{"title":"The Spinanes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Spinanes\u003c\/strong\u003e 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, exact and on-point, with a giant collection of shades and enough mod swagger to make Paul Weller proud. Their urgency was soft but they pummeled us hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Gail O’Hara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-spinanes-imp-years","title":"The Spinanes - Imp Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Spinanes\u003c\/strong\u003e (Rebecca Gates and Scott Plouf) blossomed out of the fertile early 90's indie scene that was the American Northwest, bringing the wistful pop of Olympia's K Records south to Portland. Still, even their first recordings reveal that the Spinanes were clearly a unique item, from their line-up (guitar \/ drums duo) to their complex, lyrical songs that went far beyond the popular naivete of the time. In fact, it was their first two singles that many fell in love with and that remain some of their most powerful work, including \"Hawaiian Baby,\" a song so universally hailed that Gates herself has referred to it as \"The Song.\" Imp Years combines these two 7\"'s with one compilation track and a previously unreleased song. Beautiful music, and an important document.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52739168502071,"sku":"MRG160cd","price":10.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739168469303,"sku":"MRG160digital","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/21de1cb6623bce6abd5f3c51d9ddf7d902207b01_ef4a257cc2053911a3ff33157cc2f4cd3acfe7da_medium_jpg.jpg?v=1785380351"},{"product_id":"the-spinanes-manos-reissue","title":"The Spinanes - Manos (Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe seminal full-length debut from legendary Pacific Northwest duo \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/the-spinanes\"\u003eThe Spinanes\u003c\/a\u003e was released 25 years ago, and we are celebrating that milestone by reissuing it with redesigned artwork and vinyl-edition extras. Produced by Brian Paulson, \u003ci\u003eManos\u003c\/i\u003e holds the distinction of being the first album released on an independent label to top the American college charts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Gail O’Hara, editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003echickfactor\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:40px;\"\u003eA college radio hit, \u003ci\u003eManos \u003c\/i\u003ewas characterized as indiepop or indie rock or “alternative,” but also had a touch of art rock, folk, emo, math rock, postrock, even jazz, nearing the same spiritual space as ’90s bands like Unrest, Sebadoh, and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/versus\"\u003eVersus\u003c\/a\u003e. [Rebecca] Gates told our zine in 1993 what kind of record she wanted to make: She wanted it to be “really magical—the way the first Verlaines record is or a Replacements record—things that you can put on when you feel horrible.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:40px;\"\u003eNamed after a misheard Jesus Lizard lyric, \u003ci\u003eManos \u003c\/i\u003eis just that: It sounds like smoky venues and dance parties at punk houses: woozy, tight, fraught, wrought, tense, intense, swoony, breathy, fast, worldly\/weary—sophisticated and primitive, stressful and soothing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"LP (Black)","offer_id":52739220635959,"sku":"MRG649LP","price":19.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":52739220668727,"sku":"MRG649CD","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739220603191,"sku":"MRG649digital","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/c91aee995b11522886b132ff88821a609ae7e9b7_4d9690fc03c9ecba01ce89bc0853fc62f6355994_medium_jpg_6d37be94-eb4a-4075-ab9e-d0b9fe1faba6.jpg?v=1789600425"}],"url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/collections\/the-spinanes.oembed","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}