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Spouse
12+ albums
indiealternativeindie rockalternative rockExperimental Rock
about
Spouse is an experimental rock band from the northeastern United States, reminiscent of late 80s underground groups like The Replacements and the Pixies. Fronted by Jose Ignacio Ayerve, Spouse is a large project, similar in organization to Broken Social Scene, with many members and contributors from various other bands including pedro the lion, the silver jews and the pernice brothers. With the engineering and production help of Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah/Yo La Tengo), Thom Monahan (devendra banhart/Lilys), Mark Alan Miller (J Mascis/Dar Williams) and Elisha Weisner (kahoots), Spouse has captured stunning recordings of their music over the years. 1999's '1 Marvel To DC' and 'Focus' were hits on college radio, making enough of a stir to have the song Superman featured on National Public Radio's 'This American Life'. 2000's Nozomi was met with much critical acclaim and was widely broadcast through heavy internet radio play. 2003's Love Can't Save This Love broke into the College Music Journal's Top 200 through February and March 2003. The album included a video for the over-the-top electro-dance song Boots & Pants. A single for the song Catch 22 was released in February 2004, including their much loved cover of Til Tuesday's Voices Carry. The summer of 2004 saw the arrival of Spouse's third full length, Are You Gonna Kiss Or Wave Goodbye?, and Spouse's first tour outside of the northeast, with Chicago-based Millimeters Mercury. Over the next two years, college
