Spiral Beach make music that is nice and a bit psychedelic. Sweet sexy vocals lead the way, soundwaves swoon, and synths colour in the pictures. Spiral Beach sound kind of like a trip to the beach (duh), a play in the park, a roll in the grass, and laughing your ass off at the clouds. And then all of a sudden things go dark, and all the birds look really mean, and you run home to hide behind blankets. That kind of thing. Demian sent the band some silly questions, and after a game of hide-and-seek, Daniel and Maddy emerged with some answers.

Who are you? Why are you here?
DANIEL: My name is Daniel. I'm in a band called Spiral Beach.
MADDY: I'm Maddy. I was sent down from Jupiter to defend'¦ oh never mind.

Where are you from? What towns or neighbourhoods? What's it like there?
D: We're from up the street. It's nice - the trees aren't dead, the sky is blue, and the lawns mow themselves.
M: I'm from Toronto. It's like someone slapping you in the face but then hugging you right afterwards and saying sorry.

What is the nature of your music? Is it all sweetness and light, or does danger lurk within?
D: It is filled with jelly.
M: It's a good nature. Oh yes - danger like the tiger. I think the danger sign in science class was either a triangle, or a diamond, but definitely not a hexagon.

Would you describe your music as amphibian, reptile, or other? Liquid, vapour, or some kind of plasma?
M: Definitely reptile. We have so much reptile in us. After our shows, people are always like, "Hey guys, I noticed REPTILE in your set."
D: If I were to say we played electric plasmodic rock, would that be pretentious? Some say "Underwater," but we say "What? I didn't hear you properly," then ask if they want to be on our mailing list. We currently use one 70s synth, one 80s synth, one electric guitar, one bass guitar, one bass drum, one snare drum, one hi-hat, one crash cymbal, and one tambourine.

Would you rather have a friend/ sidekick who is a puffin, a pelican, or a peacock?
M: A puffin, cause it could tell some pretty good stories with good morals to them
D: A pelican, because a pelican carried me as an infant in it's enormous mouth-pouch-thing to my parents. We had the pelican for dinner that very night.

Arguably this is summer music, and it's now autumn/ winter. Are you trying to fool us? Are you mocking mother nature?
M: One might argue that summer and winter music are the same. I recently attended a business meeting and they were discussing plans for the winter, like putting up lights and hibernating. And this one guy stood up and was like "Summer and winter are the same! Why do we all change?" Then he came out of the room crying.
D: Summer music, winter music - let's just get along. Instead of answering the question, I will take this time to promote the Wavelength series at Sneaky Dee's to all who read this. EVERY SUNDAY. BE THERE OR BE A SQUARE. Maybe Sneaky Dee's would be cool if we brought several tonnes of sand and some fiberglass palm trees.

Apart from that, how are you going to set a vibe, and give us all a great live show?
D: If we could use the house palm trees for this show that would be great. We will, of course, bring a dancing bear, a sword-swallower and a crunky goat with three legs.
M: We're all going to come down onto the stage from a helicopter and the audience will be freaking out. Our set will begin with a live 90-piece orchestra and outstanding cameos by celebs like Moby Dick and Ringo Starr. Then Ringo will stop in the middle of our last song and be like, "Wait a minute, something's missing. Bring my boys out." And then the rest of the Beatles will proceed to the stage and we'll all jam on the last song for about 19 days. Can you handle that? I DON'?T THINK SO! AAAHaaaaaaa.

by Demian Carynnyk