★★★★★
Score another for Kickstarter. In the same year that we have a fine new Matt Pryor record to enjoy thanks to the revolutionary capital-raising web sensation, now there's also a long-awaited new release from the Spill Canvas, after the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, quartet, formerly on Reprise Recods, raised $35,000 through the site in less than 60 days...
- www.altpress.com
2012-05-24
★★★★★
The Spill Canvas is a band that comes from very different origins than one would expect. Lead singer Nick Thomas was guitarist and backup vocalist for now-defunct Christian metalcore act Nodes of Ranvier when he started The Spill Canvas in 2002. Eventually, he quit Nodes of Ranvier and made the Spill Canvas a full-time project, and that decision has paid huge dividends. 2007's No Really, I'm Fine peaked at No...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
Rather than releasing a new full-length, The Spill Canvas opted to record songs for a pair of EPs in 2010. And when Abnormalities came out on January 12, this method seemed to fit them. The EP was a three-pronged masterpiece, featuring possibly the most engaging rock music that the group had ever recorded. Three months later, however, the band is releasing the second EP, entitled Realities...
- www.reviewrinserepeat.com
2010-12-14
★★★★★
Earlier this year, Sioux Falls, South Dakota pop/rock act The Spill Canvas released two EPs: Abnormalities (amazing) and Realities (mediocre). Both showcased the band's potential to put together a senior portfolio follow-up to their solid sophomore and junior albums, One Fell Swoop and No Really, I'm Fine. However, once the tracklist was released, it was obvious that The Spill Canvas had no interest in releasing an entire album...
- www.reviewrinserepeat.com
2010-12-14
★★★★★
EPs aren't made to sell. They're generally released in order to supply fans or record labels with a taste of new music from the band, or in order to get a few B-sides out into the world. They generally do not contain a portion of the artist's best work. There are exceptions of course - note Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind or Death Cab For Cutie's The Open Door from 2009. But a fan (or a critic) never knows what to expect when pressing play and breaking the hymen of a new EP...
- www.reviewrinserepeat.com
2010-12-14
★★★★★
What you'll notice right off the band about The Spill Canvas' latest effort, One Fell Swoop is a leap in musical talent, style, and maturity. And this is just with the first song. Their 2004 release, Sunsets and Car Crashes, while it contained a number of good songs, was mostly acoustic and really didn't allow the South Dakota band to spread their musical wings and achieve their potential...
- www.the-trades.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Sound: Cut like the heart that envoked pain and miserable states of emotion in the group's previous releases, Formalities can't seriously be considered a full-length disc. Part of that is because The Spill Canvas sloppily pieced together two EPs to make up the 11 tracks embodied on the album. Does it take away from the music itself? No, but two unreleased songs don't fulfill the needs and wants of loyal fans...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
The Spill Canvas is a band that comes from very different origins than one would expect. Lead singer Nick Thomas was guitarist and backup vocalist for now-defunct Christian metalcore act Nodes of Ranvier when he started The Spill Canvas in 2002. Eventually, he quit Nodes of Ranvier and made the Spill Canvas a full-time project, and that decision has paid huge dividends. 2007's No Really, I'm Fine peaked at No...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-09-11
★★★★★
Although the Spill Canvas are working on their fifth album, the South Dakota foursome continue to release stopgap EPs in the interim. This five-song disc follows shortly on the heels on their three-song teaser, Abnormalities, which came out in January and offered a brief sense of where the group are heading...
- www.altpress.com
2010-04-15
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