Spearmint (band)

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Spearmint are a London-based indie pop band, founded in 1995. Their founding members were Shirley Lee (lead vocals, guitar), Simon Calnan (vocals, keyboards), Martin Talbot (bass) and Ronan Larvor (drums). Talbot left soon afterward, to be replaced by James Parsons. Dickon Edwards later ended up joining as second guitarist, though leaving in 2000 to form Fosca. Parsons then took over second guitar duties, with Andy Lewis joining on bass.

Spearmint have released six albums and many singles, all on their own label, hitBack, having a minor success with 1997's Sweeping The Nation and "A Trip Into Space", both of which grazed the UK Top 75. "We're Going Out" received some airplay on Radio 1 and was remixed by long-time Pet Shop Boys prodcuer Stephen Hague.

Spearmint's sound can be said to be classic British indie guitar pop, with some major Northern Soul influences, and have often been compared to the Lightning Seeds.

Their most recent studio album, "Paris In A Bottle", was released in the summer of 2006.

[edit] Albums

• Songs For The Colour Yellow (1998)
• A Week Away (1999)
• Oklahoma (2000)
• A Different Lifetime (2001)
• My Missing Days (2003)
• A Leopard And Other Stories (2004)
• Paris In A Bottle (2006)

[edit] External links

• The band's web site