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springclock
(spring clock wonder)


Member Since: Monday, November 21 2005 @ 11:58 PM CST
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Homepage: http://springclockwonder.com
Location: greenville, il. usa
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Magnetar, Fantastic and Confessor Moon NOW ON ITUNES, AMAZON.COM and CDBABY.COM!!!!

Just a year after the release of “Fantastic,” Spring Clock Wonder (SCW) returns with its fourth studio album “Magnetar.”

“Magnetar” continues the SCW tradition of rainy guitars poured over earth-laden drums and locked bass lines while it steps even further into the beyond and breaks deeper into the musical psyche of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Ian Baird than SCW albums before it.

This latest effort connects on more of a human level than prior SCW albums as it travels and shifts with a strong and imaginative focus through a myriad of styles and gears from start to finish. “Magnetar” is a record that digs its claws through the dirt of life amidst a world built in sonic rock-and-roll bliss.

( Ricardo Malti 2009 - location unknown )

All sounds, instruments and vocals performed by Ian Baird
Produced and Mixed by Ian Baird at Arjuna''s Soundroom Greenville IL.
Mastered by Paul Klimson for Theory One Productions (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, John Legend, The Roots, Ministry)
Enjoy Loudly....

"Fantastic" is an album influenced by many different musical wavelengths from the last 35 plus years. A culmination of the lifetime that Ian Baird has spent absorbed in a multitude of musical languages. This record propels you into the future all the while building on a solid foundation laid by the alternative legends that have come before. Pulling from influences like My Bloody Valentine, Thomas Dolby, Peter Gabriel, Sugar, Curve, The Beatles, Jesus Jones and Ned's Atomic Dustbin to name a few, Ian Baird effortlessly proves that Spring Clock Wonder is a fission driven rocket with a voice all it's own.

Spring Clock Wonder is well known for it's guitar driven sound and "Fantastic" continues this tradition. Along with sliding bass lines, tight drumming and healthy doses of science fiction in the synths, fans and critics alike have come to adore this combination of colors. A sound that has been described as "otherworldly" with songs of "static texture and celestial soul". Ian will never deny the effect that British shoegaze, noise pop bands have had on him, but SCW brings forth a warmth and a clarity made possible by Ian living in a small town in the heartland of America. Here in this isolation offered to him, Ian has been able to craft the SCW sound for the last 11 years, virtually undisturbed by musical trends or fashions that occur in the outside world. Currently our musical climate is drenched in cliches, a constant barrage of the same old thing, however "Fantastic" proves that Spring Clock Wonder is uncompromisingly kicking down the door of tomorrow. With a sound and lyric that paint the most vivid images in the mind, and an album with a clear focused eye on the future, Spring Clock Wonder has developed a timeless and captivating experience of sound.

Recorded in the now legendary Arjuna's Soundroom located in Greenville IL., all of the instruments and vocals were performed by Ian Baird. Wearing many hats Ian also produced and mixed the record, then mastered it alongside Ian's longtime friend and audio engineering expert Joel Gragg. Though many say that a record made in this fashion runs the risk of becoming too one dimensional, "Fantastic" is anything but. With songs that seem to pierce the veil between the seen and unseen, Ian Baird has created the most expansive sounding Spring Clock Wonder record to date.
The future is now. (Ricardo Malti 2008)

www.springclockwonder.com
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Fantastic and Confessor Moon NOW ON ITUNES, AMAZON.COM and CDBABY.COM!!!!







Beautiful post-shoegazer songs with edgy, static textured guitar distortion, walls of white noise and over-compressed vocals. soaring compositions of celestial soul” - Eric Shea (Listen.com)


(one of the) ten best bands in St. Louis... - 105.7 The Point (KPNT) - Pointfest 15 Competition



This is one of the best releases in 2003 - Laura Hamlett (Playback Magazine)



Beautiful post-shoegazer songs with edgy, static textured guitar distortion, walls of white noise and over-compressed vocals... soaring compositions of celestial soul - Eric Shea (Listen.com)



This is absolutely the best debut offering that Ive heard in a good long while! Darren Tracy (Flush Magazine)



(Spring Clock Wonder) played with fervor and power throughout the one hour set. They moved effortlessly from one song to the next with a cohesion not present in many newly constructed bands. - Portia Kapraun (The Papyrus)
springclock's Songs (68)
Date Title Rating Hits Genre Last Comment Status
12.14.09 The Stig 9.25 (2) 328 (10) Alternative Rock 01.17.10 Active
11.29.09 The Immediate Manifesto 10.00 (2) 321 (10) Alternative Rock 12.05.09 Active
11.19.09 Magnetar 10.00 (1) 299 (6) Alternative Rock 11.27.09 Active
11.01.09 150cc (Final Version) 10.00 (1) 279 (6) Alternative Rock 11.25.09 Active
10.26.09 Bright Nights In Tunguska 10.00 (1) 350 (12) Alternative Rock 10.27.09 Active
10.03.09 Adaptor 10.00 (1) 318 (11) Alternative Rock 10.14.09 Active
10.23.08 The Outlander Commission (Theme Song) 8.88 (4) 724 (5) Alternative Rock 10.24.08 Active
10.11.08 Labyrinth Of The Psychonaut (Theme Song) 9.50 (4) 896 (8) Industrial 11.04.08 Active
09.09.08 The Plans Fall Apart Tonight 9.50 (4) 834 (8) Alternative Rock 10.08.09 Active
08.30.08 Something New 9.54 (6) 771 (11) Ambient 10.08.09 Active
08.25.08 Nowhere Near 9.30 (5) 793 (7) Alternative Rock 08.28.08 Active
08.11.08 Overthruster 72 9.58 (9) 1132 (14) Alternative Rock 08.25.08 Active
07.28.08 Downwinders 9.33 (6) 770 (15) Alternative Rock 09.03.08 Active
07.24.08 To Take Effect 9.30 (5) 1149 (5) Pop (Alternative) 07.26.08 Active
07.12.08 Frater H 8.89 (7) 878 (11) Alternative Rock 03.07.09 Active
07.03.08 Autumn Again Thank You 9.16 (8) 1306 (14) Alternative Rock 07.06.08 Active
06.26.08 Wheel Within A Wheel 9.61 (7) 1401 (12) Alternative Rock 08.29.09 Active
06.18.08 Laika 9.61 (7) 1163 (22) Alternative Rock 12.11.08 Active
06.08.08 Fantastic 9.44 (8) 913 (8) Alternative Rock 07.31.08 Active
05.11.07 Out In Dawn 9.09 (11) 2092 (16) Alternative Rock 03.24.09 Active
01.19.07 Drive The River (New Version) 8.79 (12) 1419 (17) Alternative Rock 06.09.08 Active
01.06.07 Evereal (New Version) 9.04 (12) 1380 (13) Alternative Rock 08.13.07 Active
12.24.06 Confessor Moon (New Version) 8.89 (9) 1502 (11) Alternative Rock 03.24.09 Active
12.06.06 See You At The Show 8.39 (7) 896 (5) Acoustic Rock 02.15.08 Active
12.02.06 Cured South From Above 8.71 (12) 1269 (8) Alternative Rock 03.26.07 Active
11.22.06 Right As Rain 8.78 (9) 1336 (7) Acoustic 04.19.08 Active
10.16.06 Like Tigers 8.78 (8) 1292 (11) Alternative Rock 06.02.08 Active
10.05.06 Liquid 8.75 (9) 1521 (16) Ambient 05.16.08 Active
09.03.06 Sados 1000 8.29 (6) 1124 (5) Alternative Rock 09.17.06 Active
08.31.06 Farther From The World 8.68 (7) 1475 (16) Alternative Rock 04.13.08 Active
08.28.06 Means To An End 8.66 (8) 1144 (5) Alternative Rock 08.28.06 Active
08.22.06 So Where Do The Flowers Grow?? 8.19 (9) 1659 (11) Alternative Rock 03.14.08 Active
08.15.06 Ice Spoken Air 8.81 (12) 1542 (7) Alternative Rock 08.22.06 Active
08.11.06 Orange Place 8.56 (12) 1725 (11) Acoustic Rock 08.20.06 Active
08.02.06 Number For A Name 8.68 (11) 1537 (8) Alternative Rock 07.14.07 Active
07.22.06 They're Waiting (For You) 8.61 (7) 1287 (9) Alternative Rock 07.27.06 Active
07.16.06 arjuna's conversation 9.00 (11) 1533 (13) Ambient 06.03.08 Active
07.10.06 no one 8.50 (10) 2983 (18) Alternative Rock 07.16.06 Active
07.07.06 Kilt 8.75 (4) 1087 (12) Alternative Rock 03.28.08 Active
07.04.06 feline divides 8.31 (8) 1271 (7) Experimental 07.07.06 Active
07.02.06 Invasion 8.48 (10) 1680 (16) Alternative Rock 10.19.06 Active
06.26.06 Odd For June 8.52 (11) 1520 (16) Alternative Rock 07.02.06 Active
06.21.06 sand swallows earth 8.43 (7) 1524 (10) Alternative Rock 07.06.06 Active
06.19.06 Pretty Affliction 8.42 (13) 1764 (20) Acoustic Rock 06.26.06 Active
06.12.06 all we ever needed 8.66 (11) 2970 (13) Alternative Rock 06.28.06 Active
06.05.06 she waits for spring 8.54 (6) 1362 (11) Alternative Rock 06.08.06 Active
05.30.06 good for you 8.56 (13) 1662 (15) Rock 06.15.06 Active
05.25.06 how to drown 8.43 (11) 1550 (13) Alternative Rock 05.30.06 Active
05.24.06 the great purification 8.32 (11) 1341 (18) Alternative Rock 08.28.06 Active
05.24.06 elements 8.40 (5) 956 (2) Alternative Rock 05.27.06 Active
05.23.06 sunboat 8.00 (4) 876 (9) Alternative Rock 05.30.06 Active
05.17.06 nothing but a word 8.77 (14) 1860 (16) Psychedelic 05.27.06 Active
04.26.06 labrats 8.50 (17) 1723 (14) Alternative Rock 09.03.06 Active
04.18.06 red reached through 8.48 (11) 1506 (11) Psychedelic 06.11.06 Active
03.23.06 amazing you 8.46 (13) 1580 (17) Alternative Rock 05.17.06 Active
03.15.06 satellite so bright 8.61 (11) 3106 (16) Alternative Rock 05.08.06 Active
03.05.06 don't wanna mess with me 8.30 (5) 1190 (12) Electropop 10.11.07 Active
02.26.06 stolen 8.38 (14) 2446 (15) Alternative Rock 03.08.06 Active
02.02.06 unknown 11 8.71 (17) 2374 (25) Alternative Rock 03.22.06 Active
01.19.06 angels in the road 8.44 (18) 2337 (27) Alternative Rock 05.30.06 Active
01.13.06 as it said always 8.08 (6) 1172 (16) Alternative Rock 02.17.06 Active
01.10.06 am i awake 8.25 (9) 1562 (16) Alternative Rock 12.29.08 Active
01.09.06 small room explodes 8.43 (7) 2021 (14) Alternative Rock 02.17.06 Active
01.05.06 thick as thieves 8.53 (16) 2635 (25) Alternative Rock 12.02.09 Active
01.03.06 chucka chucka woo woo 8.19 (24) 2267 (34) Electropop 06.19.08 Active
12.30.05 walk of the fungus 8.10 (12) 1518 (17) Alternative Rock 03.03.06 Active
12.13.05 see the sound 8.19 (9) 1310 (13) Alternative Rock 09.21.07 Active
11.22.05 confessor moon 8.60 (18) 2626 (22) Alternative Rock 11.11.06 Active
Favorite Songs (18)
Title Artist Date Genre
Dodgy Doughnut lengold 10.05.09 Alternative Rock
Dodgy Doughnut lengold 10.05.09 Alternative Rock
Dual Tapestry (w/kassia) magnatone 02.17.09 Piano
Chinese Moon Eclipse 11.01.08 Other
Futurewhore The Orbiting 10.23.08 Electropop
Walking with Ellizon EZamor 10.22.08 Open Collaborations
Close Your Eyes w ledeb + Jim Bouchard jiguma 08.28.08 Acoustic Rock
Atonement yrp 08.01.08 Experimental
Leave 12parsecs 07.04.08 Alternative Rock
Arthropod perceptualvortex 06.14.08 Breakbeat
Within Mack_Danger 06.09.08 Heavy Metal
emma [revised] davisamerica 04.06.08 Art Rock
Angel Convention magnatone 04.04.08 Pop Classical
You Won't Break Me analog atrocity 08.19.07 Trip Hop
Beth in green jaw 07.14.07 Indie Rock
The Wheel has Sunk the_laureate 10.25.06 Alternative Rock
Saturnine The Orbiting 08.07.06 Alternative Rock
The Drones Michael Johnson 06.12.06 Ambient
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Fans (86)
Music Background Major influences include: My Bloody Valentine, Peter Gabriel, The Beatles, Curve, Medicine, Jimi Hendrix, Thomas Dolby, Josh Clayton-Felt, Duran Duran, David Bowie, Lush, Fold Zandura, Kula Shaker, The Pixies, PJ Harvey, Deftones, Jesus Jones
Music Skills Ian Baird- Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Drums, Programming, Synth and Noise Brian Ratcliffe- Guitar, Vocals, Mac Tech Support and More Noise
Music Hardware 50 watt Big D Amp/Handmade Amplification, digi001, presonus blue tube pre amp, m audio buddies, Apex, Shure and AKG mics, a ton of pedals(boss, way huge, voodoo lab, mxr, vox, electro-harmonix,pearl,space station) classic ampeg svt, peavey classic 30,fender single coil strat,fender hm-5 bass guitar, casio mt-36 keyboard, micro korg, slingerland drums, ludwig and rogers drums, zildjian, sabian cymbals
Music Software logic, wave burner, reason, protools
Keywords ian,baird,brian,ratcliffe,my bloody valentine,peter gabriel, medicine, fender, boss, shoegazer, noise pop, confessor, moon, fantastic, spring, clock, wonder, the, great, purification