{"id":75968,"date":"2019-02-06T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=75968"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:25:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:25:28","slug":"review-spielbergs-this-is-not-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-spielbergs-this-is-not-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Spielbergs &#8211; This Is Not The End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-75970\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Spielbergs-This-Is-Not-The-End-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Spielbergs - This Is Not The End \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Spielbergs-This-Is-Not-The-End-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Spielbergs-This-Is-Not-The-End-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Spielbergs-This-Is-Not-The-End-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Spielbergs-This-Is-Not-The-End-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Spielbergs-This-Is-Not-The-End-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Spielbergs-This-Is-Not-The-End-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Spielbergs-This-Is-Not-The-End-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Spielbergs-This-Is-Not-The-End.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Less a year removed from delivering their promising debut EP, <em>&#8216;Distant Star&#8217;,<\/em> Norwegian upstarts <strong>Spielbergs<\/strong> have quickly followed it up with a full-length in the form of <em>&#8216;This Is Not The End&#8217;<\/em>. While the former allowed the trio to put down a solid foundation of lo-fi indie rock, naturally, they&#8217;ve used this opportunity to explore. Although they don&#8217;t quite show it early on.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout <em>&#8216;TINTE&#8217;,<\/em> the three life-long friends helpless evoke memories of &#8217;90&#8217;s rock. Early cuts such as <em>&#8216;Five On It&#8217;<\/em> and <em>&#8216;NFL&#8217;<\/em> ride on a wave of fuzzed-out guitars with one eye on delivering charming melodies. Given the short span between their EP and this, it&#8217;s no surprise three cuts from <em>&#8216;Distant Star&#8217;<\/em> appears here. Both the song of the same name, along with <em>&#8216;We Are All Going to Die&#8217;,<\/em> still have the ability to leave you in a whirlwind of Philadelphia-inspired slacker punk.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spielbergs - Five On It by By The Time It Gets Dark\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F552983925&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=800\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you delve deeper into <em>&#8216;TINTE&#8217;<\/em>, evidence of <strong>Spielbergs<\/strong>&#8216; expanding range appears.<em> &#8216;Familiar&#8217;<\/em> and the brilliantly titled<em> &#8216;Mcdonald&#8217;s (Please Don&#8217;t F**k up My Order)&#8217;<\/em> allow the trio to reign things in with the latter treading on post-rock\/shoegaze territory with mesmerising results. Elsewhere, <em>&#8216;You All Look Like Giants&#8217;<\/em> steadily builds with sonic density before <em>&#8216;Bad Friend&#8217;<\/em> bursts in with urgency, offering a fun slice of punchy indie-punk. Whereas <em>&#8216;Sleepless&#8217;<\/em> timidly serves up a sweet acoustic moment of rest bite.<\/p>\n<p>It all comes to ahead with <em>&#8216;Forevermore&#8217;.<\/em> Combining the melodic boldness with the tranquil tenderness that occasionally appears throughout, it ends the album on a high, signalling this far from the end for <strong>Spielbergs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Through tales of fatherhood and forgotten youthfulness, <em>&#8216;This Is Not The End&#8217;<\/em> has allowed <strong>Spielbergs<\/strong> to live out their long desired rock n&#8217; roll dreams with grounded awareness, coincidentally crafting a well-honed sound of their own. It&#8217;s a debut that matches any potential that preceded it with every listen.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spielbergs\u00a0<\/strong>links:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spielbergs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spielbergsband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spielbergsband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;This Is Not The End&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>by <strong>Spielbergs<\/strong> is out now on <strong>By The Time It Gets Dark<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Words by S\u00eaan Reid (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanReid86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SeanReid86<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This Is Not The End\u2019 has allowed Spielbergs to live out their long desired rock n\u2019 roll dreams with grounded awareness.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,15233,12398,15231,16563],"class_list":["post-75968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-by-the-time-it-gets-dark","tag-sean-reid","tag-spielbergs","tag-this-is-not-the-end"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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