With a riff that’s rocking and raw, Spoonbed take you down a mellifluous path on the “Path of Destruction”. It’s not his vow as he says, but she breaks his heart and his heart breaks the law. There’s such a core essence of Americana that’s being exalted with a visceral passion on Aaron Reynold’s performance here. It’s unapologetically true to its genre, a style that’s perhaps a bit sonically distinct from the more cleaner production most would come to be acclimatised to. This trades that style for a realness, a grittiness, a live sounding recording that only adds layers of depth to the passion imbued behind each strum of the guitar and each cry of angst from Reynolds.
Bringing together a catchy melody and honestly a fairly gripping narrative, Spoonbend weave together modern Americana that’s as real as it gets.