Amida - The Spite House Plot

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4...according to our Dave on Thu 07 Jul, 2011.

Twee Romanticism from the band who are known as Amida. The name Amida comes from a Japanese painting, and these indie rockers definitely have a sort of art school vibe. They have a definite C86 style thing going on. It's all nice chord structures and sweet as apple pie keyboards. The lyrics have a sort of winsome feel that slackers and bedwetters everywhere will find appealing. The production is also quite nice. It's quite lo-fi and it's not the type of record that will destroy your ears. There are 6 songs on this tape and all of them are quite good. My favourite at the moment is the rather sweet "Box Office Poison" which I presume is about Ben Affleck. It's a nice EP with some sweet songs and a boat load of charm. Lovely stuff...

Comes with download code and fika (a yorkshire tea bag and a recipe for lemon cupcakes). Manchester's Amida are an indiepop 5 piece, triumphantly celebrating the glories of classic bedroom recordings of the 90s indie scene. Think Pavement, early Sebadoh, or the poppier moments of The Pixies.

After playing for the How Does It Feel To Be Loved? club night in London, Manchester indie/pop 5-piece Amida were featured on the ‘Kids At The Club’ compilation by the HDIF label. Their debut EP ‘Arts and Crafts’ was released on Plastilina Records early in 2007, which was described as ‘jangle pop harking back to Postcard’s golden days’ and ‘a masterclass in sun-flecked, Pixies-inspired pop economy’. They brought their unique and infectious brand of indie/pop to the Indietracks Festival in 2008 and have since supported bands such as the School, Camera Obscura, The Primitives and played New York Popfest ‘If The Wave Loves Two Suns’ was released on WeePOP! Records in 2009, and this will be their third EP and their first release of 2011!

‘Quietly cool and gloriously romantic indie pop janglers’ (How Does It Feel To Be Loved?)
‘Amida are the aural equivalent of a lazy summer’ (Tasty! Fanzine)
‘The melodies are infectious and when has singing along to “ooh ooh ooh ooh” ever not been fun?’ (Skatterbrain!)
‘Like bank holiday weekends and the best of pop songs, over too soon’ (Venue, Bristol)

Tracklist:

1)   Midweek Debauchery (2:22)
2)   Month Of Sundays (1:36)
3)   Black Balloons (1:21)
4)   Oleander (2:12)
5)   Box Office Poison (1:13)
6)   Victor Spoils (1:46)

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