Mood Spill paints a landscape of harmony and colour in debut EP
Blending virtuosity, ambience and rock n’ roll, Mood Spill’s debut release sows the seeds for something wonderful.
Hailing from Melbourne’s prolific inner north, Mood Spill is a wash of colour and creativity. Members Georgia-Grace Buckingham, Oli Morley-Sattler, Bailey Brown, Adrian Verna and Tom Ricconi blend country-ish balladry with indie rock action designed to move your hips and your heart.
Dropping June 5, make sure to check out the EP and listen to the latest single here.
Mood Spill EP
With all five musicians sharing songwriting duties, musical dynamism rules over all. Through the EP’s five full tracks (and an interlude/intro) the band takes listeners on a stroll through a forest of sounds and textures. Moods, genres and feelings change between high energy rocker Kieran and more esoteric moments such as Green Trees - yet the project stays connected through a continuity of emotional warmth throughout.
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Opening track Until You’re Gone draws the curtains on a feeling comparable to an outlaw on their way to a fateful duel - complete with tambourine, spring reverb soaked guitar, marching drums and sustained minor chords. Ennio Morricone would be proud.
Ricconi’s chops are on full display with his mesmerising vocal vibrato during the pre chorus, and group harmonies sell the melodrama of the wild west love story.
Sophomore track and latest single Kieran blasts in with an unavoidable groove and speed that could convert almost any indie naysayer. This track puts the classic-rock back in indie-rock. With no choice but to join in, even when Tom disappears into a crazed chant of “White lines on the road get me high” the whole track is a singalong to the last.
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Lack Of A Lover paints the picture of a ponderous romantic, with slow and patient walkdowns, moderately discordant melodies and deep generous use of space. Almost at a crawl, the track takes it’s time to bring listeners back to a place of peace and comfort, both physically and emotionally.
Bailey Brown takes the lead on Green Trees with an almost Nick Drake-esq use of fingerstyle guitar, combined with earthy sound design.
Diving into a world of changing tempo and texture, Green Trees starts one way and ends up something else, only to return back home once more.
Final track Breakdown opens with an intro in On The Highway, beautifully weaving a five-part vocal harmony of the chorus, teased so beautifully in a cappella. Reminiscent of Big Thief’s Masterpiece, the main tune begs a friend to “Pick me up?”, when lost along the highway of life.
A delightful selection of what the band has to offer, one can only imagine what’s in store for fans in a full length release - hopefully not too far away for eager ears and sonic adventurers.