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On this episode of Nine’s New Music, we feature the track “At 8 In A Spanish Bar” by London based Shibuya Crossings.
Their latest release “DOYA” (Depend On Your Alter-Ego) has been hailed as one of the sleeper albums of the year, and it’s not a big mystery as to why.
Just check the set’s first singles, the driving “Take it Out on Me” and “At 8 in a Spanish Bar,” the latter a riff-crunching tale of a comically doomed romantic encounter. Deeper—but no less stunning—cuts include the yearning “The Things We Say, We Don’t Always Mean,” which plays like some mysterious, minor-key Hüsker Dü inversion, and the closing ballad “Wonder Inside,” a moving meditation on regret and “realizing what’s important in life.”
Shibuya Crossings, whose name is a reference to Tokyo’s infamous nightlife district (shibuya translates as “bitter valley”), was formed in 2006 by Declan after the breakup of his previous band, Jude. As Jude was coming to a close, by himself Declan began recording Songs for Lovesick Teenagers, Shibuya Crossings’ debut on the band’s Typically Magic label, with the assistance of producer Richard Knowler. Rob, Ian, and New Zealand guitarist Gareth Evans were recruited for the live lineup just prior to the album’s release, and the singles “Typically, Everybody Thinks You’re Dead” and “Can You Prove Something to Me” drew swift critical acclaim and airplay on BBC Radio 1 and XFM and Ireland’s 2FM. The quartet hit the road, playing extensively across the UK and Ireland.
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