2009 marks Spindle’s tenth year as a full band…and in the spirit of reflection, it seemed fitting that we should spend some time at the beginning…

Back to our land of volcanoes in the sea. Our Crucible…

Gina has spent the last few months in Hawaii working on our upcoming release with our friend Rob Tsuhako of Off The Rock Studios Maui (who also worked with us on our
“hell hath no fury…” EP)

We have so much to tell you! We’re putting forth a concerted effort to update our blog on a regular basis…so this is the first of our monthly updates.

We’ve been working like wild banshees on a new, more interactive Spindle website . We are creating a Spindle community just for you. You can check in whenever it tickles your fancy, or sign up for a free membership and we’ll send you an update when we’ve got something new to share, like any time we post a blog or upload a new song etc. Members will get exclusive access to benefits such as unreleased photos, candid videos, lyrics, downloads, and new songs in the making.

Don’t forget, you can still catch up with us on MySpace . And for those of you who don’t do the MySpace thing, we’re on Facebook too! Want the lowdown but don’t have time to read our blog? We’re also on Twitter ! See how versatile and accommodating we are :o) so send us a tweet @Spindleband . We love hearing from you!

In addition to everything else, we’ve been working on all kinds of stuff for our upcoming release. Amber’s been hard at work designing our album art…no peeking yet, but it’s going to be incredible. We are still in the studio recording at Bayside Recording Studio in Bellingham, and Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, while writing new songs along the way.

Maybe it’s the act of coming home, the scent of nostalgia that lingers there for us; or maybe it’s just Hawaii. Sea like stars, stars like sand, sand like silk. It’s magnificent.

Anyway, whatever it is we’re letting it fuel our muses. Along with writing new songs we have been quite inspired to revive some vintage ones that were written well before we relocated to Washington. All the threads are coming together, and it’s creating something we’re quite excited about…we can’t wait to share these songs with you!

Speaking of sharing…we’re starting to book a few shows for this summer…looking into playing some festivals and some shows along the west coast. We can’t promise anything concrete, but if you have a venue suggestion/connection, or any place you’d like to see us play, feel free to drop us a line.

Well, that’s about it for this update. 2009 is an important and exciting year for us. Ten years of creating together, of hoping together, of struggling together, of becoming who we are. It is a treacherous but worthwhile path to walk this wood. Not everyone sees this view, and we’re thankful for those of you who have listened, encouraged, and offered the occasional candle to light our way. It hasn’t been a simple journey, but it has been worth every second. One we will continue and celebrate this year and beyond. Music is our passion, but your love and support makes it that much more significant to let it be our life.

Much Love,
Spindle