Spread/Hide/Distribute GLOSSOLALIA

Hello!

So I have roughly 150 0 (all out! thank you to everyone who took some!) of these little card-sized ads for Glossolalia that I've been hiding in record stores, magazines, places I've traveled to, etc. They each have a different cut-up section of the album cover on them.

However, there are only so many cards I can hide myself (cuz I don't travel too far too often) which is why I'd be really thankful if YOU would like to take and hide a few somewhere.

Just email me your address (my email is in the banner at the top) and how many you want (minimum of 5 please) and I'll send some to you! Postage and all that jazz is on me, you just gotta make sure you put the cards some place where they'll (one day) be found. You can keep one or two if you'd like to also...

Some ideas of places to hide them include:

• Record stores
• Your favorite music magazine
• Book stores
• etc.

Thanks again for all of your support,

Joseph

Press for Glossolalia

Here's some of the press my album "Glossolalia" has received.

It will be updated as needed.

Let me know if there's something that should be added.

My email's up in the header.

In near-chronological order:

• Middle Class White Noise: http://middleclasswhitenoise.com/2011/01/26/spirit-spine-glossolalia/
• Where Is Raimy?: http://raimyrosenduft.com/2011/01/29/what-i-learned-this-week/
• Mp3Hugger: http://www.mp3hugger.com/2011/01/spirit-spine-ocean-of-sand/
• Music Fan's Mic: http://www.musicfansmic.net/post/3049007360/spirit-spine-ocean-of-sand-mp3-2011
• The Side B: http://www.thesideb.com/2011/02/08/mp3-roundup-tim-cohen-spirit-spine-generationals/
• The Record Stack: http://therecordstack.tumblr.com/post/3198517958/spirit-spine-ocean-of-sand-i-received-a
• YVYNYL: http://yvynyl.tumblr.com/post/3198865643/spirit-spine-ocean-of-sand-love-the-vastness-of
• Verb Reverb: http://verbreverb.com/post/3198962824/spirit-spine-ocean-of-sand-photograph-by-lukasz
• Broken Heart Boy: http://brokenheartboy0.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/new-music-spirit-spine-glossolalia/
• The Morning After Pills: http://themorningafterpills.com/2011/02/listen-spirit-spine/
• Bears Eat Beats: http://www.bears-eat-beats.com/2011/02/listen-spirit-spine.html
• [INTERVIEW] Ragged Words: http://raggedwords.com/in-their-words/my-life-in-records/my-life-records-spirit-spine
• Gold Soundz: http://goldsoundzblog.com/?p=2364
• Bloomington Area Music: http://www.bloomingtonareamusic.com/2011/02/spirit-spine-glossolalia
• Not For Resale: http://nfrblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-spirit-spine-glossolalia.html
• Yr So Square: http://yrsosquare.blogspot.com/2011/02/spirit-spine.html [INTERVIEW]: http://yrsosquare.blogspot.com/2011/03/interview-spirit-spine.html
• I Guess I'm Floating: http://www.iguessimfloating.net/2011/03/mp3-spirit-spine-ocean-of-sand.html
• The Decibel Tolls: http://thedecibeltolls.com/speaking-in-tongues/
• 1000xpm: http://www.1000xpm.com/post/3746517549/spirit-spine-ocean-of-sand-glossolalia-marks
• Cactus-Mouth: http://cactus-mouth.tumblr.com/day/2011/03/10
• Daily Beatz: http://dailybeatz.com/2011/03/12/spirit-spine-ocean-of-sand/
• The Up-Turn: http://theup-turn.com/2011/03/21/enjoy-it-while-its-fresh-spirit-spine/
• The Needle Drop: http://theneedledrop.com/?p=3354
• [INTERVIEW] The Up-Turn: http://theup-turn.com/2011/03/28/the-up-turn-presents-a-conversation-with-spirit-spine/
• The Universal YellowKeys: http://universalyellowkeys.blogspot.com/2011/03/glossolalia-by-joseph-denney.html
• Unreasonable Faith: http://unreasonablefaith.com/2011/04/28/glossolalia-by-spirit-spine/
• Deer Brains: http://deerbrains.blogspot.com/2011/04/currently-listening-to-spirit-spine.html
• Altsounds: http://hangout.altsounds.com/reviews/129584-spirit-spine-glossolalia-album.html

Hearts and Thanks,

Joseph

Spirit Tape Nine

Spirit Tape Nine by Spirit Spine on Mixcloud

DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/?gcf3jkroqk7ce1g

1. Firebird by White Noise

2. Down To Middle Earth by The Hobbits

3. Lost Dream by Digits

4. Theme Number Four by Pye Corner Audio Transcription Services

5. Sommersonnenschein by Novisad

6. Song of Bliss by Khalsa String Band

7. Wine and Roses by John Fahey

8. State Trooper by Bruce Springsteen

9. Erik's Song by Slowdive

Tracks 5 through 9 were all songs that I listened to a lot during the making of Glossolalia. The guitar work on "Wine and Roses" influenced the guitars on my song "Thirst". "Lost Dream" was a pretty recent discovery for me, but the chorus of that song is really intense and dark. "State Trooper" is probably my favorite Bruce Springsteen song. I listened to his album Nebraska a lot while recording my album. I like the ambient break provided by tracks 4 and 5. They divide the mixtape up pretty well. I really like the cover art I made for this too.

"Glossolalia" out now!

The new album (Glossolalia) can be

streamed/purchased over at my Bandcamp page.

Link: http://spiritspine.bandcamp.com/

Not only can you get yourself a digital download, but you can also

get a limited edition CD package that comes with a digital download.

Pictures and details about this package are on Bandcamp.

Too lazy to even click the link above to stream the album? Fine.

Here it is via Soundcloud:

For those who don't buy things off Bandcamp,

the album will be available on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, etc.

on February 1st, 2011 (As stated in this press release)

Thanks to everybody who ever reads this blog. Ya'll are great.

Spirit Tape Eight

Spirit Tape Eight by Spirit Spine on Mixcloud

DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/?ifft8z0614dku5y

1. Unfolding Fans by Andrew Bird

2. The Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin

3. Peppermint Delight by Firebreather

4. Baby Come Back by The Equals

5. Girlfriend by Ty Segall

6. What I Saw by Broadcast & The Focus Group

7. One Million Year Trip by Laetitia Sadier

8. Traveling Through A Sea by Grouper

9. I Only Know (What I Know Now) by James Blake

10. Farmer's Daughter by Fleetwood Mac

This mix took a really long time because I had trouble finding a good transition song and figuring out the right order of the songs. It all came together when Candy Claws and Firebreather put out their Christmas compilation that had Peppermint Delight on it. It's really catchy. I often listen to Baby Come Back and just jump up and down around my room. The Laetitia Sadier song is probably my favorite song of 2010. The Battle of Evermore is my favorite Led Zeppelin song. Enjoy!

Album Update

I've been putting together the physical copies over the last few days and am listening to what will probably be the final version of the album master right now. Here are all the albums in a box! They still need cds and liner notes, but on the outside I think they look nice!

"GLOSSOLALIA" Press Release

Large Hi-Res Album Cover Art: http://tinyurl.com/GlossolaliaAlbumCover

Glossolalia by Spirit Spine

Lovegiraffe Records LG04-1

After a year of writing and recording in his bedroom and his parents' basement, Spirit Spine (the recording name of Indiana-native Joseph Denney) returns with his third album, Glossolalia. Meaning "the religious practice of speaking in tongues," Glossolalia leaves behind the synths and samplers of previous albums in order to craft the soundtrack to an imaginary desert epic.

The album follows the story of a preacher traveling by airplane who crashes into the desert, leaving him the only survivor. As a result, the preacher must wander the desert in search of food, water, and civilization. Along the way he questions the religion that brought him there and the God who may, or may not, exist.

Dedicated to famed skeptic and magician James Randi, Glossolalia wraps the listener in a heat-warped haze of bending guitars, hypnotic drumming and chant-like vocals that draws on influences like Grouper, My Bloody Valentine, Boards of Canada, Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska", and the Smithsonian Anthology of American Folk Music. Because of the new sonic and thematic territory explored by Glossolalia, one may have to resort to made-up pseudogenres like Desert Dub, Sandgaze, or Heatwave in order to describe Denney's new album.

Glossolalia was expertly mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk of Stereophonic Sound (Grouper, Nite Jewel, The Antlers).

Tracklisting:

1. Gauze

2. Ocean of Sand

3. Mission Bells

4. Ritualistic

5. Thirst

6. Hunger

7. Fennec Fox

8. Ascension

9. Sorro

Recorded Aug. 2010 to November 2010

Released January 21st, 2011 digitally and

as a special edition CD limited to 100 copies on Bandcamp.

Released February 1st, 2011 on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, etc.

Large Hi-Res Album Cover Art:

http://tinyurl.com/GlossolaliaAlbumCover