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The Spinto Band is an indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

band from Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...

. They are currently signed to Park the Van Records.

Biography

The Spinto Band was originally formed as recording project by high school students in Wilmington, Delaware in the late 1990s. Frontman Nick Krill describes the early years of the band: "Every other band we knew back then would play in their garage and do the live thing. They’d do a bunch of concerts, then go, ‘Oh man, we’ve gotta record now?’ But we just had this crap in the basement and all we’d do was record, so we had 20 90-minute tapes full of junk before we played our first show."

After several releases on the band's own Spintonic label, the band released its proper debut album, Nice and Nicely Done, on Bar/None Records

Bar/None Records

Bar/None Records is an independent record label based in Hoboken, New Jersey.-Early history:Tom Prendergast started Bar/None in early 1986. Having previously worked in pirate radio and booked and promoted bands in his native Ireland, Prendergast moved to Hoboken in 1982 and started Pier Platters...

in 2006. The song "Oh, Mandy" was released as a single and the group performed the first installment of filmmaker Vincent Moon

Vincent Moon

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's now-popular Take-Away Shows.

In 2008, the band signed to Park the Van Records and released its second proper full length album Moonwink. The group promoted the album with a series of humorous videos on YouTube

YouTube

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. Preorders of the album were accompanied with a 7-inch single that coupled the band original "Franco Prussian" with a cover of the Motors

The Motors

The Motors were a British pub rock/punk band, formed in London in 1977 by former Ducks Deluxe members Nick Garvey and Andy McMaster together with guitarist Rob Hendry and drummer Ricky Slaughter...

1978 UK hit "Airport."

The following year, the band released an EP titled "Slim and Slender." The four-song release contained three original songs and a cover of the 1939 South American hit "Brazil."

Albums

The Analog Chronicles - 1998 (as Free Beer) - Spintonic
Free Beer - February 1998 (as Free Beer) - Spintonic
30 Songs To Ease The Soul - May 1998 (as Free Beer) - Spintonic
Our Mama, Jeffrey - June 1998 (as Free Beer) - Spintonic
Digital Summer (New Wave Techno Pop) - 1999 - Spintonic
Roosevelt - 2000 - Spintonic
Mersey & Reno - 2001 - Spintonic
Nice and Nicely Done
Nice and Nicely Done
Nice and Nicely Done is the fifth studio album by The Spinto Band, released on June 7, 2005 in North America and April 7, 2006 worldwide.-Track listing:#"Did I Tell You" – 3:10#"Brown Boxes" – 2:28#"Oh Mandy" – 3:35#"Trust vs. Mistrust" – 2:50#"Spy vs...

- 2005 - Bar/None
Bar/None Records
Bar/None Records is an independent record label based in Hoboken, New Jersey.-Early history:Tom Prendergast started Bar/None in early 1986. Having previously worked in pirate radio and booked and promoted bands in his native Ireland, Prendergast moved to Hoboken in 1982 and started Pier Platters...

, 2006 - Radiate
Moonwink
Moonwink
Moonwink is the sixth studio album by The Spinto Band. It was released on October 7, 2008 in North America and September 22, 2008 worldwide. It leaked onto various p2p sites on August 7.-Track listing:# "Later On"# "Vivian, Don't"# "Summer Grof"...

- 2008 - Park the Van
Park the Van
Park the Van is a New Orleans, Louisiana-based independent record label. It was established with a Dr. Dog release in 2004 by Christopher Watson. After the events of Hurricane Katrina they moved their office to Schwenksville, PA until returning to New Orleans in 2008.-Bands:*Dr...

Compilations

Sam Raimi - 2000 - Spintonic
Strauss - 2000 - Spintonic
Straub - 2000 - Spintonic
Happy Naught Seven from The Spinto Band - 2007

E.P.s

The Spinto Band - 2003 Sleepglue
Good Answer
Good Answer
Good Answer is an EP by The Spinto Band, released in 2004.-Track listing:#"Kind of a Girl" – 3:06#"Atari" – 3:47#"Trust vs. Mistrust" – 2:50#"My Special Car" – 3:29#"Did I Tell You?" – 3:21#"Tractor" – 4:37#"Late" – 4:28...

- 2004 - Spintonic
Slim and Slender - 2009 - Park the Van Records

Singles

"Oh Mandy" (CD) - 2005 - Stolen Transmissions
"Mountains/Brown Boxes" (7") - 2005 - Radiate
"Direct to Helmet" (CD, 7") - 2006 - Radiate
"Did I Tell You
Did I Tell You
"Did I Tell You" is the fourth single released by The Spinto Band, as well as the fourth single from the album Nice and Nicely Done."Did I Tell You" was the first single by The Spinto Band to be on the charts, reaching #55 in the UK....

" (CD, 7") - 2006 - Radiate - UK #55
"Oh Mandy" (CD, 7") - 2006 - Radiate - UK #54
"Brown Boxes/Mountains" (promo CD only) - 2006 - Radiate - UK did not chart (flipped version of 2005 single)
"Summer Grof" (7") - 2008 - Fierce Panda - UK did not chart
"Franco Prussian" (7") - 2008 Park the Van
Park the Van
Park the Van is a New Orleans, Louisiana-based independent record label. It was established with a Dr. Dog release in 2004 by Christopher Watson. After the events of Hurricane Katrina they moved their office to Schwenksville, PA until returning to New Orleans in 2008.-Bands:*Dr...

- US did not chart
"Vivian, Don't" (7") - 2009 - Fierce Panda - UK did not chart

Band members

Nick Krill (guitar/vocals)
Thomas Hughes (bass guitar/vocals)
Jeffrey Hobson (drums)
Sam Hughes (keyboards)
Joey Hobson (guitar)

Previous members

Albert Birney (featured until Nice and Nicely Done. Now plays in the Airkick Pigeon Band)
Jon Eaton (previous guitarist) Left in March. As quoted by Nick Krill, "He left in March. He decided he didn't want to be a musician for the rest of his life and figured now is a good time to bow out." (Nick Krills Interview about Jon leaving.)

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