Reviews:

The Band That Murdered Silence

The latest, leanest lineup of local troubadour Colin Spring's band may finally be the one that showcases his great songs in the clearest light. Spring is one of the city's best songwriters and deserves the reknown given similar figures like Rosie Thomas and Joel R.L. Phelps. He writes something like punk-rock sea shanties with a Pogues-like approach brilliantly combining Springteens's Nebraska with Ziggy Stardust and his own brand of post-millennial working-class realism. His 2000 record Meet the Sea or Be Washed Up is a raw classic, and the new songs are even better. Spring may be one of those obscure geniuses who skips a big-label recording deal and goes straight to a Guggenheim grant. His shows somehow have both the intimacy of a fireside sing-along and the epic sweep of a big show by a beloved, veteran artist. The Stranger July 2002.

Colin Spring-solo material

Meet the Sea or Be Washed Up ..... Spring lands in the company of the most important talents to be appear in this town in recent years. The Stranger May 2000

Dashboard Tallies, Pedestrian Kills is a beautifully poetic record full of whispered lyrics, biting rhymes and bitter sweet songs. Insite 98'

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