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212:" (1993), Griffin later recalled, "we both confessed that we loved this 'Push Th' Little Daisies' song to each other – quite sheepishly, as everyone else reacted terribly to that news. From that moment, we clicked into a high gear, decided to borrow a four track from his uni, started looping Beastie Boys beats on my CD player."
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described how " started picking through the musical remains, discarding some songs, canvassing old and newly-created ones, and set about re-recording his whole album all over again." Alessio felt, " is ultimately a positive party album. From the playful 'Cats!' to the hip-hop drum machine onslaught
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s Katy Hall opined, "their unique blend of surf-pop and psychedelic lo-fi marks an important revival, one that not only seems to have gained gigantic momentum in recent times, but also one that clears through the often obscure genre-mixing styles of other bands of the moment." Spod reissued their
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Rickards left. Griffin related how "I played some two piece shows with Andy, but put it on a back burner till I decided to keep writing songs by myself at Andy's insistence. This is what drove me to move into the solo version of SPOD. Mike and Andy were my biggest
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Scorpionz of Sex), specifically on the track, "2131 Ride Wit Me". This song was included on a 2004 edition of Australian
310:(8 October 2007). Back in Sydney, Griffin was relocating to a new home when his laptop and two hard drives were damaged, "shattering his work and his dreams." He had been working on material for Spod's second album,
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Embassy. This live set-up led to the release of an extended play,
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