Spray are an alternative dance duo from Manchester, whose collection of off-beat, infectious and high-pulsating tracks, spin from the archives of the 80s/90s club scene and take you for a ride outside your synth-pop comfort zone. They are a duo whose previous band, The Cuban Boys, achieved a cult following, after their single ‘Cognoscenti Vs Intelligentsia’ (a.k.a. The Hamster Dance Song) sold a million copies, reached number 4 in the UK single charts, landed them on Top of the Pops and, in the words of John Peel, was “the most requested song I’ve had since God Save The Queen”. They are also a duo who had the 2006 Eurovision hit, ‘Teenage Life’, which helped them spread their musical wings and led to the formation of Spray.
With Jenny McLaren (vocals/guitars) and Richard Autobahn (synths), Spray are an eclectic mix of honey-tinged vocals and sugar-coated synths, that sparkle and shine under the go-getter glitterball. They are also a duo whose angelic operatics rise above their sugar-coated synth-pop that tilts towards Celtic-dark-wave. Along with the ambient trance of dance-synths, Spray are a duo that roller-skate under the disco-ball, whilst wearing their favourite lip-gloss. They are a duo whose politically charged lyrics, invite you to join their utopia-party, whilst trying to make the world a better place.
Taken from their forthcoming album, “Ambiguous Poems About Death”, their latest song “Hammered in An Airport”, has been selected as my “Single of The Week”. Released on 8th October, via Analogue Trash, “Hammered in An Airport” is a quirky, synth-pop, spoken word of Acid-House, alternative dance. It’s a compelling track, that revisits old Skool dance and gives it an alternative humorous hip-hop finish. What could be the long-lost track from Trainspotting or Human Traffic, pulsates with a youthful energy, likened to the chemical generation of the late 90s, whilst offering an idiosyncratic commentary of urban, pop-art and kitschy repetition. Along with the vocal delivery and insert of the televised voice-over, “Hammered in An Airport” transports you to the dancefloor, free-styling under the strobe lights, whilst reaching for the stars.
Hammered In An Airport’ https://spray.bandcamp.com/track/hammered-in-an-airport
Album pre-order http://snd.click/poems
Bandcamp https://spray.bandcamp.com/album/ambiguous-poems-about-death
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/0TVC52v8Pmy0QzTZoOoZmf
ALBUM CREDITS
Composed, performed and produced by Spray
Performed by Jenny McLaren and Ricardo Autobahn
Music engineered at Spray Studio 1 (Lancashire)
Vocals engineered at Spray Studio 2 (Liverpool)
Additional vocals by Terri McDonald and Phil Fletcher
Mixed by Morgan Lorentz
Published by Copyright Control/23rd Precinct Music Ltd