A very weird collaboration, as is standard for Western Canada, between a 50 year old man and a 12 year old girl – and I have to say, the 12 year old girl shines on this record. It’s not very interesting, with about 2 instruments and vocals throughout. I didn’t make it through the whole album, so if you can do better, give it a try. I doubt anyone not getting paid to listen to this record will make it past the first three songs, unless you are heavily into industrial drum and bass, or you’re trapped in a mall.
Spokes is about the universe and bikes. It delves deeper into the Canadian prison industrial complex, which is where I assume this song was recorded. Game point has wild, frantic drums, but at the moment that Steve’s record label, ERA, offered to pay me for this review, I refused to do an interview as I knew that journalistic integrity would be compromised.
Home is Where The Art Is seems to have had more thought put into the title than the songwriting, but the lyric “throw some paint at the wall” really shines. Derealisation has some cool strings or vocals, I couldn’t really tell, and perhaps I will never know. Out of Hand is a song about mistakes, with Steve employing a backup singer to make up for his pained vocals.
The Long Internal Struggle is pretty good, it has the best production of the album.
Spade is unpublished at this time, so if you want to press copies of it, please contact us and we will put you in touch with the artist’s management.