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Simon Spire
12+ albums
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*Short Bio* "Indie pop perfection...Simon Spire is going to be a star." Performer Magazine. "Spire is a musically diverse talent with a Midas touch for great hooks…the album’s sincerity connects." M2 Magazine. He calls himself a New Yorklander. Originally from New Zealand, Simon Spire’s musical journey drew him to New York where he recorded his second album, Four-Letter Words. Spire’s lyrically-driven songs come to life amid buoyant and varied textures, investigating both individual and collective transformation and exploring the boundaries of identity and human potential. A two-time award-winner and four-time-finalist in the USA Songwriting Competition, and one of U.S. TV network Channel One’s Top 20 Artists of 2009, Spire has featured in the Top 20 and Top 40 airplay charts in New Zealand, with Four-Letter Words debuting at #6 on the New Zealand independent sales chart. Drawing comparisons to Sufjan Stevens, John Mayer, and Ryan Adams, Spire has been described as "a rising star with an extraordinary talent for forthright and introspective songcraft." "Spire has the ability to engage in blatant self exposure, whilst at the same time he refrains from alienating his audience, translating his experiences to a wide spectrum of people." NZ Musician. "Spire has what it takes to be a star." The Daily News (McKeesport, PA). *Full Bio* He calls himself a New Yorklander: neither entirely New Zealander nor New Yorker, Simon Spire inhabits the no-man’s land that lies somewhere i
