Spirit Plate’s latest video for their track, “Broken Prose” off of their self-titled debut album – which was released on March 3.
A “spirit plate” is an offering. In many Native American traditions, it is common to leave a plate of food outside the entrance of one’s home while eating a meal. This plate is for the spirit creatures of the earth and beyond to come by and partake as they please. It is a welcoming and an opening of the heart. It is an acknowledgment that there is more to this world and this existence than meets the eye. We must embrace the supernatural just as we embrace the mysteries of music, rhythm and dance. Everything is interrelated. This is the underlying message of Spirit Plate, the band.
With splashes of afro-pop and staccato rhythm, beams of 90s fuzz and smears of 60s psychedelic, Spirit Plate (self-titled) is a record of nervous joy and unbound energy. On this 9 song fruit-pop of a record you'll find everything from frantic guitar spazzing ("Why, Why, Why Why,") to cascading saxophones ("Hole in Your Heart") to bird-like flute flutters ("Broken Prose"), to good old classic rock structures ("Try & Try to Be").
Brian Russ delivers straightforward, no-effects-needed vocals in a jarring, yet poignant manner. Brad Connolley plucks out melodic bass lines while delivering backing falsetto vocals that sometimes howls but always know when to whisper. Chris Ciao pounds out beats that can stray and add tensions, but then sits in the pocket and lets the songs cook in the sun.
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