Classic, but unknown power pop. It happens. And Spinning Jennies are one of those kind-of lost unheralded, but very, very good power pop bands.
Who were Spinning Jennies? Well, a band that since the very beginnings of Not Lame(1995) who released five albums of some of the best power pop you probably never heard. Which is a shame, but the band(who broke up a few years back) has put together a fix for this problem. How?
With Full Volume - The Best Of Spinning Jennies, thats how!
Compiling the best from the band`s five-album catalog as well and new songs and previously unreleased material, Full Volume is a venerable retrospective to one of San Francisco`s most respected and long-lived power pop bands. (sidebar: Spinning Jennies featured future Not Lame recording artist, Jeff Shelton, whose band The Well Wishers have released two albums on Not Lame.) As a non-nonsense power trio, The Jennies sound embodied the cornerstones of classic power pop: big chiming guitars, driving rhythms, soaring vocal harmonies...and the ever-important melodic hook! Through the years, they have received comparison to bands like 70s power pop icons Shoes, The Posies, Redd Kross, Cheap Trick, Sloan, Husker Du and Matthew Sweet.
There are 18 songs on this best-of, including to new tracks ("Day Away" and "Big Deal") and two previously unreleased tracks ("Where Does The Time Go" and "Identity Crisis")! Sonically speaking, most of the older tracks here have been re-mixed and re-mastered making it a new experience for the folks who have some of this material already. But Spinning Jennies are all about catchy, concise song structures; a full, aggressive guitar sound; thundering rhythm section, big hooks and smooth, melodic vocals accented by soaring harmonies. The songs are always catchy and the rhythm section thunders and the melodies soar! If you have never heard this band before, this is where to land.
If you want to read some more, here are a bunch of press reviews on the
band:
"...high-orbiting, hand clapping, harmonically-hopped indie power pop in its golden moment." - Portland Music Central
.."Spinning Jennies sound like a mix of Cheap Trick with late Redd Kross...but let`s not forget about the whole Superdrag influence, and of course, the Posies - when they actually knew how to make records" Zero Magazine, Feb. 2003
"..one of the top power pop albums of 2002" Mike Bennett, Fufkin.Com
"...Beefy, spirited power pop that doesn`t worship at the altar of the 60s or 70s is always a welcome thing, and Spinning Jennies consistently deliver the goods" John Borack, Goldmine Magazine (Nov. 2002)
"Spinning Jennies don`t just rock harder with each new album - they rock much tighter and write even more propulsive hooks." Jason Damas, AllMusic Guide
"Stratosphere is fun, glorious power-pop that brandishes a succinct penchant for getting every hook in its proper place..." The Big Takeover (Fall 2002)
"Based on the evidence provided by Peer Pressure, Jeff Shelton, Doug Free, and Nick Laquintano are definitely one of the premier power pop trios out there." Will Harris, PopMatters
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