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- Summary: The second full-length release from Oakland, California-based singer-songwriter Maria BC was recorded at a family friend's house in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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- Record Label: Sacred Bones
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Ambient Pop
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Oct 26, 2023The masterful Spike Field, isn’t just interested in mere questions: It aspires to tear apart time, inspect each shorn fabric and sew up each of its distant stretches to create a new, shimmering collage of the future-past. Within its intricately textured synth patterns, off-tune piano lines and yearning mezzo-soprano are tellings of intimate histories.
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Oct 26, 2023Spike Field does an impressive job of reflecting upon Maria BC’s recent musical endeavors while also advancing their sound.
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Oct 27, 2023Spike Field isn’t particularly immediate, but is the kind of album that sits in your mind: you come back to it and it surprises you in a new way.
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The WireDec 1, 2023Each piece might be filled with personal meaning to the artist, but they all leave enough space for listeners to reflect on their own worries. The transition between the noisy, illusory interlude “[ A Backlit Door]” and the understated beauty of “Haruspex” is an especially poignant moment on an album rich with them. [Dec 2023, p.54]
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Oct 26, 2023Spike Field is a lonely record, but it demands close listening for the moments when the light breaks through.
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Nov 3, 2023Over the course of Spike Field’s 50 minutes, the songs’ prevalent mood can prove hypnotic if you’re receptive to its atmosphere. MBC is certainly adept at conjuring and sustaining a melancholy, nocturnal scene.
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Oct 26, 2023An album that continues very much in the melancholy vein of its predecessor while taking a generally looser approach to arrangements.