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Spearmint is tagged as: indie pop, indie, twee, indiepop, pop

Spearmint is a London-based indie pop band, founded in 1995 from the ashes of a project called ‘Laverne and Shirlie’. Their sound can be said to be classic British guitar pop, with some northern soul influences.
The founding members were Shirley Lee (lead vocals, guitar), Simon Calnan (vocals, keyboards), Martin Talbot (bass) and Ronan Larvor (drums). Talbot left soon afterward, to be replaced by James Parsons. Richard ‘Dickon’ Edwards later ended up joining as second guitarist, though leaving in 2000 to form Fosca. Parsons then took over second guitar duties, with Andy Lewis joining on bass.
Spearmint have released eight albums and many singles, all on their own label, hitBack, having a minor success with 1997’s Sweeping The Nation and A Trip Into Space, both of which grazed the UK Top 75. We’re Going Out received some airplay on BBC Radio 1 and was remixed by long-time Pet Shop Boys prodcuer Stephen Hague.
Their most recent studio album, Paris In A Bottle, was released in the summer of 2006.
During the initial few months of gigs around the homes of the band members in south-east London, Spearmint put out a run of 500 white label 7” singles featuring “Somebody” and an early version of “I Can’t Sleep...
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Top 10 Spearmint Songs
Sweeping The Nation
We're Going Out
A Week Away
Scottish Pop
Isn't It Great To Be Alive
A Third Of My Life
A Trip Into Space
Best Ballroom
It Won't Be Long Now
Start Again
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Top 10 Spearmint Albums
A Week Away (Special Edition)
A Week Away
A Different Lifetime
Sweeping The Nation
Oklahoma!
My Missing Days
Paris In A Bottle
A Leopard and Other Stories
Songs for the Colour Yellow
Oklahoma
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