{"title":"Spice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn all female pop group formed in 1994 in London, England. The group consisted of Melanie Brown (\"Scary Spice\"), Melanie Jayne Chisholm (\"Sporty Spice\"), Emma Bunton (\"Baby Spice\"), Geri Halliwell (\"Ginger Spice\"), and Victoria Beckham, née Adams (\"Posh Spice\").\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpice was a highly successful British girl group that dominated the music scene in the late 90s. Known for their catchy pop tunes and energetic performances, they quickly became global icons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir unique personas and individual styles made them relatable to fans worldwide. From Scary's boldness to Sporty's athleticism, Baby's innocence to Ginger's fiery personality, and Posh's elegance - each member brought something special to the group.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"viv","title":"Viv","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second LP by California rock n roll unit Spice expands their palette of damaged anthems and addiction poetics with a more bristling, visceral sound, distilled from years in the trenches of bands, break-ups, and breakdowns. Singer Ross Farrar explains their chemistry succinctly: “We all got in a room and this is what came out.” Viv is named for a precursor project of bassist Cody Sullivan and violinist Victoria Skudlarek, but also alludes to broader notions of vividness, sonic, visual, and otherwise. Engineered by Jack Shirley and mixed \/ mastered by Sam Pura in Oakland, the mix achieves that rare balance of every element being elevated but distinct, with voices, strings, and drums each given space to blaze parallel paths. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpener “Recovery” captures Spice at their stormy, weathered best, booming drums and East Bay riffs skidding out in a rockslide of rapture, regret, and bruised melody (“You sacrifice perfect days to laugh through the night \/ you have to get out of bed \/ and it’s hard \/ and it’s hard \/ it’s so hard to admit”), peaking in Ian Simpson’s poignant single-note vibrato guitar solo; Farrar agrees: “The guitar says what we cannot.” Other tracks embrace the group’s shredded pop potential (“Any Day Now,” “Dining Out,” “Live Scene”) and their speedway ripper mode (“Threnody”), with detours into oblique instrumentals (“Melody Drive”) and orchestral balladeering (“Ashes In The Birdbath”). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what unites and ignites these songs across different energies and arrangements is their specific sense of emotion. Rawness refined into reckonings, approaching truth, born of cold mornings, bad luck, and too many wrong turns. Waking up where you’re not supposed to be, living a life you don’t recognize. The album ends with no end to its narrative, still fighting, still slipping. Farrar calls “Climbing Down The Ladder” a “relapse song – telling people you’re okay but you’re still fucking up.” Heartbeat drums march under heartbroken guitars in an elegant downward spiral of defeat, delusion, and desperate hope, dreamed more than believed: “I said it was the last time \/ but I was up so high \/ 100 miles \/ 1000 miles \/ no me in sight \/ I saw into the next life \/ I wasn’t dead \/ I felt so vivid in the next life.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dais","offers":[{"title":"Yellow | LP","offer_id":50422849175883,"sku":"1146864","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50422842392907,"sku":"1146861","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Clear | LP","offer_id":50422846816587,"sku":"1146862","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50422844260683,"sku":"1146860","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1c02562b-6f23-459b-a787-b2ea9c60d2c9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726767402"},{"product_id":"a-better-treatment-everyone-gets-in","title":"A Better Treatment \/ Everyone Gets In","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpice singer Ross Farrar speaks of the band’s ambition to forge a sort of aesthetic patois: a mode of expression as strikingly regional as it is recognizable. Last year’s self-titled debut, released in the depths of the pandemic, fully achieved this goal, distilling decades of North Bay punk and post-hardcore into an urgent, artful set of emotive unrest. Their latest single, A Better Treatment b\/w Everyone Gets In, further refines the group’s singular mix of weathered melody and abrasive poetics, equal parts bracing, bruised, and cryptic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A Better Treatment” began as a song about a friend who died but through the turmoil of collaboration transformed into something more macroscopic and opaque, blurring the boundary between hopeful and defeated (“I thought loving someone would cure my self-hatred”). Bass and drums build against walls of guitar while the violin threads its own melancholy within the noise; Farrar is blunt about the intention: “The violin is an instrument of death you know.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Everyone Gets In” is both poppier and more pained, an anthem for angst aging into the reverie of regret: “We lose our strength \/ along the way \/ we lose each other \/ the funeral sways.” The tempo sways too, gradually slowing to an anxious crawl before finally revving back into a storm of shimmering guitar and splashing drums, fighting against the dying of the light. It’s music of raw truths and rejected pedestals, storied but unswerving, a revolt against the great regress: “and my \/ my time is spent \/ adoring seasons \/ that I \/ I never should’ve.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dais","offers":[{"title":"Yellow | 7\"","offer_id":50459308654923,"sku":"1133321","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/88c896b9-0662-40cb-aca4-299722bf1831_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727219828"},{"product_id":"10","title":"10","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpice is the reigning Queen of Dancehall and a media powerhouse, with multi-million streaming videos and 3.5 million Instagram “Besties,” often attracting 20,000 plus fans to her impromptu IG live sessions. She has built a loyal following on social media and on the live show circuit over years, and now her debut album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e10\u003c\/i\u003e features productions from Shaggy, Supa Dups, Stephen 'Di Genius' McGregor, Costantin \"Costi\" Ionita, Shane Hoosong, Ainsley Morris, and Grace Hamilton (Spice), among others. Guest vocalists include Melissa Musique, Olaf Blackwood, Sean Paul and Shaggy. Stand out tracks include “Send It Up,” “Po-Po (feat. Nicho),” her breakthrough anthem “So Mi Like It,” and current smash single “Go Down Deh (feat. 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Less than 30-minutes in length, the record diverts from a singular mood, tempo, or delivery, instead focusing on orchestrating emotional drain as single impulses—fast, slow, driving, simple, and layered—that coalesce in their machinations. At its core, Spice’s Self Titled album is wired together by brawny and brittle guitars, lock-groove rhythms, and vocals announce each moment and mood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormed in 2018 and based across California, each members’ roots are in the North Bay of San Francisco. Comprised of Ross Farrar (vocals) and Jake Casarotti (drums), both of Ceremony, along with Cody Sullivan (bass), Ian Simpson (guitar), and Victoria Skudlarek (violin), Spice’s sound pulls from the sense of melody and drive inherent to Bay Area pedigree, peppered with modernity and awash with an anthemic haze. The hook is in the connection as much as melody, with each song building its inner narrative and exploration of affliction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraversing guitar-driven indie-pop and call-to-action impulse, Spice balances their urgency by interspersing violin melodies and layers, creating depth without oversaturating the heart of each song. Building complexity with laser focus, Spice shares the authoritative drive of Jawbreaker, J Church, The Horrors, and Fugazi, set in their own world of unrest. The treatment of each song is a statement that informs the whole - anecdotes that can bleed slowly or swirl quickly. In a sense, the Self-Titled album itself is an entire song, with each track becoming the verses, choruses, and interludes that narrate its intent. 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Now, thanks to the sharp ears of his internet savvy aging mother and subsequent interviews with Spice’s leader Richard Brown Jr. – the full story of who this almost-forgotten band was, and what happened to them and why, is finally revealed. Whatever transpired business-wise should not obscure the quality of the music that resulted in the recording of this album. The performances are impeccable, the musicianship is top-notch, and the original songs in retrospect, were way ahead of their time. 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