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As they continue on the second leg of their nationwide tour with the Goo Goo Dolls, alt-rockers The Spill Canvas have released a music video for “Dust Storm,” the second single from their recent LP Formalities. The video – described by the band as “the most fun video shoot they’ve ever been a part of” – dives into the secret lives of Lego People and other childhood icons as they attempt to weather the storm.

When The Spill Canvas released their EP “Realities” back in May I already gave you my input on the songs. Now let’s take a look at the songs that complete the album “Formalities”.

As Long As It Takes

Catchy! I like it.

Good Graces, Bad Influence

Tempo changes and emphatic vocals describe “Good Graces, Bad Influence”.

The Bone

…rather belongs to the song that I would skip as it is a little bit to hectic to me.

Don’t Let Your Enemies Become Friends

Great songs in my opinion. I really enjoy how the song takes slowly off.

We don’t want to forget the acoustic version of the songs “10,000 Midnights”, “Dust Storm”, “Our Song”, “As Long As It Takes” which I found all as extremely well done. So if you’re tired of the regular studio version this is definitely your way to go.

The Spill Canvas will release new music for Reprise Records, entitled Formalities, on July 27th.

Formalities, produced by Mike Green, follows up Abnormalities & Realities, which were released as a three-part body of work earlier this year.

A special physical edition of Formalities comes with a limited t-shirt and is available exclusively at The Spill Canvas’ website: www.thespillcanvas.com.

The track-listing for Formalities is as follows:
1. Dust Storm
2. Our Song
3. As Long As It Takes
4. 10,000 Midnights (Acoustic)
5. Good Graces, Bad Influences
6. The Bone
7. Dust Storm (Acoustic)
8. Crash Course
9. Our Song (Acoustic)
10. Don’t Let Your Enemies Become Friends
11. As Long As It Takes (Acoustic)

The Spill Canvas’ upcoming tour dates are as follows:
7/17 Cleveland, OH

The Spill Canvas is extending a personal invitation via video to their fans to join them Thursday, July 8th at 5 pm CST for a special Ustream ”covers” concert and chat on Facebook.  To make this an extra-special show, fans who participate during the chat will be entered into a lottery for one of twenty Spill Canvas t-shirts.  RSVP now, and stay tuned to TheSpillCanvas.com and the Spill Canvas Facebook page over the next week for more details.

The Spill Canvas recently released an EP called “Realities”. I decided to check it out and you can now read what I think about their latest effort.

Our Song

Great song. It’s really catchy and I can totally see why this one has been chosen to be a single.

Dust Storm

To be honest I am not quite sure what to think about this song. Something is off there, however, it is not bad neither.

Let Go

…sounds kinda like a continuation of “Dust Storm”. It somewhat has the same vibe but I’m really feeling the chorus this time.

Come join The Spill Canvas for a Cinco de Mayo party! They’ll be in Dallas & want to celebrate with their fans. The band is going to be live & online via UStream on May 5th at 2:30 PM CST, and will be playing music, answering questions & having a grand old time. Check out bassist Landon’s teaser video here.

A day after the release of their latest EP, Realities, which I will review in a bit, The Spill Canvas premiered their new music video for “Our Song” on MTV. The video is a witty spin on classic movies like Disney’s Lady and the Tramp, Night of the Living Dead, Titanic, and Say Anything to name a few, and should have fans old and new singing along to “Our Song” in no time.