| Members: Mark Hanson (drums), Aaron "Hix" Lee (guitar), Ryan Harris (vocals, guitar), Sam Harvey-Carlson (keyboards), Anthony Schaefer (bass) Connect: Myspace | Facebook Label and Publicity: alyssa@afternoonrecords.com Booking: booking@afternoonrecords.com Press Materials: Press One-Sheet (PDF) Hi-Res Photos 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Hi-Res Cover | Touched Bio: Spiritual Mansions stand out. Their songs of romantic reverie and regret become both cheerfully direct live performances and casually lush, melodic records. In their lyrics: forward songwriting and assured musicianship, Spiritual Mansions cut against the grain of the local music scene like it's their job – and it kind of is. Spiritual Mansions formed out of other Minneapolis bands in early 2006. In 2007 Ryan Harris (vocals, guitar,) Mark Hanson (drums,) Anthony Schaefer (bass) and Sam Harvey-Carlson (keyboards) recorded and released their first EP, “Give Us Your Hearts” on Afternoon Records. By the end of the year it was a local favorite and declared one of the best albums of 2007 by the Pioneer Press. New guitarist Aaron "Hix" Lee joins the band for the full-length follow-up, “Touched.” Eleven brand new examples of sneaky, catchy pop carried along on equal parts guitar and keyboards with a lyrical sophistication that takes audiences from aware to convinced. Are these songs bitter, or beatific? Weary, or wry? Joking, or jaded? Plaintive or pissed-off? Yes. And yes, that is piccolo you heard. |
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