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“Sickle/Hammer” by Spirits

First, big thanks to Tim Whale at Emerging Indie Bands for his kind words regarding my EP, Garden Variety! Among those kind words are “honesty,” “vitality,” and “delight” (and the rest are good words, too!). But enough about me for a moment. Here’s a new track from a band that I’m enjoying…

Maybe I’m betraying my latent socialist sympathies, but I’m so glad that my friend Tom Powers turned me on to “Sickle/Hammer” by Spirits. The track opens with an acoustic guitar line that reminds me of Guster. After four measures, though, the song is pure eighties power pop. I’m thinking XTC meets Crowded House with some gorgeous backing vocals a la the Beautiful South? Some nice, fat synths in there, too. And listen for a wonderful lyrical sentiment at around the two-minute mark: “Harvest the moon. The darkness will digest the light.”

The track is a pay-what-you want deal — and so is the four-song EP that it appears on, Ubiquitous Possession. All of the tracks glow with their own magic, so check it out!