Release: 11. Mai 2007
THIS IS ABOUT ME & YOUSpitting Off Tall Buildings are four words about five people, which when you put them all together, they make one - one band. One of them. The other bands might be Hüsker Dü, Pixies, Spice Girls, Fugazi, Mclusky, (who happen to be responsible for the occasional two bass players), or Sonic Youth for that matter. And this influence can sometimes be heard in their music - either it’s noise, punk, melody, pop, dynamics, intensity or just a whole lotta fun. Still it’s not punk, emo or hardcore, but somehow all of it put together. But then again none of it at all. "When we started out, we wanted to generate the greatest amount of energy and thought it could best be done by hammering out the sound at full speed non-stop. But we forgot this type of thing usually gets on people’s nerves after 15 minutes. And ours too. Then we discovered that loud parts come across better following a quiet part", explains Paule, and this particularly characterizes their debut album "Spitting Off Tall Buildings".
AND I - I GOT NO TIME TO WASTE
The time prior to their first album was spent, like most bands, playing concerts, concerts and more concerts. It didn’t matter where or for how many people - the main thing was to keep the band on the road. Each gig was one better than the last and it brought the band ahead. Hanging around just isn’t their thing. "I think it’s the healthiest for the type of music we do - just to play, to rock all the youth centres who wanted us, in order to grow as a band and to get better at playing live. After all, we want to keep doing this for a few more years", says Andre summing it up.
The first six-song CD-EP followed the first demos. Next they went into the studio with Moses Schneider and Gordon Raphael. "15 songs in seven to eight days (that is, each, for instruments and vocals - not everything in eight days!!) - but it didn’t take as long as with most bands", reports singer Jana about their time together with the two. "I sang ‘Questions & Answers’ in only one take. Moses and Gorden said, 'That was great!!!' I wasn’t so sure at first, because the recording starts out a bit wrong, but then that’s what makes it all the more appealing. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it has to sound energetic."
I NEED A THRILL. GIMME A SHOT!
It doesn’t ever get boring with the Spits. Either you let yourself be taken by the music, or you concentrate on the lyrics and look into the band’s background because you’re not going to be hearing any simple stories about everyday life - these lyrics are about what’s deep down inside and sometimes these are screamed from the soul. When life gets middle-of-the-road, when everything is running as usual, then the song "Fuck Balance" is the perfect sentiment. Sometimes it can even get romantic when, for instance, Jana sings about the first time she met Paule - the two are "In Love & Rockin’" Where there’s love, there’s craziness - both are distinctly communicated in the songs.
COME ON, COME ON!
Maybe it takes a while to get used to the Spits, because they’ve experienced a few ups and downs. However they do their own thing, yet it’s just this type of cheeky charm that’s magnetic. And if the band is happening to play around the corner from you, make noise!
David Bluhm/ Carsten Wohlfeld (Gaesteliste.de)
Love peace and guitarscry us a riverGoodbye *"You want some" our very first beeautifully wild Live-video *"Gotta Hey" video."Heartbeats" - starring our most beautiful beloved and talented sound engineer -absolutely brilliant."Fuck ups"