The Spirit by Hugo Race & The True Spirit

“We built a studio in a house out on the city’s edge to slowly develop the songs at our own speed with no pressure. We’d never had the luxury before of playing new songs live before recording them. When we felt the time was right, we taped a lot of the final album with Idge at his Soundpark studio, capturing our sound with ambient mics and vintage processors. But the vibe of that house and the all-night recording sessions with the background buzz of cicadas and the homemade instruments in the tool shed, its all still there. We wanted to create a definitive album for The True Spirit and took our sweet time about it. This record is it.”

The Spirit is a compelling statement by a legendary band at the height of their powers. Produced by Hugo over a period of three years in his hometown of Melbourne with the same line-up (Michelangelo Russo – electronics, Bryan Colechin – bass, Brett Poliness – drums and percussion, Nico Mansy – keys) featured on albums like Goldstreet Sessions (2003), Taoist Priests (2006) and 53rd State (2008), The Spirit is fuelled by high-energy rhythmic drive and Race’s darkly humorous lyrics with the band wielding space and sonic suggestion as instruments in their own right.

Tracklist

1.	Man Check Your Woman	4:28

2.	Elevate My Love	4:31

3.	The Information	3:33

4.	Sleepwalker	4:36

5.	Heaven Or Die	1:45

6.	Bring Me Wine	4:13

7.	Dollar Quarter	6:04

8.	Heartbreak 69	3:32

9.	Wildcards	4:12

10.	Higher Power	4:52

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released May 29, 2015

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