SPEARMINT – A Week Away (Remastered)

Re-released after ten years, it really feels like opening a time capsule to an entire host of 90’s bands. My initial reaction was to say to myself, ‘oh yeah, that sounds like Space, ok that’s Bennet, oh some Pulp’. But from this, I realised that each song is a potential hit and that’s a rare thing. Though is sounds is purely 90’s (lyrical tone, dominant slow vocals, music inoffensively played out in the background), though born in 99, it passed by pretty much un-noticed by mainstream audiences.
Managing to survive the test of time, this special edition was born, also featuring a seven track EP ‘Life in Reverse’ and four extras.
The album itself is a nostalgic gateway to those of us who’s childhood was lived out then and the songs are genuinely very catch, but there’s a sense that it’s time has passed and it’s a shame that it wasn’t more of a success at its time.
Life in Reverse is a much more musically orientated affair with stronger vocals that is a natural and strong successor to A Week Away, unfortunately the most exhilarating track last 41 seconds.