New Entry: Spector Share Unreleased Track "Felony"

London-based indie rock band Spector have shared a previously unreleased song called "Felony".

The song is the final recording taken from the 'Now Or Whenever' sessions, the album came out earlier this year via their Moth Noise imprint. Get it here.

Speaking about the song, frontman Fed Macpherson explains: ”Jed played us an early version ‘Felony’ during the ‘Moth Boys’ sessions and the chorus has been going round my head since. Luckily, like My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, it only took seven years to finish. It’s the final song of the (covid-extended) ‘Now or Whenever’ era, released to celebrate our tour starting tonight. Will we play it live? Come and see.”

Bandmate Jed Cullen continues: “Sometimes doing absolutely nothing and letting those initial emotions of infatuation fade can uncover a friendship much more beautiful and long lasting than how a more romantic relationship might have gone. It can be really embarrassing to then look back and think that you fancied one of your friends and that’s probably why it took so much convincing from Fred for me to finish writing this song.”

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New Entry: Spector Drop Music Video For "Do You Wanna Drive"

London-based indie rock band Spector have dropped the video for their newest single "Do You Wanna Drive".

The song is taken from their brand new album 'Now Or Whenever', out today, January 7 via their own Moth Noise imprint. Get it here.

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New Entry: Spector Unleash New Single "No One Knows Better"

London-based indie rock band Spector have unleashed their new single "No One Knows Better".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming new album 'Now Or Whenever', set to be released on October 1st via their own Moth Noise imprint. Pre-order it here.

Speaking about the track, the band explain: “The bones of ‘No One Knows Better’ were written on the same day as ‘Catch You on the Way Back In’, at a windswept bungalow surrounded by cows and birds of prey. We’d popped a couple of 11AM Beck’s blues and Jed just started losing it on the guitar. I got my biro out and tried my best not to think – writing down everything I’d ever wanted to say about the fetishisation of coffee table books, the apathy I’d felt at Jim Morrison’s grave, vindictive ‘plant mums’ and the decline of physical maps. Like a lot of songs on ‘Now or Whenever’ it deals with the passage of time when you’re not sure anything’s changing, and trying to leave the worst bits of yourself behind. That said, we once met Tim Wheeler from Ash in New York and he said “it’s Tuesday night, don’t ever let it end”, which always stuck in my subconscious and might explain some of the melodies in this song too.”

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New Entry: Spector Release New Single "Bad Summer"

London-based indie rock band Spector have released their new single "Bad Summer".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming new album 'Now Or Whenever', set to be released on October 1st via their own Moth Noise imprint. Pre-order it here.

Speaking about the track, the band explain: “Written in the august rain, on a summer’s day like this one. For when every night feels like a honeymoon and every morning feels like a funeral.”

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Watch: Spector Drop "Catch You On The Way Back In" Music Video

London-based indie rock band Spector have dropped the video for their latest single "Catch You On The Way Back In".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming new album 'Now Or Whenever', set to be released on October 1st via their own Moth Noise imprint. Pre-order it here.

Speaking about it, Fred Macpherson said: “Catch You on the Way Back In’ is a 160bpm bon voyage: An “until next time” for when you don’t know how long the next time might be. It's music for closing and music for opening, and strangely both the first track we started for the album and the last before we didn’t see each other in the flesh for six months. It’s more of a drinking song than a thinking song, so it will probably make most sense when we’re all allowed in the same room again.”

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Spector Announce NEw LP 'Now Or Whenever', Stream "Catch You On The Way Back In"

London-based indie rock band Spector have announced the release of their new studio album 'Now Or Whenever', their first in six years.

The follow-up to 2015's Moth Boys, will be out on October 1st via their own Moth Noise imprint, featuring the new single "Catch You On The Way Back In". Pre-order it here.

Spector started work on Now or Whenever in the Spring of 2020. With band members locked down in different cities and countries, the core duo of Fred Macpherson and Jed Cullen opted for a more collaborative process than usual, working with friends and contemporaries both online and in the flesh where possible. An improvisatory approach to music and lyrics was encouraged, and in the absence of gigs the songs took on the idea of a theoretical concert of new material, delivered in the spirit of their impassioned live shows. The final songs were recorded in January 2021 at Coastal Sound, Liverpool by Rich Turvey (Blossoms, The Coral) who emphasised performances overproduction and heavier, stripped-down arrangements.

Inspired by the vocal stylings and layered harmonies of British folk-rock (Strawbs, Steeleye Span), the drunken riffs of American eighties alternative (The Replacements, Husker Dü) and the raucous energy of Antipodean pub rock (Th’ Dudes, The Radiators), Now or Whenever is the sound of Spector at their irreverent best. Lyrics explore themes of time, memory, hope, the near future, cars and emotionally repressed adult friendships, but a sense of positivity shines through the fatalistic musings the band have become synonymous with.

Speaking about the record as a whole, the band said it was inspired by the “paradoxically mundane/extreme present” that people the world over are currently living through. “In some ways this is our first proper guitar album”, said Fred.

“And the first album we’ve made in one studio in one sitting which is crazy. Next year will be the tenth anniversary of ‘Enjoy It While It Lasts’ which feels like forever, but I think it’s taken us that long to work out what’s good about us and how to capture it. Which kind of makes ‘Now Or Whenever’ both a sequel and a reboot. Had last year unfolded differently, maybe this would be our big depressing opus, but when positivity’s taken away you have to create your own, and somehow that’s left us with our most upbeat record yet.”

Speaking about the new single, Fred Macpherson said: “Catch You on the Way Back In’ is a 160bpm bon voyage: An “until next time” for when you don’t know how long the next time might be. It's music for closing and music for opening, and strangely both the first track we started for the album and the last before we didn’t see each other in the flesh for six months. It’s more of a drinking song than a thinking song, so it will probably make most sense when we’re all allowed in the same room again.”

Check out the album's tracklist and listen to "Catch You On The Way Back In" below:

Now Or Whenever tracklist:

01. When Saturday Comes

02. Catch You On The Way Back In

03. Do You Wanna Drive

04. Norwegian Air

05. Funny Way of Showing It

06. No One Knows Better

07. I’m Not Crying You’re Crying

08. Bad Summer

09. D-Roy

10. This Time Next Year

11. An American Warehouse In London

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New Entry: Spector Drop New Single "When Did We Get So Normal?"

London-based indie rock band Spector have dropped their new single "When Did We Get So Normal?".

The song (the fourth and final track from their Extended Play EP), is taken from the forthcoming compilation 'Non-Fiction', made up of the band’s last three EP’s, set to release on April 29 via their own Moth Noise imprint.

Vocalist Fred Macpherson says of the new single, “In such abnormal times it feels strange to be releasing a song called ‘When Did We Get So Normal?’. We wrote it back when everything in life was starting to feel a little too repetitive and routine, which feels a long time ago now. It’s inspired by the pathos of spending too much time with the same people, getting bored of seeing, hearing and eating the same things as everyone else, looking in the mirror and realising your life is no longer the adventure it once felt like. I guess we’re all in the same boat now though. Even the sexy interesting people are staying in watching TV and waiting for packages, so maybe it’s a good soundtrack to the new normality. I’ll never complain about Cornwall again.”

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New Entry: Spector Release New Single "Simplicity"

London-based indie rock band Spector have released their new single "Simplicity".

The song is taken from a forthcoming EP which is set to release soon via their own Moth Noise imprint.

Vocalist Fred Macpherson says of the new single, "'Simplicity' is about getting the opportunity to leave it all behind: To walk away from the things that make you unhappy, to care less, make better decisions, treat yourself and others more sensitively, to not engage in petty hierarchies, not look at your life in terms of achievements (or lack of them), to spend more time with your family and people you actually like, be less selfish, less bitter, to give something back. It’s about recognising the opportunity to do all those things and not taking it."

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Watch: Spector Release Music Video For "Half Life"

London-based indie rock band Spector have released the video for their latest single "Half Life".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from a forthcoming EP which is set to release soon via their own Moth Noise imprint.

Vocalist Fred Macpherson says of the new single, ""Half Life" is about the fear of missing out on your own life. The worry that you're losing touch with people, places, culture, no longer recognising yourself in the mirror, the constant tick of the clock in the background. It's about wondering how much time you have left. But we wanted the music to be upbeat and celebratory. There's nothing better than a group of people just losing it, all singing along to something a bit miserable. That's the life blood of the indie disco, handed down from generation to generation... Dancing with tears in your eyes."

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New Entry: Spector Reveal New Single "Half Life"

London-based indie rock band Spector have revealed their new single "Half Life".

The song is taken from a forthcoming EP which is set to release soon via their own Moth Noise imprint.

Vocalist Fred Macpherson says of the new single, ""Half Life" is about the fear of missing out on your own life. The worry that you're losing touch with people, places, culture, no longer recognising yourself in the mirror, the constant tick of the clock in the background. It's about wondering how much time you have left. But we wanted the music to be upbeat and celebratory. There's nothing better than a group of people just losing it, all singing along to something a bit miserable. That's the life blood of the indie disco, handed down from generation to generation... Dancing with tears in your eyes."

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New Entry: Spector Drop New Single "I Won't Wait"

London-based indie rock band Spector have dropped their new single "I Won't Wait".

Speaking of the song, frontman Fred Macpherson said: “’I Won’t Wait’ is about patience being pushed to its limits, and the mental and emotional gymnastics we use to stay friends (or lovers) with people as we see all our own worst traits reflected back in them. It’s all the thoughts you have when you’re mindlessly staring at your phone in bed at night when you should have been asleep an hour ago - the things you never say that you’ve forgotten by the morning.”

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Watch: Spector Unleash Music Video For "Fine Not Fine"

London-based indie rock band Spector have unleashed the video for their latest single "Fine Not Fine".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their recent EP 'Ex-Directory', out now via Moth Noise. Grab it here.

The video was directed by Sarah Pearson c/o Catan Productions. Watch it below.

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New Entry: Spector Reveal New Single "Fine Not Fine"

London-based indie rock band Spector have revealed their new single "Fine Not Fine".

The song is taken from their upcoming new EP 'Ex-Directory', which will be out this Friday (March 9) via Moth Noise. We have previously heard the first single "Untitled in D".

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Watch: Spector Share Music Video For "Untitled in D"

London-based indie rock band Spector have shared the video for their newest single "Untitled in D".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming new EP 'Ex-Directory', which will be out in January 2018 via Moth Noise. Get the single here.

About the track, frontman Fred Macpherson explained: "'Untitled In D' has been burning a hole in Spector’s pocket for a little while now. I wrote the bones of it pretty quickly then Jed came through and channelled the ghost of John Frusciante on guitar and we knew we were on to something. After the sheen of our first two albums it was exciting capturing something simple and irreverent - the sound of us playing in a room rather than playing in a computer."

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Watch: Spector Share 360-Degree Video For New Track "Tenner"

London-based indie rock band Spector have shared a 360-degree video for their previously unheard track "Tenner".

The song follows on from last year's album 'Moth Boys', and is the first in a series of sessions recorded at the YouTube Space in London.

The clip was shot with a 3D printed GoPro rig on the 30th floor of Google's HQ in St. Giles, with Danny Blandy, who plays keys on this track, replaced by Swim Deep's James Balmont. 

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Watch: Spector Share Music Video For "Cocktail Party"

London-based indie rock band Spector have shared the video for their latest single "Cocktail Party".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their brand new album 'Moth Boys', out now via Fiction Records. Grab it here.

The video was directed by Tom Shickle. Check out below:

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Watch: Spector Unleash Music Video For "Stay High"

London-based indie rock band Spector have unleashed the video for their latest single "Stay High".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming sophomore album 'Moth Boys', on 21st August via Fiction Records. Pre-order it here.

The video was directed by Ciarán Wood. Check out below:

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Watch: Spector Share Music Video For New Single "Reeperbahn"

London-based indie rock band Spector have shared the video for their new single "Reeperbahn".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming sophomore album 'Moth Boys', on 21st August via Fiction Records. Pre-order it here.

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Spector To Release New Album 'Moth Boys' in August

London-based indie rock band Spector have announced plans to release their sophomore album titled 'Moth Boys', on 21st August via Fiction Records. 

The album features previously unveiled singles "Decade of Decay", "All the Sad Young Men" and "Kyoto Garden". It is now available for pre-order here.

The artwork is a picture of now defunct night club Rechenzentrum (Berlin, 2009) from Von Bleiben - a photographic series documenting the 'morning after' by German artists André Giesemann and Daniel Schulz.

Check out the tracklist below:

1. All the Sad Young Men
2. Stay High
3. Believe
4. Don’t Make Me Try
5. Cocktail Party / Heads Interlude
6. Bad Boyfriend
7. Decade of Decay
8. Kyoto Garden
9. West End
10. Using
11. Lately It’s You

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Watch: Spector Share Music Video For "Kyoto Garden"

London-based indie rock band Spector have shared the video for their newest single "Kyoto Garden".

The song is taken on the band's upcoming sophomore album. The clip was directed by Never Ending Fun and created in collaboration with Topman #Openshoot, features original artwork and ideas submitted the audience.

Watch it below.

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