That's the Spirit is tagged as: indie, canadian, singer-songwriter, shoegaze, indie rock When Ottawa, Canada music scene staple Ben Wilson (aka That’s the Spirit) released his first, ultra lo-fi cassette E.P. ‘I Like His Older Stuff’ on a whim, he didn’t figure much would happen. ‘Older Stuff’, after all, was recorded with two ghetto blasters, a broken Radio Shack mic, a cracked classical guitar and an ancient delay pedal that caught fire during recording. A while later, though, a web search revealed the uniquely haunting basement recording was hitting the top 10 on college radio charts, leading him to set out recording a proper solo album in early 2008 — written, recorded, mixed and produced himself in true DIY/control-freak fashion. This time with more higher-fi studio trickery he’d picked up as a recording apprentice, and without anything exploding. The press, radio and blog love-in that has followed the release of ‘Staying Places’ has been exponential since the original release: the UK’s Line of Best Fit called it “a spotless, near-perfect release”; The Ottawa Sun called it “breathtaking” and Soundproof Magazine called it “one of Wilson’s most inspired projects to date.” Described by NPR’s All Songs Considered as “gorgeous [with] intric... Read More About That's the Spirit Biography...  Send That's the Spirit ringtones to your cell
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