- The Spill Canvas
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Name = The Spill Canvas
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Origin = Sioux Falls,South Dakota , USA
Genre =Alternative rock
Years_active = 2002–present
Label =Sire Records
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Current_members = Nick Thomas
Joe Beck
Dan Ludeman
Landon Heil
Past_members = Ross Wheeler
Brandon Aegerter
Scott McGuire |The Spill Canvas is an alternative rock band from
Sioux Falls ,South Dakota .Career
The Spill Canvas started as a side project for lead singer, Nick Thomas, who at the time was guitarist and vocalist for Metalcore outfit
Nodes of Ranvier . As time passed, Thomas resigned from Nodes and went full-time with The Spill Canvas. The band's first widespread album, "Sunsets and Car Crashes ", which was written, produced, and performed by Thomas, was released by111 Records onApril 20 ,2004 . Thomas was joined by members Joe Beck, Ross Wheeler, and Brandon Aegerter shortly after the release of "Sunsets and Car Crashes". Wheeler and Aegerter left the group and were replaced by Scott McGuire and Dan Ludeman. The four members collectively wrote what would be The Spill Canvas' second album, "One Fell Swoop ". The album was released onAugust 9 ,2005 .On their official page in late 2006, the band announced a change of label through a news post by bassist Scott McGuire, "Also, did I mention that there is a new record label in the picture? Thats right, we have signed to
Sire Records ."In early 2007, McGuire declared that he was no longer a part of the band, stating, "The Spill Canvas has decided in order to make music to its fullest potential; they must do so with out me." There is still much speculation as to whether he was kicked out of the band or if he decided to leave. The temporary replacement for McGuire was Landon Heil, the guitarist of another band known as The Glass Atlantic. He is now a permanent member of the band.
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May 1 ,2007 , the band released anEP entitled "Denial Feels So Good ", to hold their fans over until their new album arrived. The EP consisted of three original songs and two covers. Marc Sheaffer, a keyboardist from Sioux Falls, played keyboards on "Gold Dust Woman". Following the release of the EP, the band played on the entire 2007Warped Tour , promoting the release of their third album "No Really, I'm Fine ". The new album was recorded in March and April of 2007, and in Alternative Press Issue 229, it was confirmed thatAnthony Green ofCirca Survive andAndrew McMahon ofJack's Mannequin would be guests on the new album. Anthony Green sang backup vocals on the song "Bleed, Everyone's Doing It", and Andrew McMahon played keyboards in the re-recorded version of the song "Saved", a song originally recorded for the soundtrack of the motion picture, "Superman Returns ".On
July 26 2007 , "No Really, I'm Fine" was rumored to be the title of the upcoming album [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=254720 The Spill Canvas Title Album - News Article - AbsolutePunk.net ] ] . Soon after, however, websites such as Amazon.com and Best Buy, had listed the new album with the title "Conduit". OnAugust 28 2007 , the band posted a Myspace bulletin stating that the album was going to be titled "No Really, I'm Fine". The album was released under this title onOctober 2 ,2007 , although it was leaked on the internet a few days earlier.The band went on a Fall tour across North America in the Fall of 2007, named "All Your Favorite Spots". The tour was supported by
Meg & Dia ,Playradioplay! , and Treaty of Paris. OnJanuary 23 ,2008 , it was confirmed onYellowcard 's official MySpace that The Spill Canvas would be touring with them in a spring acoustic tour. Currently, The Spill Canvas is headlining a national tour, supported bySteel Train andLudo . Up-and-coming pop-punkersSing It Loud joined them for the first half of the tour, withLiam and Me joining for the end. They will be joined byMotion City Soundtrack for the final leg of the tour.On September 11th, 2008 The Spill Canvas launched the " [Photographer For A Day] " contest which gives their fans a chance to win tickets to see them and be their Photographer. The winner has not yet been announced.
Discography
Albums
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Go For The Jugular " (2002 )
*"Sunsets And Car Crashes " (2004 )
*"One Fell Swoop " (2005 ), #29Top Heatseekers , #47 Top Independent Albums [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gcftxq9aldde~T5 Billboard Albums] ;Allmusic ; RetrievedFebruary 20 2008 ]
*"No Really, I'm Fine " (2007 ), #2 Top Heatseekers, #143Billboard 200 EPs
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The Concept EP " (2003 )
*"Denial Feels So Good " (2007 )
*"Honestly, I'm Doing Okay " (2008 )Notes
Additional research
* [http://www.ksfy.com/news/entertainment/11530071.html KSFY's Drew Sandholm interviews Nick Thomas, 11/17/2007]
* [http://www.ksfy.com/news/local/21772794.html "Local Band Goes Big" article from KSFY, Sioux Falls media.]Other Links
* [http://www.thespillcanvas.com Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tsc MySpace Page]
* [http://www.purevolume.com/thespillcanvas Purevolume Page]
* [http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/nick_spill_canvas?c=p22594 Warped Tour 07 Interview]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/The+Spill+Canvas Last.fm Page]
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