the Centre Of Gravity on friday and made it an incredible night for all!

Our next show will be at the Horseshoe Tavern on November 11 - check out the facebook event for all the details at here

This will be our last show of the year, as we'll be in the studio through November and December working on our new record - we'll have lots of updates for you in the meantime, so check back on our Myspace/Facebook pages!

Daniel, Airick, Dorian and Maddy

CASBY AWARD NOMINATION
We've just found out that Spiral Beach has been nominated for a CASBY Award (Canadian Artists Selected By You) for Best New Artist! You can vote for the band at The Edge 102.1 - although you'll have to sign up for the Inside Edge first.

THE FLICK OFF EXPRESS
Spiral Beach is jumping onboard The FLICK OFF Express, which will travel by train to four cities across Ontario with a group of environmental experts, students, advocates and bands to demonstrate just how much Canadians care for the future of the planet.

Spiral Beach will be performing acoustic sets as part of the Flick Off Express:

October 15, 2008 – University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario @ 2:00pm
October 16, 2008 – York University, Toronto, Ontario @ 12:30pm
October 17, 2008 – Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario @ 3:30pm
October 18, 2008 – Confederation Park, Ottawa, Ontario @ 2:30pm

Get more info - join the movement at FLICK OFF Express

See you soon!

Daniel, Airick, Dorian and Maddy