The Spring Standards + Via Audio + Paper Bird

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Paper Bird's backbone is their songwriting, musicianship and a general allergy to all limitations and trends. With seven members and no leader, this band is pulled in every direction imaginable, but thanks to their unique instrumentation they are able to merge their spontaneous creativity into one, solid sound.
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"Finally, a catchy pop record that's serious: not gloomy, not mournful, and not pretentious. It's serious and earnest, it's occasionally sad, but there is such a beautiful gloss over everything that it sticks, hurts, and feels delicious" -Pitchork Review, (7.7/10)

"With all of the synthesizer kids and spazzy indie bands on the scene, it's refreshing to delve into something a little deeper, in this case the cozy songwriting and distinctly grown-up sounds of Via Audio. Restrained and elegant." -Spin Magazine, The Hottest Bands Playing CMJ 2008

"The result is an indie rock album that serves as a pop-up book for adults, bursting with vivid colors and secret corridors at the turn of every page." -Filter Magazine, premiere of "Babies"
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The Spring Standards are an energetic force of three-part harmony circling over a rock n' roll sound with an old country aftertaste. From small towns to big cities, they explode on stage with spirit, spontaneity, and a style all their own. They are, in no particular order: James Cleare, James Smith and Heather Robb. Each member of the band is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, and they use their strengths as a trio to create a sound that listeners might expect from a band twice their size. With an emphasis on three-part harmony and a variety of instrumental switching, their range and energy make each live show a unique event.

In fact, the band's performance set-up is as distinctive as their sound: They take a drum kit and break it up among the three of them, and then they set up along the front of the stage. So, whoever is playing bass (James and James alternate between bass and guitar,) is also stepping on a kick drum and whoever is playing guitar is also stepping on the high hat (and sometimes playing harmonica simultaneously). Heather, in the middle, switches between melodica, keys, glockenspiel and snare drum, often playing several at a time. And even with all this going on, their harmonies are astounding.

An independent band in virtually every sense of the word (no label, no publisher, etc,) The Spring Standards have let their music speak for itself, and have seen a path unfold for them that just seems to get better and better. Their EP 'No One Will Know' (co-produced by Rhett Miller of The Old 97s,) was released in August and celebrated with a packed New York CD release party at The Bowery Ballroom. Within weeks of the release, the band celebrated their national television debut on NBC-TV's Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Surrounding this, the band has enjoyed a busy schedule of touring with Squeeze, The Old 97s, Marc Broussard, The Clarks and Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers.

They have just wrapped up their first full length album, Would Things Be Different, produced by Bryce Goggins (Pavement, Phish, Apples in Stereo).The album is set to be released April 13th, 2010.

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