Name: Manos
Brand: The Spinanes

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CD 50649

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-12-07

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

WEA /­ ADA

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

673855064925

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

A 50649

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Black

Black vinyl.

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Download code: Yes

Includes photo booklet of ephemera of the era.

673855064918

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

The Spinanes

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Merge Records

Seattle 1993 was the famous grungy playground for dudes in beer-stained flannel while Portland, Oregon, was the scrappy underdog that no one cared about (read Chelsey Johnson’s recent Stray City to feel the vibe) but had an ace music community. It was a place where bands like Hazel and Heatmiser recorded in damp basements. The Spinanes were Portland OGs singer-guitarist Rebecca Gates and drummer Scott Plouf, who met via mutual friends and started playing music together a few months before their performance at the legendary International Pop Underground Convention in Olympia, WA, in 1991, and were snapped up by Sub Pop in the post-Nirvana feeding frenzy. Gates was a guitar manipulator more artful and poetic and sensual than her peers, with a voice full of emotion and warmth - a deep, distinct standout among the samey girly-girls. Plouf was a powerhouse drummer, with a giant collection of shades and enough mod swagger to make Paul Weller proud.

Like slightly scruffy, slightly glam thrift-store siblings, the Spinanes came off as smart and serious. When they recorded their debut album, <i>Manos</i>, with Brian Paulson at AmRep in Minneapolis, they brought a ridiculous amount of energy. A college radio hit, <i>Manos </i>was characterized as indie-pop or indie rock or “alternative,” but also had a touch of art rock, folk, emo, math rock, post-rock, even jazz, nearing the same spiritual space as ’90s bands like Unrest, Sebadoh, and Versus.

Manos

Music US