Logo
DiS Needs You: Save our site »
  • Logo_home2
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • In Photos
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Search
  • Community
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • Blog
  • Community

THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND CLOSED.

Please join the conversation over on our new forums »

If you really want to read this, try using The Internet Archive.

El Spoonio

The Rest is Just Sand EP

Label:

holliy by holliy March 22nd, 2003

Ladies and gentlemen.. while your attention was elsewhere, four lads from Felixstowe have created the concept of "Medieval Pop-Rock" - a winning combination of winding rock riffs, half-growled vocals and fun.

This 3-plus-secret-track demo doesn't have the RAWK-factor of their live shows and could use a little less production, but it compensates well, with a delightful quirkiness and exhibiting blatant quality.

So yes: El Spoonio are A Good Thing. They have an absurd-yet-majestic name, a song called 'My religion is better than yours', which includes the line "I've got a big gun", and an elusive yet undeniably 'medieval' aspect.

And as if all this weren't enough to rate them as sheer class, they also cover S Club 7. Hurrah. Acquaint yourselves with them - you will be well rewarded for your effort.

Log-in to rate this record out of 10
Share on
   
Love DiS? Become a Patron of the site here »


LATEST


  • Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2025


  • Why Music Journalism Matters in 2024


  • Drowned in Sound is back!


  • Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Year: 2020


  • Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter


  • Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing



Left-arrow

The Dopamine Theory at Camden Barfly, Camden Town, Tue 18 Mar

Mobback
3599

The Vines at Camden Electric Ballroom, Camden, Thu 19 Feb

Mobforward
Right-arrow


LATEST

    news


    Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2025

  • 106149
  • news


    Why Music Journalism Matters in 2024

  • 106145

    news


    Drowned in Sound is back!

  • 106143
  • news


    Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Y...

  • 106141

    news


    Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter

  • 106139
  • Playlist


    Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing

  • 106138

    Festival Preview


    Glastonbury 2019 preview playlist + ten alterna...

  • 106137
  • Interview


    A Different Kind Of Weird: dEUS on The Ideal Crash

  • 106136
MORE


    Interview


    Person of the Year 2014: Meredith Graves - Inte...

  • 98657
  • feature


    The Critic Sleeps Alone Tonight... Fighting Ove...

  • 93699

    feature


    (This Is) The Dream Of Jimmy and Ben: 10 years ...

  • 93514
  • Artist-generated


    Grizzly Bear Week: Grizzly Bear Gumbo

  • 49018

    Interview


    Scotch Broth: Idlewild discuss Everything Ever ...

  • 98715
  • Albums of the Year


    The ‘Official’ Drowned in Sound.com Top 41 Albu...

  • 1725

    review


    Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That...

  • 12425
  • news


    An Open Letter to Ryan Adams

  • 14604
MORE

Drowned in Sound
  • DROWNED IN SOUND
  • HOME
  • SITE MAP
  • NEWS
  • IN DEPTH
  • IN PHOTOS
  • RECORDS
  • RECOMMENDED RECORDS
  • ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
  • FESTIVAL COVERAGE
  • COMMUNITY
  • MUSIC FORUM
  • SOCIAL BOARD
  • REPORT ERRORS
  • CONTACT US
  • JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
  • FOLLOW DiS
  • GOOGLE+
  • FACEBOOK
  • TWITTER
  • SHUFFLER
  • TUMBLR
  • YOUTUBE
  • RSS FEED
  • RSS EMAIL SUBSCRIBE
  • MISC
  • TERM OF USE
  • PRIVACY
  • ADVERTISING
  • OUR WIKIPEDIA
© 2000-2025 DROWNED IN SOUND