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The Spectacular Fantastic’s ‘Circling the Sun’ Review at Razorcake
THE SPECTACULAR FANTASTIC – Circling the Sun
This is some hooky power pop played by a duo out of Cincinnati. Given their locale, it shouldn’t be surprising that I immediately heard some Guided By Voices influence, as they’re both from the same neck of the woods. There’s also certainly an influence from the Elephant 6 collective bands. The Spectacular Fantastic has evidently been around for a while, so it makes sense they have their shit together. And by that I mean it sounds good, both in the way it’s recorded and how well the two members sound playing together. It doesn’t hurt that the tunes are catchy and pretty fun. –Kurt Morris
The Spectacular Fantastic – Circling the Sun
75OL-236 The Spectacular Fantastic – Circling the Sun
$7.00 S&H Included
Noncommercial-License/Free Download
Track Listing
- Without You
- Living in the Country
- Wasting All My Time
- I Would Do The Same
- Absent Mind
- Brand new Day
- Complicated
- Prison of Love
- It’s So Hard
- Sometime I Feel
- Dying In The Sand
- So Unreal
The Spectacular Fantastic is back with another crunchy, catchy, twangy album full of the sugary hooks that you have come to expect from the Cincinnati-based power pop project. Seven years since the last release on 75orlessRecords (Consume/Reward) have left the band plenty of time to refine and hone their heartland honesty and melodic sound. From the instantly memorable “Without You,” to the back porch strumming of “It’s So Hard,” The Spectacular Fantastic cover a dizzying array of sounds and styles with the new album, Circling The Sun. With influences running the gamut from the Elephant 6 Collective, to classic rock in the vein of Neil Young, to the powerful pop of Big Star, TSF will assure listeners a diverse voyage into the history of pop-leaning-rock with unique twists and choruses that sound familiar and new at once. The current incarnation of the band consists of Mike Detmer and Jonathan Williams. Each member adds to the instrumentation and production of the new album while Dave Davis handled the mastering duties.
The Spectacular Fantastic at Blogio Oddio
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The Spectacular Fantastic – Avalanche Lane
75OL-081 The Spectacular Fantastic – Avalanche Lane CD
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Track Listing
- Avalanche Lane
- I’ve got secrets
- Loops
- Hard for my money
- Underground
- Say that you love me
- When I am down
- Clearly
- Instrumental_23
- I try and I try
Blasting through 10 songs in under 20 minutes, Cincinnati’s The Spectacular Fantastic return from the outer edge of obscurity to bring listeners another hefty dose of twangy power pop goodness. In this rapid fire assult of sugar coated ear candy, Mike Detmer takes listeners on a whirlwind journey exploring lost love, sunshine daydreams, and all points in between. Returning to his roots, this album finds Detmer striking a delicate balance between down-home acoustic romps and fuzzed out pop psychedelia. Distributed online by Cincinnati’s Ionik Recordings, this album will be limited to a pressing of 75 silkscreened copies by 75orLess Records.
The Spectacular Fantastic – Consume EP
75OL-037 The Spectacular Fantastic – Consume EP CD
Limited to 75 silkscreen copies on CD.
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Track Listing
- Limitless and free
- Top of the stairs
- I don’t want to live
- Tiny little heart
- Sympathy
The Spectacular Fantastic is a pop leaning rock band from the outskirts of Cincinnati. The duo, featuring multi-instrumentalists’ Mike Detmer and Jonathan Williams, return with their new EP Consume. Co-released with Cincinnati’s Ionik Recordings, the current EP will also be complimented by a free online only ‘Reward’ EP. Having made some of their back catalog available for free downloads, the band believes that allowing the listener to decide what to pay for music is the wave of the future for independent artists. For fans of The Beatles, Neil Young, and Sebadoh.